KS3 Curriculum
K.S.3 Curriculum Geography Year Group Year 7
Year 8
Autumn one
Autumn Two
Spring One
Summer One
Summer Two
It’s your planet 1.1 Earth’s story: it begins with a bang 1.2 Earth’s story: life develops 1.3 Earth’s story: the timescale 1.4 Our time on Earth 1.5 Our place on Earth 1.6 Earth: a very special planet 1.7 Changing Earth 1.8 It’s all geography
Maps and Mapping 22 2.1 Mapping connections 2.2 A plan of Walter’s room 2.3 Your mental maps 2.4 Real maps 2.5 Using grid references 2.6 How far? 2.7 Which direction 2.8 Ordnance Survey maps 2.9 How high 2.10 Where on Earth
Glaciers 4.1 Your place … 20 000 years ago! 4.2 Glaciers: what and where? 4.3 Glaciers at work 4.4 Landforms shaped by erosion – part 1 4.5 Landforms shaped by erosion – part 2 4.6 Landforms created by deposition 4.7 Glacial landforms on an OS map 4.8 Glaciers and us
All about the UK 3.1 Your island home 3.2 It’s a jigsaw! 3.3 What’s our weather like? 3.4 Who are we? 3.5 Where do we live? 3.6 How are we doing? 3.7 London, our capital city
Rivers 5.1 Meet the River Thames 5.2 It’s the water cycle at work 5.3 A closer look at a river 5.4 A river at work 5.5 Five landforms created by the river 5.6 Rivers and us 5.7 Our water supply 5.8 Floods! 5.9 Flooding on the River Thames 5.10 Protecting ourselves from floods
Africa 6.1 What and where is Africa? 6.2 A little history 6.3 Africa today 6.4 Africa’s countries 6.5 Population distribution in Africa 6.6 Africa’s physical features 6.7 Africa’s biomes
Population 2.1 Our numbers are growing fast 2.2 So where is everyone? 2.3 The population of the UK 2.4 Population around the world 2.5 Our impact on our planet 2.6 What does the future hold?
Urbanisation 3.1 How our towns and cities grew 3.2 Manchester’s story – part 1 3.3 Manchester’s story – part 2 3.4 Urbanisation around the world 3.5 Why do people move to urban areas? 3.6 It’s not all sunshine! 3.7 Life in the slums 3.8 A city of the future?
Coasts 4.1 Waves and tides 4.2 The waves at work 4.3 Landforms created by the waves 4.4 The coast and us 4.5 Your holiday in Newquay 4.6 Under threat from the sea 4.7 How long can Happisburgh hang on? 4.8 Protecting places from the sea
Weather and climate 5.1 It’s the weather! 5.2 So what causes weather? 5.3 Measuring the weather 5.4 More about rain … and clouds 5.5 Air pressure 5.6 Why is our weather so changeable? 5.7 A winter of storms 5.8 From weather to climate 5.9 The factors that influence climate 5.10 Climates around the world
Our Warming Planet 6.1 Earth’s temperatures through the ages 6.2 Global warming 6.3 Climate change 6.4 It’s happening aready! 6.5 Who will suffer most? 6.6 So what can we do?
Asia 7.1 What and where is Asia? 7.2 Asia’s countries and regions 7.3 A little history 7.4 What’s Asia like? 7.5 Asia’s physical features 7.6 Asia’s population 7.7 Asia’s biomes
Earning and Living 3.1 The UK at work 3.2 So where are the jobs? 3.3 The UK’s changing employment structure 3.4 Change in and around Doncaster 3.5 Employment structure in other countries 3.6 Where did the UK’s factory jobs go? 3.7 The clothing industry in Bangladesh 3.8 Working to bring you a mobile
International Development 4.1 Rich world, poor world 4.2 So what is development? 4.3 Measuring and mapping development 4.4 Malawi: a developing country 4.5 Singapore: a developed country 4.6 How did the development gap grow? – part 1 4.7 How did the development gap grow? – part 2 4.8 Escaping from poverty 4.9 Putting an end to poverty
Our Restless Planet 5.1 A slice through Earth 5.2 Our cracked Earth 5.3 A closer look at plate movement 5.4 Earthquakes 5.5 An earthquake in Southwest China 5.6 Tsunami! 5.7 Volcanoes 5.8 Iceland: a country made by volcanoes 5.9 Why live in a danger zone?
The Middle East 7.1 Introducing the Middle East 7.2 The Middle East: physical geography 7.3 The Middle East: climate zones and biomes 7.4 The people of the Middle East 7.5 A closer look at the Arabian Peninsula 7.6 Conflict in the Middle East 7.7 Israel and the State of Palestine
LIVERPOOL
Year 9
Spring Two
From Rocks to Soil 1.1 Your rocky home 1.2 The three rock groups 1.3 Weathering 1.4 The rock cycle 1.5 The British Isles on their travels 1.6 Rock around the UK 1.7 Rock and landscapes 1.8 Soil … and you
Living off Earths Resources 2.1 Earth’s natural resources 2.2 Water around the world 2.3 What have they done to the Ogallala? 2.4 The growing water challenge 2.5 Soil … a precious resource 2.6 Desertification in the drylands 2.7 The fight against desertification 2.8 Oil for energy 2.9 Renewable sources of energy in the UK 2.10 Solar power around the world 2.11 But what about other species?
