Geography Teaching Today

Links to KS3 Curriculum

Geographical enquiry and skills
1 Undertaking geographical enquiry:
1b - suggest appropriate sequences of investigation (gathering views and factual evidence about a local issue)
1c - Collect, record and present evidence
1d - Analyse and evaluate evidence and draw and justify conclusions
1e - Appreciate how people's values and attitudes affect issues.

2 Developing geographical skills:
2a - to use an extended geographical vocabulary
2b - to select appropriate fieldwork techniques and instruments

Knowledge and understanding of places
3c - Describe physical and human features that give rise to the distinctive character of places
3d - explain how and why changes happen in places, and the issues that arise from these changes.

Knowledge and understanding of patterns and processes
4a - describe and explain patterns of physical and human features
4b - identify, describe and explain physical and human processes and their impact on places and environments.

Breadth of study

6c - geomorphological processes

6e - ecosystems

6f - population

6g - settlement

6j - environmental issues and management

7c - carry out fieldwork investigations outside the classroom

Links to GCSE Specifications

AQA - A, People and the Natural Environment Topics
• 9.3 River landscapes and processes (The interaction between people and fluvial environments)

AQA - A, Natural Environment Topics (Short Course)
• 9.2 River landscapes and processes (The interaction between people and fluvial environments)

AQA - B, The United Kingdom
• 9.1 River Basins and their Management (Swanage - The Swanbrook River)

AQA - C, Managing the Physical Environment
• 9.6 Weather Hazards (How can people better manage the impacts of storms and flooding?)

Links to A-Level Specifications

AQA - A, Module 1: Core Concepts in Physical Geography
• 10.1 Water on the Land (Flooding as a Hazard)

AQA - B,Module 4: Global Change
• 13.2 People and the Environment: Hazards (The origin, geographical distribution, frequency of occurrence and scale of the hazard and: The effects of the hazard on the physical, built and human environments and: The extent to which the hazard can be predicted and/or prevented).

Edexcel Geography A, Unit 1: Physical Environments
• 1.2 Fluvial environments (Downstream changes along a river: Investigate changes in suspended load & bed load downstream: Channel pattern, bed load & stream efficiency: A comparison of the characteristics of streams of different orders: River pollution)

Edexcel Geography B, Unit 1: Changing Landforms & their Management - River Environments
• 1.1 How do fluvial systems operate within the global hydrological cycle? What impact does the hydrological cycle have on fluvial systems?
• 1.4 How have human activities, some of which may be conflicting, influenced river environments? What are some of the consequences that can occur as a result?
• 1.5 How does the management of river systems pose a continuing challenge for people?

OCR - A: The Physical Environment
• 5.1.1 Hydrological system (Drainage Basins, Rainfall - discharge relationships)

OCR - B: Physical Systems & their Management
• 5.1.1 Atmospheric systems & people (What interactions exist between people & atmospheric systems? To what issues, responses & management strategies do these interactions give rise?)

OCR - B: Physical Systems & their Management
• 5.1.2 Landform systems & people (What physical processes are operating on the landforms of fluvial environments? How are people interacting with these physical processes & systems? What issues, responses & management strategies arise from this?)