Year 7 Geography


Autumn Term

week 1 - Week 2

Lesson 1

Mapmaking

Lesson 2

Locational knowledge of the world

Lesson 3

The Geographical Case: Map Projections

week 3 - Week 4

Lesson 1

What are OS maps?

Lesson 2

What are grid references?

Lesson 3

Reading distances on a map

week 5 - Week 6

Lesson 1

Reading direction on a map

Lesson 2

Representing height on a map

Lesson 3

Using aerial and satellite images with maps

week 7 

Lesson 1

Using maps to write directions

Spring Term

week 1-2 

Lesson 1

Why are rivers important?

Lesson 2

What are the features of a drainage basin?

Lesson 3

How does the river drainage basin system work?

week 3-4 

Lesson 1

What are the features of a river's long profile?

Lesson 2

What are river long and cross profiles?

Lesson 3

Erosion and transportation

week 5-6

Lesson 1

How do rivers erode, transport and deposit their land?

Lesson 2

How do waterfalls form?

Lesson 3

What are the processes operating across meanders?

week 7-8

Lesson 1

What are the factors that influence population distribution?

Lesson 2

What is the population explosion?

week 9-10

Lesson 1

What are the potential consequences of over population?

Lesson 2

How do population structures change over time?

week 11-12

Lesson 1

How does the population structure change as a country develops?

Lesson 2

What do population pyramids show?