Geography Information
Geography
Why study Geography?
Geography is not about maps, capital cities and countries. In Geography pupils learn about the Earth, rivers, oceans, mountains and about people and their relationships with their surroundings and their environment. Geography helps us understand our world and makes it a more interesting place in which to live. It helps us make sense of news events and what is going on around us. It also helps us understand ways of life that are different from our own and makes travel and meeting people more exciting.
Geography is your passport to the world!
At BGE level, you will study:
S1:
Weather and climate
Scotland: Our World-mapping skills
John Muir Award
S2:
Empty Lands/ Crowded Places
Earth Forces
S3:
Urban Environments
Glaciation
In the Senior Phase, you will study:
S4:
Rural Geography
Population
Coastal Geography
World Health/ Development
Higher:
The Physical Environment: Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Lithosphere and the Biosphere.
The Human Environment: aspects of Population, Rural and Urban geography with different case studies from around the world.
The Global Issues - Development and Health and Global Climate Change.
Geographical Skills – assesses skills in context drawn from across the course: Mapping, Research, Numerical and Graphical Data.
Assignment-Fieldwork Project write up on a topic you have researched, studied and prepared.
Advanced Higher:
Unit 1 Geographical Methods and Techniques –the emphasis in this unit is on fieldwork, statistical analysis, processing and gatheirng information and complex mapping skills.
Unit 2 The Geographical Study – this unit develops the skills from unit 1 into a dissertation/ fieldwork project.
Unit 3 Geographical Issues – this unit stands alone since it is based around the topics covered in the Higher course and students analyse viewpoints on a current geographical issue of their choice.
Some online geography fun activites-testing your world map skills and knowledge (click below)
