KS3 Geography

	Year 7	Year 8	Year 9
Autumn Term	What makes the prefect Geographer: Introduction to Geography - what are the different aspects of it? Human and Physical Geography Key Map Skills Exploring the World Fieldwork Investigation: What are the 6 stages of the enquiry process for a good fieldwork? What is the quality of life like around our school? How does it vary? Weather and Climate Fieldwork Investigation: What is the difference between weather and climate How do we measure and record weather How does climate vary across the UK and why?	Risky World Where do we find earthquakes and volcanoes What are the causes and effects of earthquakes and volcanoes How do we manage the risk of these hazards? What are the world’s major biomes located? What are ecosystems What are the different biomes and where do you find them? Why are they so different How do plants and animals adapt to the desert biome? What impacts are humans having on different biomes?	Who are the BRIC’s and what role do they play? Who are the BRIC’s? Why are they so important What challenges do they face ion the future? Will they ever be the next superpower? Cold environments Where is all the ice? How do glacial landforms shape the landscape? What is Antarctica like? What threatens its existence? What is the global threat of the ice melting?
Spring Term	Raging rivers: The water cycle Raging rivers – key river processes Features of a river Flood disasters Reducing the effects of a flood What is development? What is development How is development measured? How can development change over time? How are countries different What can we do to help?	Are our forests under threat? Where are our tropical rainforests located? What are rainforests like Why are they under threat What are the effects of deforestation Can rainforests be managed sustainably? Are we living in a more interconnected world? What is globalisation? What factors have accelerated globalisation? Who are the winners and losers of globalisation What does the future hold for our globalised world	The Geography of disease What can development tell us about health Why do we have a problem with obesity around the World? How has the perception of HIV changed over time? Which diseases are prevalent globally at this moment in time? (Cause and impact) A sustainable World- Challenges of the future Why do we live in a wasteful World? What are the effects of plastic pollution? What is food insecurity What is water insecurity Conflicts in the middle east Why is it important we become more sustainable? How can cities be more sustainable?
Summer Term	Is the earth running out of natural resources? The World’s natural resources Are there enough resources for everyone What are the implications of our current energy habits How can we use natural resources sustainably Energy Decision making How is the earth's climate changing? What is climate change What are the effects of the enhanced greenhouse effect What can we reduce our greenhouse emissions?	How are our cities changing? Where does everyone live and why? What are the key features of a city What is urbanisation? What challenges do megacities face Megacities of the future What happens where the land meets the sea? What shapes our coastline? What landforms are created by erosion What landforms are created by deposition How can we protect our coastal areas?	Development Dynamics – begin Edexcel B Geography GCSE) How do we define and measure development? What are the causes and consequences of global inequalities? How do development theories explain development? What are top-down and bottom-up approaches to development Case Study- India

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Autumn Term

What makes the prefect Geographer:

Introduction to Geography - what are the different aspects of it?
Human and Physical Geography
Key Map Skills
Exploring the World

Fieldwork Investigation:

What are the 6 stages of the enquiry process for a good fieldwork?
What is the quality of life like around our school? How does it vary?

Weather and Climate Fieldwork Investigation:

What is the difference between weather and climate
How do we measure and record weather
How does climate vary across the UK and why?

Risky World

Where do we find earthquakes and volcanoes
What are the causes and effects of earthquakes and volcanoes
How do we manage the risk of these hazards?

What are the world’s major biomes located?

What are ecosystems
What are the different biomes and where do you find them?
Why are they so different
How do plants and animals adapt to the desert biome?
What impacts are humans having on different biomes?

Who are the BRIC’s and what role do they play?

Who are the BRIC’s?
Why are they so important
What challenges do they face ion the future?
Will they ever be the next superpower?

Cold environments

Where is all the ice?
How do glacial landforms shape the landscape?
What is Antarctica like?
What threatens its existence?
What is the global threat of the ice melting?

Spring Term

Raging rivers:

The water cycle
Raging rivers – key river processes
Features of a river
Flood disasters
Reducing the effects of a flood

What is development?

What is development
How is development measured?
How can development change over time?
How are countries different
What can we do to help?

Are our forests under threat?

Where are our tropical rainforests located?

What are rainforests like
Why are they under threat
What are the effects of deforestation
Can rainforests be managed sustainably?

Are we living in a more interconnected world?

