Years 7-9
During Years 7-9 the following topics are taught.
| Year 7 |
Year 8 |
Year 9 |
- Introduction to Geography
- Rock on (Geomorphology)
- Golden Destiny (India)
- Ice Age
- Travelling Tribes (Settlement)
- Finding Nemo (Coral Reefs)
- Land Use
- Prehistoric Human Impacts
- Trans-Siberian Railroad
- Flowing Nowhere: Flood Hydrology
- Weather: Microclimates
- High-Speed 2 fieldwork investigation in the Chiltern Hills
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- Risky World
- Fracking
- TASC Rivers Project
- Virtual Worlds: exploring our online identities
- London Fieldwork
- Apple: an ethical TNC?
- Weather: mesoclimatology
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- Upside World: Exploring Development Agendas
- Time for Change: Climate Variability
- London Fieldtrip: Urban Utopias
- Glocalised Christmas Project
- Butterly Wings: Geopolitics of the MENA region
- The Geomorphology of Mars
- Fieldwork in Sicily or Iceland (Optional educational visit)
- Gangland Social Dynamics
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GCSE
Students studying the subject at GCSE follow the Edexcel B specification. During the course the following topics are covered.
| Year 9 |
Year 10 |
Year 11 |
- Challenges of an Urban World
- People & the Biosphere
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- China an Emerging Country
- The UK’s evolving Physical Landscape
- The UK’s Evolving Human Landscape
- Taiga Forests
- London: A Dynamic UK City
- River processes and pressures
- Coastal Change
- Hazardous Earth
- Fieldwork investigations
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- Tropical Forest
- A World Megacity
- Development Dynamics
- Energy Security and Geopolitics
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For more detailed information on the course content and assessment please refer to the examination board website: http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-gcses/geography-b-2016.html
A Level
Students studying the subject at A Level follow the Edexcel specification. During the course the following topics are covered.
| Year 12 |
Year 13 |
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Tectonics
Coasts
Globalisation
Diverse Places
Fieldwork to Northern Ireland
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Water Security
Energy Security
Battle for the Biosphere
Superpower Geographies
Bridging the Development Gap
The Technological Fix
One choice of:
- Cultural Diversity
- Tectonics
- Pollution and Human Health
- Cold Environments
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For more detailed information on the course content and assessment please refer to the examination board website: http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-a-levels/geography-2016.html
Additional resources
Students may find the following links and/or resources useful to further their studies of this subject:
BBC’s Earth Power of the Planet : http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008fdjy/clips
BBC Class Clips https://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zrw76sg
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/en/
