Students can chose to start at the top of the learning map and work their way chronologically down the list which will help with memory retention or go to an area directed by their teacher.
Autumn Term
Introduction to GCSE
- Reality Check Geography – Big question 1 – what factors impact hazard risk http://www.coolgeography.co.uk/gcsen/NH_Factors_Hazard_Risk.php
- Is mitigation the best form of defence? https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zbjhfg8
- Is Adaptation the best strategy against risk? https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zx234j6/revision/4
- Big question 2 – How many of us live in extreme poverty – income levels https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z8436fr/revision/3
- What do we mean by quality of life? https://www.thoughtco.com/quality-of-life-1434450
- What is inequality? http://www.coolgeography.co.uk/gcsen/CRM_Resources_Global_inequalities.php
- Big question 3 – Sustainability – Are ecosystems becoming exstinct? https://schooledbyscience.com/endangered-ecosystems-endangered-species/
- Energy https://geography-revision.co.uk/gcse-resources/resource-management/energy/
- Do our choices have an impact? https://geography-revision.co.uk/gcse-resources/resource-management/energy/
- Assessment
Skills
- Atlas: Latitude and Longitude https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/atlas-maps-6xhp2e
- Maps: Continents vs Countries, Oceans vs Seas https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvsfr82/articles/znm7vk7
- Maps: Types of maps https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zw2tdmn/revision/1
- OS Maps: Scale, distance and direction https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/os-maps-ccw6at
- OS Maps: grid reference systems https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/cartographic-skills-6rwpcd
- OS Maps: contours and gradients https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/cartographic-skills-6rwpcd
- OS Maps: major relief features and cross-sections https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zg7jk2p/revision/2
- OSMaps: identify human features on maps https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zytcv9q/revision/2
- Sketch maps and photographs https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/fieldwork-skills-6mtk0t
- Graphs: typesand uses for certain data https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/graphical-skills-part-1-c4u3ec
- Graphs: select and construct line charts, bar charts, pie charts, pictograms, histograms with equal class intervals, divided bar, scattergraphs, and population pyramids https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/graphical-skills-part-2-6gwk0t
- Graphs: complete horopleth, isoline, dot maps, desire lines, proportional symbols and flow lines https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/graphical-skills-part-3-6rrk6t
- Statistical: median, mean, range, quartiles and inter-quartile range, mode and modal class https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/statistical-skills-6mupac
- Statistical: calculate percentage increase or decrease and understand the use of percentiles https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/statistical-skills-6mupac
- Statistical: trendsand predictions https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/statistical-skills-6mupac
Spring Term
Natural Hazards
- Plate tectonic theory: distribution of plates https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/plate-tectonics-theory-cmukcc
- Plate tectonic theory: physical processes and features at constructive, destructive and conservative plate margins https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/types-of-plate-boundary-constructive-ccw3cd
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/types-of-plate-boundary-destructive-and-conservative-c8w32c - Primary and secondary effects of a tectonic hazard https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/effects-and-responses-of-tectonic-hazards-c5h30c
- Immediate and long-term responses to a tectonic hazard. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/effects-and-responses-of-tectonic-hazards-c5h30c
- Use named examples to show how the effects and responses to a tectonic hazard vary between two areas of contrasting levels of wealth https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/effects-of-earthquakes-new-zealand-and-nepal-6cwk4c
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/responses-to-earthquakes-new-zealand-and-nepal-cgv3gt - Reasons why people continue to live in areas at risk from a tectonic hazard. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/reasons-why-people-live-in-tectonic-areas-68ukar
- How monitoring, prediction, protection and planning can reduce the risks from a tectonic hazard. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/reducing-the-risk-of-tectonic-hazards-monitoring-and-prediction-chjp4d
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/reducing-the-risk-of-tectonic-hazards-protection-and-planning-6wtk6c - General atmospheric circulation model: pressure belts and surface winds. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/global-atmospheric-circulation-model-part-1-6mrp6t
- Global distribution of tropical storms (hurricanes, cyclones, typhoons). https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/what-is-the-global-distribution-of-tropical-storms-crw34c
- An understanding of the relationship between tropical storms and general atmospheric circulation. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/global-atmospheric-circulation-model-part-2-70tp6e
- Causes of tropical storms and the sequence of their formation and development. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/how-do-tropical-storms-form-and-develop-cmvp6r
- The structure and features of a tropical storm.
- How climate change might affect the distribution, frequency and intensity of tropical storms. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/how-might-tropical-storms-be-affected-by-climate-change-6mw3at
- Primary and secondary effects of tropical storms. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/what-are-the-effects-of-and-responses-to-tropical-storms-cdhp2c
- Immediate and long-term responses to tropical storms.
