KS3 Geography
Please see below Curriculum Overview and I can Statements
Curriculum Overview
Year 7 |
Year 8 | Year 9 | |
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Autumn Term |
What makes the prefect Geographer:
Fieldwork Investigation:
Weather and Climate Fieldwork Investigation:
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Risky World
What are the world’s major biomes located?
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Who are the BRIC’s and what role do they play?
Cold environments
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Spring Term |
Raging rivers:
What is development?
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Are our forests under threat? Where are our tropical rainforests located?
Are we living in a more interconnected world?
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The Geography of disease
A sustainable World- Challenges of the future
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Summer Term |
Is the earth running out of natural resources?
How is the earth's climate changing?
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How are our cities changing?
What happens where the land meets the sea?
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Development Dynamics – begin Edexcel B Geography GCSE)
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Year 7, Autumn Term
I can (Foundation)… |
I can (Developing)... |
I can (Secure)... | I can (Excellent)... |
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Use appropriate geography words.
Use some sources of evidence.
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Use a range of map skills.
Use primary and secondary sources.
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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.
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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)... |
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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
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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 |