Y8 Geography
Year 8.1 TemplateYear 8 Geography 1.1
Your first unit this year will examine biomes across the world.
How and why is the environment different across the globe?
What is climate and how do we measure it?
What challenges does the tropical rainforest biome face?
Golden Ticket Task 1.1
Create a speech explaining why we need to sustainably manage Tropical Rainforests in the future. Include:
Loss Biodiversity
Indigenous Communities
Global Warming
Suggestions of how the TRF can be protected & why this is important.
Year 8 Term 1.2Year 8 Geography 1.2
You will now be getting Down to Earth! This topic looks at the Netflix series which covers the following issues:
Rapid population growth
Providing water sustainably
Ageing populations
Air pollution
Year 8 Term 2.1Year 8 Geography 2.1-2.2
In your third geography topic, you will be exploring the exciting world of tectonic hazards. You will learn:
How the earth is structured
Why volcanoes and earthquakes occur where they do
How earthquakes are measured
How LICs and HICs prepare and respond to earthquakes
Why people live near volcanoes
Golden Ticket Task 2.1-2.2
This task is aimed at developing your teamwork and collaboration skills so you MUST find a partner to work with on this!
Make sure both of you have completed task 1 and 2 beforehand, otherwise you won’t be able to get the Golden Ticket.
The project – in pairs you must choose an example of a devastating earthquake, one that we haven’t looked at in class, and create an informative video about it. The video must include the following:
Key facts: where, when, why, how?
Effects: short-term and long-term effects
Responses: immediate and long-term responses.
Year 8 Term 2.2Year 8 Geography Term 3
For your fourth unit in Year 8 Geography you will be looking at Changing Cities. You will discover:
How urban areas have changed over time
How cities grow
What problems cities face
The urban heat island
Smart cities of the future
Golden Ticket Task Term 3
This task is aimed at developing your teamwork and collaboration skills so you MUST find a partner to work with on this!
Make sure both of you have completed task 1 and 2 beforehand, otherwise you won’t be able to get the Golden Ticket.
The project – in pairs you must choose an example of a rapidly changing city, one that we haven’t looked at in class, and create an informative video about it. The video must include the following:
Location: continent, country, compass directions, surrounding countries, hemisphere etc.
Statistics: size by area and population, population density and other key facts.
Changes: how has it changed overtime? E.g., population change, urban sprawl etc.
Effects: Positive and negative effects of the changes.