KS3 · DfE

Geography

Places, processes, people, fieldwork, maps and geographical enquiry.

Specification

KS3

DfE

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19 units · 62 lessons

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Units and lessons

Shared foundation lessons are shown once and count wherever the same knowledge belongs in this pathway.

The world map

2 lessons

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 United Kingdom

4 lessons

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

The changing human world

4 lessons

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

Maps, GIS and data skills

3 lessons

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

Restless Earth: plates, earthquakes and volcanoes

4 lessons

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

Geographical skills and fieldwork enquiry

3 lessons

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

GCSE natural hazards

2 lessons

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

GCSE the living world

2 lessons

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

GCSE UK river landscapes

2 lessons

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

GCSE UK coastal landscapes

2 lessons

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

GCSE urban issues and challenges

2 lessons

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

GCSE the changing economic world

2 lessons

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

GCSE resource management

2 lessons

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

GCSE fieldwork, skills and Paper 3

3 lessons

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
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