What is globalisation?
What factors have accelerated globalisation?
Who are the winners and losers of globalisation
What does the future hold for our globalised world

The Geography of disease

What can development tell us about health
Why do we have a problem with obesity around the World?
How has the perception of HIV changed over time?
Which diseases are prevalent globally at this moment in time? (Cause and impact)

A sustainable World- Challenges of the future

Why do we live in a wasteful World?
What are the effects of plastic pollution?
What is food insecurity
What is water insecurity
Conflicts in the middle east
Why is it important we become more sustainable?
How can cities be more sustainable?

Summer Term

Is the earth running out of natural resources?

The World’s natural resources
Are there enough resources for everyone
What are the implications of our current energy habits
How can we use natural resources sustainably
Energy Decision making

How is the earth's climate changing?

What is climate change
What are the effects of the enhanced greenhouse effect
What can we reduce our greenhouse emissions?

How are our cities changing?

Where does everyone live and why?
What are the key features of a city
What is urbanisation?
What challenges do megacities face
Megacities of the future

What happens where the land meets the sea?

What shapes our coastline?
What landforms are created by erosion
What landforms are created by deposition
How can we protect our coastal areas?

Development Dynamics – begin Edexcel B Geography GCSE)

How do we define and measure development?
What are the causes and consequences of global inequalities?
How do development theories explain development?
What are top-down and bottom-up approaches to development
Case Study- India

Year 7, Autumn Term

I can (Foundation)…	I can (Developing)...	I can (Secure)...	I can (Excellent)...
Use appropriate geography words.   Use some sources of evidence.	Use a range of map skills.     Use primary and secondary sources.	Use appropriate skills and methods of presentation.     Present findings using words and graphs.    Reach conclusions.	Follow a sequence of investigation with independence.    Evaluate sources of evidence and reach substantiated conclusions.
Give reasons for some observations.	Recognise and describe physical and human processes.	Describe and begin to explain geographical patterns and physical and human processes	Offer explanations for interactions within and between physical and human processes
Simply describe what places are like	Describe the similarities and differences between places	Explain the features of a variety of places around the world	Explain the features of a variety of places around the world at different scales from local to global and in different parts of the world
Describe places other than my local area	Offer explanations for the features of some places  describe a range of places all over the world	Identify the link between different places and that some places depend on each other	Examine the links & relationships that make places dependent on each other

Year 8, Autumn Term

I can (Foundation)…	I can (Developing)...	I can (Secure)...	I can (Excellent)...
You show limited knowledge and understanding of aspects of the geography of the UK and the wider world	You show some knowledge and understanding of aspects of the geography of the UK and the wider world	You show an increasing depth of knowledge and understanding of aspects of the geography of the UK and the wider world	You can use your knowledge and understanding of the geography of the UK and the wider world to describe and begin to analyse physical and human characteristics of places in a range of locations, contexts and scales
You begin to understand that physical and human processes can change the features of places and explain how these changes affect the lives and activities of people living there	You have an appreciation that physical and human processes can change the features of places and explain how these changes affect the lives and activities of people living there	You demonstrate understanding of geographical diversity by describing how physical and human processes can lead to similarities and differences in the environments of different places and in the lives of people who live there	You can demonstrate an understanding of the ways in which physical and human processes lead to diversity and change in places.
You recognise simple geographical patterns	You recognise and describe simple geographical patterns	You can describe and begin to explain geographical patterns	You identify geographical patterns at a range of scales and how they may change in the future
You can offer reasons for some of your observations and for the views and judgements you have about places and environments.	You can offer detailed reasons for your own views about environmental change and recognise that other people may hold different views.	You can offer detailed reasons for your own views about environmental change and recognise the range of views people hold about environmental interaction and change	You appreciate that different values and attitudes, including your own, result in different approaches to environmental interaction and change
You recognise how human can cause harm to an environment	You begin to understand that people can both improve and damage the environment.	You appreciate the ways in which people can both improve and damage the environment.	You recognise how there are often conflicting demands on the environment and understand how these may arise
They recognise the ways in which people seek to improve and sustain environments.	They begin to understand the different ways in which people seek to improve and sustain environments.	They demonstrate an awareness of the idea of sustainable development	You can describe, explain and compare sustainable approaches to managing environments
You can suggest plausible conclusions	You can suggest plausible conclusions using the evidence presented before you	You can reach conclusions that are consistent with the evidence presented before you	You can reach detailed conclusions that are consistent with the evidence presented before you

Nishkam SchoolWest London

KS3 Geography

Curriculum Overview

Year 8, Autumn Term