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1 Geography Homework Term/week Homework activities Autumn 1 st Tectonics/Earthquakes/Volcanoes 1 Structure of the earth/crust types 1. Differences between oceanic and continental crust 2 The earth as a jigsaw/convection currents 2.Complete a jigsaw of the earth s tectonic plates 3 Types of plate margins 4 Volcanoes, types and characteristics 3.Research into the effects of one volcanic eruption 5 Case study of an eruption/effects of an eruption 6 Earthquakes/causes/terms 4. Design a Mercalli Scale poster 7 The Japanese Tsunami 8 Earthquake case study/effects 5. What factors influence the effects of earthquakes? 9 Responses to earthquakes Revision for assessment Autumn 2 nd Atlas skills/map work 1 Four and six figure grid references 2 Jenny Firkin exercise 1. Create your own story using six figure grid references 3 Describing a route/map (mini assessment) 4 Relief and height on a map/contours 2. How high a contour map activity worksheet 5 Scaling/plans/cross sections 6 Distance and direction 3. Lost at sea scaling and direction worksheet 7 Latitude/longitude 8 Atlas work 4. Where am I? Practise questions on latitude/longitude 9 Exploring Britain 5. Revision for assessment Christmas Term/week Spring 1 st Rivers and the hydrological cycle 1 What is the hydrological cycle? 1. Features of a drainage basin 2 A rivers journey/features 3 River processes 2. Rivers of the world worksheet 4 Landforms of the river/waterfalls/meanders 5 What causes floods 3. What factors can influence the effects of floods 6 Flooding case study 7 Managing river floods 4. Research an example of flooding in the world 8 Responses to flooding events in rich/poor areas

2 9 River management the sewage plant! 5. revision for assessment Spring 2 nd Settlements and exploring Britain 1 What is a settlement? 1. Locating a settlement worksheet 2 Choosing a settlement 3 The settlement hierarchy 2. The settlement hierarchy worksheet 4 Land use in urban areas 5 Characteristics of the urban model 3. Research into one area of the urban model in the UK 6 The island jigsaw 7 Who are we? 4. Questionnaire to complete on work types 8 The kind of work Britain s do 9 The UK in the world/olympics/sport event 5. Revision for assessment Easter Term/week Summer 1 st Population and migration 1 What is population?/measuring population 1. Population distribution map in the UK 2 Population density and distribution 3 Population pyramids 2. Complete a population pyramid for Kenya 4 Issues from ageing/rapidly growing populations 5 Managing populations 3. Research into an example of migration into the UK 6 What is migration/causes of migration 7 Issues of migration/immigration 4. What kind of migration does the UK experience? 8 Managing migration 9 Case study of migration due to natural/human 5. Revision for assessments Summer 2 nd Coasts 1 What is the coast/coastal terms 1. How is chalk and boulder clay formed? 2 Sketching skills - a coastal area drawing 3 Coastal processes 2. What are tides and how are they caused? 4 Coastal landforms 5 The Holderness Coast as a case study 3. Investigating the UK coastline - worksheet 6 Coastal management 7 Coastal trip preparation 4. Investigate two types of coastal management

3 8 Coastal booklet work 9 Coastal booklet work 5. Revision for assessment/finish coastal booklet Term/week Homework activities Autumn 1 st Ecosystems/Biomes/Brazil/Antarctica 1 What is an ecosystem? 1. Food chains and food webs 2 Biomes of the world/basic characteristics 3 TRF biomes/species adaptations 2. Ecosystems of the world map 4 Threats/management of TRF s 5 Desert biomes/species adaptations 3. Adaptations of a plant and animal to a hot desert 6 Threats/management of desert ecosystems 7 Management of ecosystems 4. What are the threats to woodland ecosystems? 8 Antarctica as an ecosystem/place 9 Conservation/exploitation of Antarctica 5. Revision for assessment Autumn 2 nd Meadowhall and Fashions 1 Shopping hierarchy/terms 1. Design a shopping questionnaire 2 Changing shops/retail/questionnaires 3 Meadowhall prep work 2. Interview with an elderly relative/neighbour 4 Flow diagram/pedestrian surveys 5 Environmental appraisals/analysis 3. Where is Meadowhall and what is it like? 6 Conclusions to Meadowhall 7 Global fashion industry 4. Clothing survey of pupils wardrobes 8 Primark/exploitation 9 Fashion terms 5. Revision for shopping assessment Christmas Term/week Spring 1 st Weather and climate 1 What is weather and climate? 1. What is the difference between weather and climate? 2 Measuring the weather 3 Air pressure/rain 2. Introducing isobars worksheet 4 Extreme weather - hurricanes

4 5 Responses to extreme weather events/droughts 3. What is a hurricane and where do they occur? 6 Climates around the world/climate graphs 7 Factors that influence climate 4. Complete and annotate a climate graph 8 Energy surveys 9 Survey mapping/plotting of results 5. Revision for assessment Spring 2 nd Development and Energy 1 What is development? 1. What is the Human Development Index? 2 How did the development gap grow? 3 Mapping development/ghana 2. Where is Ghana and what is it like? Research activity 4 Ghana as an LEDC 5 Energy/types of energy 3. Create your own energy mix 6 Renewable/non renewable energy 7 Energy issues/global warming/acid rain 4. What will the world be like without fossil fuels? 8 The nuclear option 9 Issues analysis/wind farms/nuclear/bio fuels 5. Revision for assessment Easter Term/week Summer 1 st China as a place of study 1 China history/emperors/location 1. Complete a China history story board 2 China s political systems 3 The physical and human geography of China 2. What is a dynasty and emperor? 4 Population distribution and mapping 5 Rural China 3. Choropleth mapping of China s population 6 Urban China 7 One Child policy 4. Should China continue with the one child policy? 8 Issues in China/pollution 9 The Three Gorges Dam 5. Revision for assessment Summer 2 nd Tourism and the USA 1 What is tourism? 1. A postcard from your favourite destination 2 Tourism in the UK

5 3 The tourism model of growth/decline 2. What factors influence tourist numbers? 4 Changing Benidorm 5 Conflicts in tourism/case study/nepal/australia 3. Should free access be allowed in National Parks? 6 National Parks in the UK 7 Off to the USA/basic physical/human geography 4. Conflicts in tourism worksheet 8 The American dream/history 9 California/sunshine state 5. Revision for assessment or presentation on America

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