Key Stage 3
Year 7
Intent
Throughout Year 7, students will discover places across Europe and South America, to engage with topics such as the water cycle, ecosystems, development and migration, to introduce some key geographical issues that will be revisited throughout their geographical journey. They will begin to develop key geographical skills such as asking geographical questions, critiquing information, presenting and analysing data, reaching conclusions and evaluating data.
Learning Journey
Unit Title
Geographical Skills
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Locational knowledge on a global and national level
- Map skills – compass skills, grid references, scale, height on a map
Enriched Knowledge
- Critical analysis of recent news events
- Interrogating different sources through a geographical perspective
Key Vocabulary
- Geographical Questions
- Enquiry
- Compass
- Scale
- OS Maps
- Grid Reference
- Relief
- Contour Lines
- Spot Heights
- Layer Shading
Unit Title
Europe
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Locational knowledge of European countries and major physical features – climate and vegetation, rivers, seas, mountain ranges
- The Water Cycle
- Flooding case studies
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Causes, impacts and management of flooding
Enriched Knowledge
- Develop empathy and understanding of other groups of people experiencing natural hazards
- Understanding of factors of different scales that affect the UK’s weather
Key Vocabulary
- Precipitation
- Ecosystem
- Water Cycle
- Evaporation
- Transpiration
- Condensation
- Infiltration
- Percolation
- Groundwater
- Deforestation
- Impermeable
Unit Title
Europe
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Locational knowledge of European countries and major human geographical features – population density and demographics
- Population Pyramids
- Causes and Impacts of Migration
Enriched Knowledge
- Develop empathy and understanding of other groups of people and why they want to migrate
- Difference between a migrant, asylum seeker and refugee
- Understanding of the influence of countries influencing culture and society
Key Vocabulary
- Population Pyramid
- Demographics
- Ageing Population
- Choropleth Map
- Migration
- Push Factor
- Pull Factor
- Immigrant
- Emigrant
- Migrant
- Asylum Seeker
- Refugee
Unit Title
South America
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Locational knowledge of South American countries and their major human characteristics
- Brazil as a NEE
- Rural-urban migration
- Opportunities and challenges of living in Rio
Enriched Knowledge
- Develop awareness and empathy of why different groups of people might want to migrate
- Understanding of complexity of places and issues
- Awareness in differences in levels of development
- Importance of NEE city and country on different scales
Key Vocabulary
- Development
- TNC
- Superpower
- Migration
- HIC
- NEE
- LIC
- Demographics
- Proportional Symbol Map
Unit Title
South America
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Locational knowledge of Tropical Rainforests and their climate
- Plant and animal Adaptations
- Causes, Impacts and Management of Deforestation
Enriched Knowledge
- Appreciation of the value and importance of tropical rainforests
- Awareness of the threats facing tropical rainforests
- Evaluating effectiveness of different management methods and considering own actions to reduce deforestation
Key Vocabulary
- Climate graph
- Thermal growing season
- Adapt
- Deforestation
- Logging
- Management
- Ecotourism
- Agroforestry
- Debt Relief
- Sustainable
- Hydroelectric
Unit Title
Local Area Enquiry
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Knowledge of the greenhouse effect and climate change
- Knowledge of how energy resource distribution and use
- Geographical enquiry into renewable energy use in Nottingham
Enriched Knowledge
- Understanding stakeholder opinions on the issues around energy production and the use of fossil fuels and renewables
- Geographical enquiry skills – carrying out methodology, analyzing data and concluding and evaluating findings
Key Vocabulary
- Greenhouse Effect
- Climate Change
- Sustainable
- Renewable
- Non-renewable
- Fossil fuel
- Microclimates
- Methodology
- Data Presentation
- Data Analysis
- Conclusion
- Evaluation
Year 8
Intent
In Year 8, students will explore key geographical issues of development, tectonic hazards, globalisation, global governance and glacial processes through investigating places across Africa, North and Central America and Antarctica. They will explore the interconnectedness of key human and physical geographical concepts and develop a deeper understanding of the world around them.