- Use a named example of a tropical storm to show its effects and responses. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/typhoon-haiyan-tropical-storm-named-example-c4v66t
- How monitoring, prediction, protection and planning can reduce the effects of tropical storms https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/how-can-the-effects-of-tropical-storms-be-reduced-c4r30r
- An overview of types of weather hazard experienced in the UK. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/is-the-uks-weather-becoming-more-extreme-cdjkge
- An example of a recent extreme weather event in the UK to illustrate: https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/somerset-floods-location-and-causes-60vpad
- Evidence that weather is becoming more extreme in the UK. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/somerset-floods-impacts-and-management-6ngk6c
- Evidence for climate change from the beginning of the Quaternary period to the present day. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/evidence-of-climate-change-6njkge
- Possible causes of climate change: natural factors – orbital changes, volcanic activity and solar output; human factors – use of fossil fuels, agriculture and deforestation. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/natural-causes-of-climate-change-64vk8c
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/human-causes-of-climate-change-68vkar - Overview of the effects of climate change on people and the environment. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/the-effects-of-climate-change-75gk2c
- Managing climate change: mitigation – alternative energy production, carbon capture, planting trees, international agreements; adaptation – change in agricultural systems, managing water supply, reducing risk from rising sea levels. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/mitigation-against-climate-change-part-1-61hkjc
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/mitigation-against-climate-change-part-2-cnhp8t
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/adaptation-against-climate-change-ccu30d
Summer Term
The Living World
- An example of a small scale UK ecosystem to illustrate the concept of interrelationships within a natural system, an understanding of producers, consumers, decomposers, food chain, food web and nutrient cycling. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/an-introduction-to-ecosystems-cmvk4d
- The balance between components. The impact on the ecosystem of changing one component. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/how-can-change-affect-a-small-scale-ecosystem-6cukgd
- An overview of the distribution and characteristics of large scale natural global ecosystems. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/global-ecosystems-where-are-they-and-what-are-they-like-6rrp2r
- The physical characteristics of a tropical rainforest. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/what-are-the-physical-characteristics-of-the-tropical-rainforest-6nk64t
- The interdependence of climate, water, soils, plants, animals and people. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/interdependence-in-the-tropical-rainforest-6tk3cr
- How plants and animals adapt to the physical conditions. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/plant-adaptations-in-the-tropical-rainforest-c4v6ac
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/plant-adaptations-in-the-tropical-rainforest-c4v6ac - Issues related to biodiversity.
- Changing rates of deforestation. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/changing-rates-of-deforestation-ctk68c
- A case study of a tropical rainforest to illustrate: causes of deforestation – subsistence and commercial farming, logging, road building, mineral extraction, energy development, settlement, population growth; impacts of deforestation –economic development, soil erosion, contribution to climate change. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/what-are-the-causes-of-deforestation-in-the-amazon-rainforest-part-1-c4wk2r
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/what-are-the-causes-of-deforestation-in-the-amazon-rainforest-part-2-ccv6cc - Value of tropical rainforests to people and the environment. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/what-are-the-impacts-of-deforestation-on-the-amazon-rainforest-6rtpar
- Strategies used to manage the rainforest sustainably – selective logging and replanting, conservation and education, ecotourism and international agreements about the use of tropical hardwoods, debt reduction. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/how-can-we-manage-the-rainforest-sustainably-part-1-60rpcd
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/how-can-we-manage-the-rainforest-sustainably-part-2-6muk0d - The physical characteristics of a cold environment. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zp37hv4/revision/1
- The interdependence of climate, permafrost, soils, plants, animals and people.
- How plants and animals adapt to the physical conditions. http://www.coolgeography.co.uk/gcsen/GCSE_LW_Cold_Adaptations.php
- Issues related to biodiversity. https://www.internetgeography.net/issues-related-to-biodiversity-in-cold-environments-quiz/
- A case study of a cold environment to illustrate: development opportunities in cold environments: mineral extraction, energy, fishing and tourism; challenges of developing cold environments: extreme temperature, inaccessibility, provision of buildings and infrastructure. https://www.internetgeography.net/topics/alaska-case-study/
- The value of cold environments as wilderness areas and why these fragile environments should be protected. https://www.internetgeography.net/topics/protection-of-cold-environments-as-wilderness-areas/
- Strategies used to balance the needs of economic development and conservation in cold environments – use of technology, role of governments, international agreements and conservation groups. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zp37hv4/revision/5