--- title: "Geography" url: "https://queensmeadschool.org.uk/curriculum/ks3-curriculum/geography" school: "Queensmead School" --- # Geography Geography is taught by an enthusiastic and dedicated team. Students learn about a wide variety of physical, human and environmental geographical themes following the National Curriculum programme of study. ![](https://queensmeadschool.org.uk/images/Queensmead-School-100-1024x683.jpg) ## You Will Cover ### Year 7 1. Introduction to Geography: Countries and continents; latitude and longitude. 2. Coasts: Coastal processes and management. 3. UK Geography and Map skills: Symbols; grid references; direction; scale; the physical and human Geography of the British Isles. 4. Biomes and Ecosystems: Coral Reefs, Tropical Rainforests and Polar regions 5. Development Dynamics: Why countries are considered more or less developed; issues facing less developed countries such as rural-urban migration and shanty towns. ### Year 8 1. Global Conflicts: Wars and conflict over resources (land, energy and water) 2. Natural hazards: The structure of the Earth and tectonic hazards, how they are caused; how humans try to limit the effects 3. World population: 7 billion and counting; which countries have the most and least people and why? 4. Weather and climate: Factors affecting our climate; forecasting; climate change. 5. Rivers: The River Severn; river landforms; flood management. 6. Globalisation and the global economy: Why has globalisation grown? The role of governments and TNCs and the positives and negatives of globalisation. ### Year 9 ### Emerging economies 1. Brazil: A study of the physical and human geography of Brazil and why and how it has become an emerging economy. 2. Nigeria: A study of the physical and human geography of Nigeria and how it has become an emerging economy. Extreme Environments ### Hot and Cold Deserts 1. The challenges and opportunities of hot deserts around the world, including the Thar Desert. 2. The location of cold deserts around the world and how they are threatened by climate change, with a focus on Svalbard. ### Global Geographical issues 1. Hazardous Earth: The global circulation of the atmosphere, detailed study of tropical cyclones and a detailed study of tectonic activity 2. 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