Geography
Geography
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Welcome to the Geography Department. You will have 4 lessons of Geography a fortnight in Year 7.
We will look at a variety of Geographical questions, issues and skills. For example; Map skills: find your way from A to B without getting lost! Atlas skills: find your way around our wonderful world – where have you been? Geographical skills: learn how to sketch, annotate and conduct a survey.
We will spend the rest of Year 7 exploring the Geography of the UK. We will investigate a range or exciting and interesting topics including: UK physical landscapes (rivers, coasts and mountains), researching the diverse range of cultures which make up the UK and look at challenges that the UK face on a daily basis including poverty, food and water supplies. In year 8 we will build upon this and look at the challenges on a global scale.
Getting Ready
Getting Ready
Research / Investigate
Select a continent of your choice. Complete a fact file on the country using the following facts as a starting point.
The biggest country (by land mass)
The most populated city
The tallest building
The largest lake
The longest river
The tallest mountain
The longest coastline
Skills
OS Map skills: Read through each of the pages on OS map skills and complete the short test at the end.
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Atlas skills: Have a look at the link below which explains how we can find specific places using an atlas. Have a go at the quiz once you have read the information.
Watch
During our KS3 curriculum we will study each of the 7 continents and compare the human and physical characteristics of each. You can have a look at each of them on the BBC iplayer by searching for the ‘Seven world’s, one planet’ series.
Listen
Globalisation is the spread of products, technology, information, and jobs across national borders and cultures.
Listen to the following to see how this process in affecting our countryside
Read
1. Top 10 tips to reduce your carbon footprint
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2. Cars and the carbon rebound
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3. The end of the plastic bottle?
Try out
1. Can you name the continents and oceans of the World in less than 60 seconds
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2. What do each of these OS map symbols represent?
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