This term in Geography

As the year draws to close we have three final topics in KS3 for students.  Due to the nature of the term these topics will be short and focus on some of the main points of the issues.

Year 7

Year 7 will be looking at Rivers, they will explore the 3 main stages of a river.  These are the Upper Middle and Lower courses.  In doing so they will learn about some of the landforms associated with them and the processes used in forming them.

This video based on the River Severn in the UK gives an overview of how a river changes from the source to the mouth.

As part of their last unit on Plate Tectonics Year 7 will also have the opportunity to visit the Mud Volcanoes near Buzau.  When we return from the trip I will write a separate post.

Year 8

Coasts and population is the year 8 topic.  This will be based around a field trip to Constanta, students on the trip will practice methods of data collection and see first hand how people interact with the coastline.  In the lessons leading up to the trip students will learn these techniques and about the process occurring along coastlines.  

Once such technique involves deciding if waves are Constructive or Destructive, we can do this by counting waves and looking at their characteristics.  Something students have already tried with this video.

To help you decide if these waves are constructive or destructive take a look at this link from the BBC.

Year 9

Globalisation, a topic that will be relevant to all students whether they are choosing to continue with Geography next year.  It has strong links to Business and Economics and something which impacts all of us as we go through life.

Students will be exploring the positives and negatives of Globalisation and considering what the future holds as we potentially become more and more globalised.

This video helps us think about it even though it is packaged as a history video it is full of Geography.