Geography - Year 8
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge | Population - Consideration of the scale of human life across the globe and the impacts this brings. | Natural Environments- Looking at the world’s beautiful natural environments focussing on glaciers and rivers. | Natural Environments- Investigating how humans are changing natural environments including climate change. We will focus on flooding and oceans. | Development- Looking at how development is measured, including the human development index, and the development gap. We will look at aid and charity. We will focus on Africa, and then look specifically at Kenya. | Crime- Looking at what crime is, where crime is more prevalent and the reasons behind this. We will look at local crime rates and then also focus on major global crimes including drug trails and piracy. | Ecosystems- Looking at global climate and how this affects ecosystem location. We will look at three ecosystems in detail, the desert, the rainforest and the savannah. |