Year 8
Autumn one
Autumn Two
Spring One
Summer One
Summer Two
It’s your planet 1.1 Earth’s story: it begins with a bang 1.2 Earth’s story: life develops 1.3 Earth’s story: the timescale 1.4 Our time on Earth 1.5 Our place on Earth 1.6 Earth: a very special planet 1.7 Changing Earth 1.8 It’s all geography
Maps and Mapping 22 2.1 Mapping connections 2.2 A plan of Walter’s room 2.3 Your mental maps 2.4 Real maps 2.5 Using grid references 2.6 How far? 2.7 Which direction 2.8 Ordnance Survey maps 2.9 How high 2.10 Where on Earth
Glaciers 4.1 Your place … 20 000 years ago! 4.2 Glaciers: what and where? 4.3 Glaciers at work 4.4 Landforms shaped by erosion – part 1 4.5 Landforms shaped by erosion – part 2 4.6 Landforms created by deposition 4.7 Glacial landforms on an OS map 4.8 Glaciers and us
All about the UK 3.1 Your island home 3.2 It’s a jigsaw! 3.3 What’s our weather like? 3.4 Who are we? 3.5 Where do we live? 3.6 How are we doing? 3.7 London, our capital city
Rivers 5.1 Meet the River Thames 5.2 It’s the water cycle at work 5.3 A closer look at a river 5.4 A river at work 5.5 Five landforms created by the river 5.6 Rivers and us 5.7 Our water supply 5.8 Floods! 5.9 Flooding on the River Thames 5.10 Protecting ourselves from floods
Africa 6.1 What and where is Africa? 6.2 A little history 6.3 Africa today 6.4 Africa’s countries 6.5 Population distribution in Africa 6.6 Africa’s physical features 6.7 Africa’s biomes
Population 2.1 Our numbers are growing fast 2.2 So where is everyone? 2.3 The population of the UK 2.4 Population around the world 2.5 Our impact on our planet 2.6 What does the future hold?
Urbanisation 3.1 How our towns and cities grew 3.2 Manchester’s story – part 1 3.3 Manchester’s story – part 2 3.4 Urbanisation around the world 3.5 Why do people move to urban areas? 3.6 It’s not all sunshine! 3.7 Life in the slums 3.8 A city of the future?
Coasts 4.1 Waves and tides 4.2 The waves at work 4.3 Landforms created by the waves 4.4 The coast and us 4.5 Your holiday in Newquay 4.6 Under threat from the sea 4.7 How long can Happisburgh hang on? 4.8 Protecting places from the sea
Weather and climate 5.1 It’s the weather! 5.2 So what causes weather? 5.3 Measuring the weather 5.4 More about rain … and clouds 5.5 Air pressure 5.6 Why is our weather so changeable? 5.7 A winter of storms 5.8 From weather to climate 5.9 The factors that influence climate 5.10 Climates around the world
Our Warming Planet 6.1 Earth’s temperatures through the ages 6.2 Global warming 6.3 Climate change 6.4 It’s happening aready! 6.5 Who will suffer most? 6.6 So what can we do?
Asia 7.1 What and where is Asia? 7.2 Asia’s countries and regions 7.3 A little history 7.4 What’s Asia like? 7.5 Asia’s physical features 7.6 Asia’s population 7.7 Asia’s biomes
Earning and Living 3.1 The UK at work 3.2 So where are the jobs? 3.3 The UK’s changing employment structure 3.4 Change in and around Doncaster 3.5 Employment structure in other countries 3.6 Where did the UK’s factory jobs go? 3.7 The clothing industry in Bangladesh 3.8 Working to bring you a mobile
International Development 4.1 Rich world, poor world 4.2 So what is development? 4.3 Measuring and mapping development 4.4 Malawi: a developing country 4.5 Singapore: a developed country 4.6 How did the development gap grow? – part 1 4.7 How did the development gap grow? – part 2 4.8 Escaping from poverty 4.9 Putting an end to poverty
Our Restless Planet 5.1 A slice through Earth 5.2 Our cracked Earth 5.3 A closer look at plate movement 5.4 Earthquakes 5.5 An earthquake in Southwest China 5.6 Tsunami! 5.7 Volcanoes 5.8 Iceland: a country made by volcanoes 5.9 Why live in a danger zone?
The Middle East 7.1 Introducing the Middle East 7.2 The Middle East: physical geography 7.3 The Middle East: climate zones and biomes 7.4 The people of the Middle East 7.5 A closer look at the Arabian Peninsula 7.6 Conflict in the Middle East 7.7 Israel and the State of Palestine
LIVERPOOL
Year 9
Spring Two
From Rocks to Soil 1.1 Your rocky home 1.2 The three rock groups 1.3 Weathering 1.4 The rock cycle 1.5 The British Isles on their travels 1.6 Rock around the UK 1.7 Rock and landscapes 1.8 Soil … and you
Living off Earths Resources 2.1 Earth’s natural resources 2.2 Water around the world 2.3 What have they done to the Ogallala? 2.4 The growing water challenge 2.5 Soil … a precious resource 2.6 Desertification in the drylands 2.7 The fight against desertification 2.8 Oil for energy 2.9 Renewable sources of energy in the UK 2.10 Solar power around the world 2.11 But what about other species?
