• Includes map work (direction, scale, map symbols, grid references etc) and data presentation.

Google Maps, Google Earth, local area OS map, atlas.

• Ideas about development indicators, low income countries and aid projects.

Research using internet.

• Rainforest ecosystems and problems with deforestation.

Visit to Eden Project.
Planet Earth documentaries.

• Reasons for locations of settlements and land use changes.

Use of local area OS map. Google research on foundation and development of local settlements.

• River landforms and processes. Types of erosion. Causes, effects and prevention of flooding.

Fieldwork on the Little Dart.

• A topical study to fit in with current world events. E.g. country study of Brazil linked to Olympics.

Google research.

• Location and purpose of national parks in the UK.
• Land uses on Dartmoor.
• Problems and solutions to land use conflict.

Dartmoor National Park

• Human and physical geography of Thailand.
• How developed is Thailand?
• The benefits and problems of tourism in Thailand.

Tourism Thailand
Online: Life expectancy and income in Thailand.

• Causes and consequences of climate change.
• Types of renewable energy.
• Mitigation strategies for dealing with climate change.

BBC Bitesize
 

• Types of economic activity.
• How economic activity has changed over time in the UK.
• How and why farming has changed over time in the UK.

• How the weather can be monitored.
• Causes of rainfall.
• How climate varies throughout the UK and Europe.
• Causes of microclimates around the school site – Fieldwork skills.

BBC Bitesize

• The causes and problems of plastic pollution on our oceans.
• The causes and impacts of deforestation.

WWF how does plastic end?
Greenpeace plastic pollution

• Types of hazards.
• Tectonic hazards.
• Volcanoes.

Research current or recent natural hazards in the news using the internet.

• Locations of ecosystems.
• Types of ecosystems.
• Opportunities and threats to ecosystems.

Natural world documentaries e.g. 'Frozen Planet'. 'Planet Earth' etc.

• Development indicators.
• Differences between rich and poor countries.
• Why there is a development gap.
• Aid and trade.

Gapminder website.
 

• Characteristics of a superpower. Development in China.
• Sustainability in China.

'Our Guy in China' dvd.
News items about China.

• Key physical and human characteristics.

Seneca website.

• Coastal landforms.
• Coastal erosion and protection.

Visit to local area of coastline to research landforms and processes.