Learning Journey
Unit Title
Africa
Core Knowledge
- Perceptions of Africa
- Locational knowledge
- Human and Physical geographical features
- Diversity of population
- Development
- Strategies to help development
Enriched Knowledge
- Develop empathy and understanding of other groups of people
- Understanding of complexity of places and issues
- Awareness in differences in levels of development
Key Vocabulary
- Development
- Insider
- Outsider
- Development Indicator
- LIC / MIC / NEE / HIC
- The Development Gap
- Colony
- Civil war
- Aid
- Microfinance loans
- Ecotourism
Unit Title
Africa
Core Knowledge
- Structure of the Earth
- Tectonic plate margins – constructive, destructive, conservative, collision – and the formation of earthquakes and volcanoes
- African Rift Valley
- Future of Africa
Enriched Knowledge
- Develop empathy and understanding of other groups of people experiencing natural hazards
- Developing understanding of geological timescales and how tectonic processes shape landscapes
Key Vocabulary
- Inner core
- Outer core
- Mantle
- Asthenosphere
- Lithosphere
- Earthquake
- Volcano
- Rift Valley
- Lava
- Magma
- Subduction
Unit Title
North and Central America
Core Knowledge
- Locational knowledge of North and Central America
- Major physical features – ecosystems
- Recent tectonic Hazards
- Hazard Risk Management
Enriched Knowledge
- Develop understanding of how governments are acting to reduce the risk of tectonic hazards – to reduce vulnerability and build resilience
- Awareness that hazards affect developed countries as well as poorer ones
Key Vocabulary
- Earthquake
- Volcano
- Planning
- Prediction
- Protection
- Supervolcano
- Richter scale
- Moment Magnitude
- Shock Absorbers
- Counterweights
Unit Title
North and Central America
Core Knowledge
- Locational knowledge of US states
- Population Distribution
- Economic change and industrialisation
- Superpowers
- Globalisation and TNCs
Enriched Knowledge
- That the world is becoming increasingly interconnected through trade and cultural exchange, and the impact of this on their lives
- Understanding of different rates of economic change and economic structure in HICs compared to other countries
Key Vocabulary
- Population
- Economic change
- Primary Industry
- Secondary Industry
- Tertiary Industry
- Quaternary Industry
- Quinary Industry
- Superpower
- Globalisation
- TNC
Unit Title
Antarctica
Core Knowledge
- Locational knowledge of Antarctica and major physical features
- Climatic factors affecting Antarctica and formation of ice sheets and glaciers
- Glacial processes and landscape development
- How do people rely on glaciers and ice sheets around the world
Enriched Knowledge
- Understand how the climate has changed since the last Ice Age
- How erosional and weathering processes by the wind, water and ice have shaped the landscape
- The importance of ice to human life
Key Vocabulary
- Glaciers
- Ice Sheet
- Glacial Moraine
- Erosion
- Transportation
- Weathering
- Plucking
- Deposition
- Ice calving
- Corrie
- Truncated spur
Unit Title
Antarctica
Core Knowledge
- How can ice tell us about the climate
- Glaciation and geological timescales
- Global commons
- Threats to Antarctica
- How the Antarctic Treaty protects the continent
Enriched Knowledge
- How countries can work together to protect fragile and important areas of the world
- The importance of Antarctica
Key Vocabulary
- Global Commons
- Global Governance
- Globalisation
- Antarctic Treaty System
- Tourism
- Science
- Fishing
- NGO
- Conservation
- Sustainable
Year 9
Intent
Throughout Year 9, students will study places across Asia and the Middle East and Australasia. They will develop an understanding of coastal, aeolian and weathering processes in desert and coastal landscapes, fossil fuels and resources, as well as issues on a global scale through the importance of our oceans, climate change and sustainability.
Learning Journey
Unit Title
Asia and the Middle East
Core Knowledge
- Locational knowledge
- Factors affecting population density
- Fossil fuels
- Diversification
- Sustainability
- Conflict
Enriched Knowledge
- Understanding that the Middle East and Asia is developing into an important global hub
- Reliance on, benefits and costs of fossil fuels
- How countries become more sustainable
Key Vocabulary
- Population density
- Fossil fuels
- Carbon dioxide
- Greenhouse Effect
- Climate change
- Diversifying
- Sportswashing
- Tourism
- Sustainability
- Conflict
Unit Title
Asia and the Middle East
Core Knowledge
- Climate and Vegetation
- Location of deserts
- Animal and plant adaptations
- Desert erosional and weathering processes
- Desert landforms
Enriched Knowledge
- Understanding of different factors that affect global weather systems
- How erosional and weathering processes by the wind have shaped the landscape
Key Vocabulary
- Erosion
- Abrasion
- Deflation
- Saltation
- Suspension
- Surface Creep
- Freeze-thaw weathering
- Onion-skin weathering
- Chemical Weathering
- Biological Weathering
- Yardang
- Rock Pedestal
- Sand dune
- Deflation hollow
- Desert pavement
Unit Title
Australasia
Core Knowledge
- Reliance on coasts for employment and food in fisheries and aquaculture – How oceans are essential for economic growth, food production and well-being of people
Enriched Knowledge
- Coasts contain a variety of biological and physical resources. By being adjacent to water, coastal regions include fish and other types of marine life that are important food sources for humans.
Key Vocabulary
- Resources
- Economic wellbeing
- Social wellbeing
- Resilience
- Food production
- Fisheries
- Marine life
- Ecosystem
Unit Title
Australasia
Core Knowledge
- Coasts as dynamic landscapes
- Coastal processes shape the coastline
- Coastal landforms
- Coastal management
Enriched Knowledge
- Because coasts are constantly changing, they are important ecosystems. They provide unique homes for marine plants, animals, and insects. Coasts help understand natural events.
Key Vocabulary
- Littoral zone
- Erosion
- Transportation
- Deposition
- Landforms
- Management
- Climate change
- Sea levels
- Hard engineering
- Soft engineering
Unit Title
Blue Planet
Core Knowledge
- Importance of oceans and ocean currents to global climate and weather patterns
- Different ocean zones and ecosystems
Enriched Knowledge
- Oceans provide food, regulate our climate, and generate oxygen. They also serve as the foundation for much of the world's economy, supporting sectors from tourism to fisheries to international shipping.
Key Vocabulary
- Ocean
- Sea
- Thermohaline Circulation
- Currents
- Southern Ocean Oscillation
- Corals
- Mangrove
- Sea grass
- Gyres
- Coriolis Effect
- Climate Change
Unit Title
Blue Planet
Core Knowledge
- Impacts of human activity on the oceans
- Solutions to reduce human impact on the oceans and use them more sustainably
Enriched Knowledge
- Develop understanding of how we are affecting and being affected by changes in Earth's environment, including changes in weather and climate.
Key Vocabulary
- Coral Reefs
- Overfishing
- Bleaching
- Climate Change
- Zooxanthellae
- Carbon dioxide
- Plastic Pollution
- Grate Pacific Garbage Patch
- Coral gardening
- Sustainable Development Goals