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Langley Grammar School

Langley Grammar School

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/