Year 10 Geography Curriculum overview (double lessons)
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Term 1
Restless Earth
Changing climates
Structure of the
1. Introduction to
earth
Climate
Tectonic plate and
2. Past/ natural
plate boundaries
causes of climate
Causes of
earthquakes,
change
measuring
3. The little ice age
earthquake
and medieval
Prediction and
warm period
preparation for
earthquakes
4. Current climate of
Effects of
the UK
earthquakes Loma
5. Anthropogenic
Prieta Kashmir.
causes of climate
Tsunamis, case
study
change
Formation of
6. Anthropogenic
volcanoes,
effects of climate
composite and
shield
change
Effects of
7. Climate change in
volcanoes, Mt St
the UK and
Helens, Pinatubo,
Bangladesh
Mauna Loa
Prediction and
8. Assessment
preparation of
volcanic hazards
Assessment
Term 2
Battle of the biosphere
Water World
1. What are
9. Hydrological cycle,
stores and processes
biomes, biome
10.
Water stress and
distribution
water scarcity
2. Goods and
11.Unreliable water
services in
supplies, Australia
biomes
12.Water supplies in the
3. Direct impacts
Sahel
13.Indirect impacts on
on the
the water cycle
rainforest
(climate change)
4. Human use of
14.Water pollution
the rainforest
15.Large scale water
5. Indirect impacts
management
on the
16.Small scale water
rainforest
management
17.Assessment
6. Local scale
7.
8.
management of
biomes (Peru)
Global scale
management of
biomes
Assessment
Term 3
Changing coasts
1. Defining,
describing and
uses of the coast
2. Erosion,
deposition,
transportation.
Waves
3. Erosional
landforms
4. Depositional
landforms
5. Hard and soft
coastal
management
6. Conflicts at the
coast
7. Christchurch Bay
as an example of
coastal
management
8. Impact of climate
change on coasts
9. Assessment
Extreme Climates
1. Cold
environments
2. Human
adaptations to
cold
environments
3. Animal
adaptations to
cold
environments
4. Threats to polar
environments
5. Hot
environments
6. Human
adaptations to
hot
environments,
human planet:
deserts
7. Threats to hot
environments
8. Sustainable
management of
extreme
environments
9. Assessment