Key Stage 3
Geography looks at the issues that are facing people in all parts of the world today. In years 7,8 and 9 find out:
- About how people use different environments all over the world.
- Whether the Earth be able to provide us with all the resources we take for granted now
- How you read a map accurately
- Why people go on holiday
- Why some countries have such a different quality of life to ours
- How people cope with 'natural disasters' like floods and earthquakes
Topics we will study include:
- Mapskills
- Volcanoes & Earthquakes
- Population
- Settlement
- Rivers
- Development
- Environmental Issues
- Coasts
- Weather and Climate
- Tourism.
- Globalisation.
- McIndustry
Course Delivery
You will enjoy this course if you want to study a subject that:
- Encourages you to discuss current affairs and issues
- Involves practical work outdoors
- Is studied through investigation, not just listening and reading
- Uses ICT to help understand and present information
- Uses the Internet to help research
- Makes you think about your opinions and beliefs
You will do some fieldwork as part of your course, where you go out and put your skills and knowledge into practice. The information for this will not come from textbooks or videos, but will be an opportunity for you to investigate what is happening in the real world. This is what makes Geography such a good subject - you can see it around you all of the time.
Assessment Method
At the end of each module you will complete an assessment. Sometimes it is a written test, sometimes an investigation. All of the marks are collected together and at the end of year 9 we will give you a National Curriculum level to tell you how you have done.
