Year 10 Curriculum Information Booklet 2017-2018
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Geography<br />
Unit 1 - Living with the physical<br />
environment<br />
Students will study the following:<br />
Natural Hazards<br />
Tectonic Hazards<br />
Weather Hazards<br />
Climate Change<br />
Ecosystems<br />
Tropical Rainforests<br />
Hot Deserts<br />
Cold Environments<br />
UK Physical Landscapes<br />
River Landscapes in the UK<br />
Glacial Landscapes in the UK<br />
Unit 2 – Challenges in the Human<br />
Environment<br />
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Urban Issues and Challenges<br />
The Changing Economic World<br />
Resource Management<br />
Food<br />
Water<br />
Energy<br />
Unit 3 – Geographical Applications<br />
Students will develop a critical perspective<br />
on the issue(s) studied, consider the points<br />
of view of the stakeholders involved, make<br />
an appraisal of the advantages and<br />
disadvantages, and evaluate the<br />
alternatives.<br />
The exam will also require students to<br />
consider physical and human<br />
interrelationships and to make reasoned<br />
justifications for proposed solutions in<br />
terms of their likely impact on both people<br />
and the physical environment.<br />
Students will undertake two geographical<br />
enquiries, each of which must include the<br />
use of primary data, collected as part of a<br />
fieldwork exercise.
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