Geography
Autumn 1
Year 7
What is Geography?
How to use an atlas
Human and Physical Geography
Environmental geography
Photos in geography
EQS of the school environment
Presenting field work data
Year 8
Weather
What is Weather and Climate?
How climate affects people's lives
Measuring weather
Weather forecasts
Weather hazards
Hurricanes: formation, structure and location
Hurricane Katrina: causes, effects, responses and tracking
Year 9
Restless Earth
The structure of the earth
Plate boundaries
Volcanoes and earthquakes
Tsunamis
Autumn 2
Year 7
Map Skills
How to use an atlas
How to link the ‘real’ world to a map.
4 figure grid references
6 figure grid references
Map symbols
Distance and scale
Year 8
Weather
What is Weather and Climate?
How climate affects people's lives
Measuring weather
Weather forecasts
Weather hazards
Hurricanes: formation, structure and location
Hurricane Katrina: causes, effects, responses and tracking
Year 9
Restless Earth
The structure of the earth
Plate boundaries
Volcanoes and earthquakes
Tsunamis
Spring 1
Year 7
Country Study
Physical feature of China and India
Human feature of China and India
Population of China and India
Ecosystems and the environment
Compare the two countries
Investigate a Country in Africa independently
How are they linked to the rest of the world
Year 8
Antarctica
What is Polar ecosystem
Location of Antarctica
Human and Physical features of Antarctica
Animal and plant adaptions
Tourism in Antarctica
Cause, effect and solutions of climate change on Polar regions such as Antarctica
Year 9
People and Place
How people distributed across the world
Why some places more crowded than others
How the world’s population grown and why
Population problems
Migration: forces and voluntary
Rural and Urban
Shanty settlement
Spring 2
Year 7
Country Study
Physical feature of China and India
Human feature of China and India
Population of China and India
Ecosystems and the environment
Compare the two countries
Investigate a Country in Africa independently
How are they linked to the rest of the world
Year 8
Antarctica
What is Polar ecosystem
Location of Antarctica
Human and Physical features of Antarctica
Animal and plant adaptions
Tourism in Antarctica
Cause, effect and solutions of climate change on Polar regions such as Antarctica
Year 9
People and Place
How people distributed across the world
Why some places more crowded than others
How the world’s population grown and why
Population problems
Migration: forces and voluntary
Rural and Urban
Shanty settlement
Summer 1
Year 7
Environmental Issues
What are environmental issues?
Resources and how they are wasted
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
Causes, effects and response to Climate Change
Impacts of climate change e.g. drought and floods
Tropical rainforests: structure, location and characteristics
Deforestation of Tropical Rainforests
Year 8
Coasts
Coastal processes– Erosion and deposition
Coastal landforms: stacks, arches, beaches etc.
How we use and protect our coast.
Problems at the coast e.g. cliff collapse
Impacts of climate change and sea level rise
Year 9
Development
What is development?
Ways to measure development
Rates of development globally
Is globalisation good or bad?
How does world trade work?
What is fair trade?
Should we give aid?
Summer 2
Year 7
Environmental Issues
What are environmental issues?
Resources and how they are wasted
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
Causes, effects and response to Climate Change
Impacts of climate change e.g. drought and floods
Tropical rainforests: structure, location and characteristics
Deforestation of Tropical Rainforests
Year 8
Coasts
Coastal processes– Erosion and deposition
Coastal landforms: stacks, arches, beaches etc.
How we use and protect our coast.
Problems at the coast e.g. cliff collapse
Impacts of climate change and sea level rise
Year 9
Development
What is development?
Ways to measure development
Rates of development globally
Is globalisation good or bad?
How does world trade work?
What is fair trade?
Should we give aid?