Modules 1 & 2 - Physical Geography of the UK
Core declarative knowledge: What should students know?
- What does the Physical Geography of the UK look like?
- What are the Key features of physical geography of the UK?
- What processes shape the coastline/ river landscapes in the UK?
- How does geological structure influence the coastal/river forms?
- What are the characteristics of coastal/ river landforms?
- What are the costs and benefits of coastal/river management schemes?
Core procedural knowledge: What should students be able to do?
- Be able to analyse and explain the Physical geography of the UK using Atlas and map skills.
- Be able to recognise key features of physical geography of the UK including: Coastal features and river landscape features.
- Be able to Understand and recall the processes that shape physical landscapes in the UK.
- Be able to talk in length, and think ‘critically’ about the costs and benefits of coastal and river management schemes.
Links to prior learning (to be made explicit and tested)
- Key Atlas skills (being effectively using own understanding to locate places on a map eg: with a key).
- Key OS map skills
- A revision of key terms includin: relief, river andscapes, erosion, deposition and transportation.
- Recognsing how coastal landscapes/ river landscapes are shaped through weathering and erosion.
- Identifying key features of both coast and river landscapes.
Modules 3 & 4 - The Living World
Core declarative knowledge: What should students know?
- What is an ecosystem? Example of a small scale ecosystem (nutrient cycle).
- Understanding how change affects ecosystems.
- Understanding the distrution of global ecoystems.
- Understanding the physical properties of Tropical Rainforests.
- Understanding how plants and animals are adapted to living in the TRF.
- Understanding how biodivrsity is affected in the Tropical rainforest (through deforestation).
- Understanding how we can manage TRF’s sustainably. Understanding the physical properties of Hot deserts.
- Understanding how plants and animals are adapted to the hot desert biome.
- Looking at the opportunities for development in the hot desert biome.
- Understanding the causes of desertification in the hot desert biome.
- Looking at the strategies needed to reduce the effects of desertification.
Core procedural knowledge: What should students be able to do?
- To be able to recall information about Module 1 and 2.
- Be able to analyse and understand the ditribution of small scale and global ecosystems, using map skills.
- Be able to recognise key features of small scale and global ecosystems, inlcuding characteristics and also adaptations.
- Be able to think critically about causes of deforestation and desertification in larger biomes.
Links to prior learning (to be made explicit and tested)
- Key Atlas skills (being effectively using own understanding to locate places on a map eg: with a key).
- Key OS map skills
- A revision of key terms including: Food Web, food chain, nutrient cycle,.
- Recognsing how plants and animals are adapted in small scale and larger scale ecosystems..
- Identifying key features of both small scale ecosystems, and larger scale ecosystems (biomes).
Modules 5 & 6 - Natural Hazards
Core declarative knowledge: What should students know?
- What is a natural hazard?
- Understanding the factors affecting natural hazards.
- Understanding plate tectonic theory (incuding: Stucture of the Earth and history of formation).
- Identifying the differennt plate margins.
- Identifying the global distribution of hazards such as: Volcanoes, earthquakes.
- Understanding and recalling case study facts (Chile and Nepal).
- Undertanding why people live in areas of risk.
- Recalling how the global atmospheric circulation model affects climate.
- Understanding the distbution of weather hazards.
- Recalling the charactersitics of tropical storms.
- Understanding the relationship between tropical storms and climate change.
- Understanding how the UK is affected by extreme weather (Beast from the east case study).
- Looking at the evidence for climate change.
- Understanding the natural and human causes of climate change.
- Understanding how humans can manage the effects of climate change.
Core procedural knowledge: What should students be able to do?
- To be able to recall information from Modules 1-3.
- To be able to affectively recall information about natural hazrds (including distribution and causes of).
- To be able to use map skills to analyse and describe the distribution of natural hazards.
- Linking prior knowledge, and using critical thinking skills to discuss in detail links between natural hazards and climate change.
- Using knowledge of previous case studies to catagorise and discuss important information into social, economic and environmental groupings.
Links to prior learning (to be made explicit and tested)
- Key Atlas skills (being effectively using own understanding to locate places on a map eg: with a key).
- Key OS map skills
- A revision of key terms including: natural hazard, climate change, volcanoe, earthquake, disrubution, plate magin..
- Recognsing how natural hazards are formed
- Identifying key features of both tectonic and weather hazards.