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    • Geography

    Years 7-9

    During Years 7-9 the following topics are taught.

    Year 7 Year 8 Year 9
    • Introduction to Geography
    • Rock on (Geomorphology)
    • Golden Destiny (India)
    • Ice Age
    • Travelling Tribes (Settlement)
    • Finding Nemo (Coral Reefs)
    • Land Use
    • Prehistoric Human Impacts
    • Trans-Siberian Railroad
    • Flowing Nowhere: Flood Hydrology
    • Weather: Microclimates
    • High-Speed 2 fieldwork investigation in the Chiltern Hills
       
    • Risky World
    • Fracking
    • TASC Rivers Project
    • Virtual Worlds: exploring our online identities
    • London Fieldwork
    • Apple: an ethical TNC?
    • Weather: mesoclimatology
    • Upside World: Exploring Development Agendas
    • Time for Change: Climate Variability
    • London Fieldtrip: Urban Utopias
    • Glocalised Christmas Project
    • Butterly Wings: Geopolitics of the MENA region
    • The Geomorphology of Mars
    • Fieldwork in Sicily or Iceland (Optional educational visit)
    • Gangland Social Dynamics
       

     

    GCSE

    Students studying the subject at GCSE follow the Edexcel B specification. During the course the following topics are covered.

    Year 9 Year 10 Year 11
    • Challenges of an Urban World
    • People & the Biosphere
    • China an Emerging Country
    • The UK’s evolving Physical Landscape
    • The UK’s Evolving Human Landscape
    • Taiga Forests
    • London: A Dynamic UK City
    • River processes and pressures
    • Coastal Change
    • Hazardous Earth
    • Fieldwork investigations
    • Tropical  Forest
    • A World Megacity
    • Development Dynamics
    • Energy Security and Geopolitics

    For more detailed information on the course content and assessment please refer to the examination board website: http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-gcses/geography-b-2016.html

     

    A Level

    Students studying the subject at A Level follow the Edexcel specification. During the course the following topics are covered.

    Year 12 Year 13

    Tectonics
    Coasts
    Globalisation
    Diverse Places

    Fieldwork to Northern Ireland
     

    Water Security
    Energy Security
    Battle for the Biosphere
    Superpower Geographies
    Bridging the Development Gap
    The Technological Fix

    One choice of:

    • Cultural Diversity
    • Tectonics
    • Pollution and Human Health
    • Cold Environments
       

    For more detailed information on the course content and assessment please refer to the examination board website: http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-a-levels/geography-2016.html

     

    Additional resources

    Students may find the following links and/or resources useful to further their studies of this subject:

    BBC’s Earth Power of the Planet : http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008fdjy/clips

    BBC Class Clips https://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zrw76sg

    https://storymaps.arcgis.com/en/  

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