Year

Autumn Term 1

Autumn Term 2

Spring Term 1

Spring Term 2

Summer Term 1

Summer Term 2

7

Passport to the World

Atlas skills, latitude and longitude, location of countries

Annotated sketches

Weather & Climate Introduction

Elements of the weather, weather instruments

World climates

Hot Desert Climate

How to carry out a Geographical investigation

People everywhere

Population distribution and density settlement

Reshaping the Earth

Weathering, soils

Erosion - wind, glaciers and rivers

Practical work

England

Farming, industry, transport

Thames

Brochure production

OS Map Work

World Sport

Global distribution

Leisure industry

8

Can the Earth cope?

Sustainability, coral reefs, energy resources, fossil fuels and renewable energy

Class presentations

Shopping Past and Present

Shopping patterns, changing habits

How to conduct a questionnaire

Mapping skills

Hazards

Flooding, ice storms, hurricanes

France

Human and physical geography

IT, research

Individual in-depth studies

Coastal Environments

Erosion and deposition

Impact on population / settlements

Fieldwork

The Geography of Crime

OS Map work

9

Restless Earth

Volcanoes, earthquakes, physical geography and consequences for people

What is development?

Differences in standards of living across the world. Trade and Aid

Mapping skills. Trade game

The Global Fashion Industry

Fair Trade

Globalisation

Brazil

In-depth individual studies

Tourism: good or bad?

Effect of tourism throughout the world

Individual case studies

Ecotourism

Antarctica & TRF

Local Actions / Global Effects

Global warming, acid rain, recycling

OS Map Work

Orienteering