Geography

Global patterns of climate, vegetation and life.

1. 1Why biomes sit where they do20 min
2. 2Why climate decides vegetation25 min
3. 3Human impacts on a biome30 min
4. 4Tropical rainforests: layers, cycles and adaptation30 min
5. 5Managing rainforest change in the Amazon32 min

Why people move and how places connect.

1. 1Why people and animals move20 min
2. 2Push, pull and the journey between25 min
3. 3How settlements grow and change25 min
4. 4Development, inequality and population movement30 min
5. 5Global trade: from raw material to consumer32 min

How water and ice shape land, how geographers investigate change, and how people respond.

1. 1Erosion, transport and deposition25 min
2. 2Flooding and how we manage it30 min
3. 3Glaciation and the landscapes it left28 min
4. 4Reading an Ordnance Survey map25 min
5. 5A river's journey from source to sea30 min
6. 6How waves shape a coastline30 min
7. 7River fieldwork: test a geographical idea32 min

Locating and understanding the continents, countries and regions of the world.

1. 1Africa, Russia, Asia and the Middle East25 min
2. 2Europe and the Americas25 min

The regions, counties and cities of the UK, and how they compare with a place beyond Europe.

1. 1The regions of the UK25 min
2. 2UK counties, regions and cities25 min
3. 3Studying a UK region in depth28 min
4. 4Comparing the UK with a region beyond Europe28 min

Cities, hazards, economies and climate change as the human and physical worlds interact.

1. 1Urbanisation and megacities28 min
2. 2Earthquakes and volcanoes28 min
3. 3Primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary sectors25 min
4. 4Human and physical causes of climate change28 min

Practical geographical skills: maps, GIS technology and interpreting data.

1. 1Maps, atlases and globes in practice22 min
2. 2Geographical information systems (GIS)22 min
3. 3Interpreting geographical data25 min

Why the ground moves, what happens at each plate margin, and why the same size earthquake kills very different numbers of people.

1. 1Inside the Earth and the theory of plate tectonics25 min
2. 2Plate margins: destructive, constructive, conservative and collision25 min
3. 3Earthquakes: primary and secondary effects25 min
4. 4Living with tectonic hazards: prediction, protection and planning25 min

Global circulation, UK weather, extreme events, and the evidence, causes and management of climate change.

1. 1Global atmospheric circulation and why deserts sit where they do25 min
2. 2Extreme weather: tropical storms and UK flooding25 min
3. 3Climate change: the evidence and the causes25 min
4. 4Managing climate change: mitigation and adaptation25 min

Urbanisation and megacities, life in a fast-growing city, change in a UK city, and how development is measured.

1. 1Urbanisation and the rise of megacities25 min
2. 2Life in a fast-growing city: opportunities and challenges25 min
3. 3A changing UK city: decline, regeneration and sustainability25 min
4. 4Measuring development and the changing economic world25 min

Ordnance Survey maps, GIS and data presentation, and running a real enquiry from question to conclusion.

1. 1Ordnance Survey maps: grid references, scale and relief25 min
2. 2GIS and presenting geographical data25 min
3. 3Fieldwork enquiry: from question to conclusion25 min

Why plates move, why earthquakes and eruptions happen where they do, and why people still live there.

1. 1Plates, boundaries and earthquakes30 min
2. 2Volcanoes, and why people stay30 min

How climate is measured, how it has changed since the Ice Age, and how biomes match the climate they sit in.

1. 1Weather, climate and the change since the Ice Age30 min
2. 2Biomes, vegetation belts and ecosystems30 min

The processes that carve valleys and cliffs, the landforms they leave, and how those landscapes keep changing.

1. 1Rivers: processes and landforms30 min
2. 2Coasts: erosion, deposition and a changing landscape30 min

Where people live and why they move, and a fair comparison of a region in Africa with a region in Asia.

1. 1Population, cities and development30 min
2. 2Comparing regions: Kenya's Rift Valley and India's Ganges plain35 min

Ordnance Survey maps, grid references and scale, then digital maps and a UK–world comparison.

1. 1Ordnance Survey maps: grid references, scale and relief30 min
2. 2GIS and comparing a UK area with a wider world region30 min

Tectonic and weather hazards, risk, and why the same magnitude event has different effects in different places.

1. 1Tectonic hazards: plates, margins and why depth matters30 min
2. 2Weather hazards: tropical storms and UK extremes30 min

Ecosystems, tropical rainforests and hot deserts, with deforestation, desertification and sustainable management.

1. 1Ecosystems and tropical rainforests30 min
2. 2Hot deserts: adaptation, opportunity and desertification30 min

Fluvial processes, landforms down the long profile, flood hydrographs and hard and soft management.

1. 1River processes and landforms down the long profile30 min
2. 2Managing flood risk: hard and soft strategies30 min

Waves, erosional and depositional landforms, mass movement, and the cost of defending a coast.

1. 1Coastal processes and erosional landforms30 min
2. 2Coastal management: defending a coast and choosing not to30 min

Global urbanisation, a major city in a lower-income country, a UK city, and what sustainable urban living means.

1. 1Urbanisation and a major city in a lower-income country30 min
2. 2A UK city and sustainable urban living30 min

Measuring development, the demographic transition, closing the development gap, and economic change in the UK.

1. 1Measuring development and the development gap30 min
2. 2Closing the gap and economic change in the UK30 min

Food, water and energy: rising demand, unequal supply and the strategies used to close the gap.

1. 1Resource management: food, water and energy in the UK30 min
2. 2Global water supply and sustainable strategies30 min

Two fieldwork enquiries, cartographic and statistical skills, and the pre-release issue evaluation.

1. 1Fieldwork enquiry: planning, sampling and data30 min
2. 2Geographical skills: maps, graphs and statistics30 min
3. 3Paper 3 issue evaluation: reading the resource booklet30 min

Biomes, a regional study through its wildlife, and reading maps the way a field biologist does.

1. 1Biomes and vegetation belts: why animals live where they do30 min
2. 2Two regions compared: Kenyan savanna and the Himalaya30 min
3. 3Mapping wildlife: grid references, scale and satellite images30 min

Why two towns an hour apart can feel like different worlds, and how the UK fits together.

1. 1What makes a place a place?30 min
2. 2The UK: nations, regions and cities30 min

Latitude and longitude on the globe, then six-figure grid references and scale on an OS map.

1. 1Latitude, longitude and the globe30 min
2. 2Grid references and scale on an OS map35 min

The climate zones of the world and how a warming climate is changing where people live.

1. 1The world's climate zones30 min
2. 2A warming world: who is affected?30 min

Planning a real route across Europe, and who wins and loses when tourists arrive.

1. 1Planning a journey across Europe35 min
2. 2Tourism: who wins and who loses?30 min