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Welcome to Geography

Teaching Staff
Ms E Smart	Head of Geography
Mrs M Thomas
Miss E Larkin
Miss J Wilden

KS3 Geography

The students will study a wide range of relevant topics in their Key Stage 3 Geography lessons.

Key Stage 3 Curriculum Map for Geography

	Diverse Places	Hazardous Places	Changing Places
Year 7	“My Geography” Our place – Coventry How do I fit into the world? Our perceptions of the place we live in Developing geographical imaginations of place	The Geography of Crime To include 4 and 6 figure grid references To include GIS To include use of maps to identify crime hotspots To include global crime	“Who are we?” “Where did we come from?” Our Changing Society We are all migrants! Migration over time. Current patterns of ethnic diversity in the UK (including recent migrations from European Union) Cultural mix in Coventry
	Shrinking Places	Threatened Places	Extreme Places
	The Geography of Sport To look at how sport has become increasingly global The 2012 Olympics To look at the extent to which the London Olympics venues have been built sustainably.	Our local environment Environmental Study of the school site How could/should the school environment be improved? Pupils to carry out an environmental study of their home area. How can we solve our local environmental issues? E.g.Where does our rubbish go? (landfills/recycling issues)	Our weather and climate Weather and climate of the UK – why it varies from place to place Enquiry based study on how people are affected by weather and climate in one country outside the UK (individual project work)
Year 8	Africa – what is this massive continent really like? To include atlas work and use of latitude/long Possible topic to look at : desert climate/ecosystem Geography of disease? Malaria/AIDS	Wet hazards! Flooding Hurricanes Problem solving e.g. how to deal with flash flooding issues in British cities	Changing coastlines UK coastline Land reclamation in Dubai
	The fastest growing industry: tourism	My impact on the environment	“Magic Mountains!” - Mountain environments
	We could include Wasdale Problem solving: Wasdale	What I buy makes a difference! (food miles, bottled water toys) My global footprint Oral presentations on recommendations	To include use of contours Erosion and weathering People pressure in Mt Everest region Volcanoes? Avalanches?
Year 9	Fast Geography! China – the world’s fastest growing economy	Shaky hazards!	“Why is life so unfair?”
	Sustainable development Environmental impact of rapid growth Three Gorges Dam Green Island style assessment?	Earthquakes Tsunami Tsunami report	Development issue Development Assessment
	“Life in the global village”	Paradise Lost?	Cool Geography! Antarctica - The world’s last wilderness?
	Concept of globalisation The fashion industry	Human impact on different environments Building a new runway at BHX Global warming and the threat of rising sea levels for Pacific Islands Problem solving – options for the Pacific Islands	Oral presentations on the different viewpoints of Antarctic interest groups

A Level Geography

Governing Body

Edexcel

AS Geography 8GE01
A2 Geography 9GE01

During your Geography course you will learn to use a range of transferable skills which include collecting, analysing and interpreting data, communicating information in a variety of ways and decision-making skills. Geography focuses on understanding the interrelationship between people and their varied environments and the issues and problems which arise from the relationships.

Geography combines well with other subjects too. If you are planning to go into further or higher education then, combined with sciences such as Biology, Mathematics, Physics or Chemistry, Geography supports applications for almost any science based university or college course, such as Environmental Science, Oceanography or Psychology. Combined with other Humanities subjects, such as Psychology, Sociology, English and History, it supports an equally wide range of courses, such as Law, Media and Cultural Studies, Politics and Philiosphy.

AS Year

Unit 1

Global Challenges - 60% of AS
- World at Risk
- Going Global
- Exam - 1 hour 30 mins

Unit 2

Global Investigations - 40% of AS
- Extreme Weather
- Rebranding places
- Exam - 1 hour 15 mins

A2 Year

Unit 3

Contested Planet - 60% of A2
- Energy Security
- Water Conflicts
- Biodiversity Under Threat
- Superpower Geographies
- Bridging the Development Gap
- The Technological Fix?
- Exam - 2.5 hours