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 Year Group:

7

 Subject:

GEOGRAPHY

 Term:

AUTUMN
Overview:

In Year 7 geography, students will develop a wide range of key GCSE skills during each of the topics below.
The Amazon Rainforest

Key Content Key Skills
  • Structure of the rainforest (layers).
  • How plants adapt to lack of sunlight / heavy rainfall.
  • How animals adapt to predation / flooding.
  • Social, economic & environmental reason why rainforests are important.
  • Effects of human activities (mining / logging etc).
  • Environmental / social benefits of ecotourism.
  • Describing distribution using a map.
  • Describing a climate graph.
  • Making detailed links in longer answers.
  • Using a wide range of key terms in answers.
  • Using specific facts/figures as evidence.
  • Revising effectively to remember key content.

Tectonic Hazards in Western America

Key Content Key Skills
  • How earthquakes form at destructive plate margins
  • Characteristics of a volcano.
  • Effects of Mount St Helens eruption
  • Global effects of a Yellowstone super-eruption.
  • 3 Ps:  How to reduce the effects of an earthquake.
  • Factors affecting vulnerability of Seattle.
  • Describing distribution using a map.
  • Explain a sequence of events clearly and logically.
  • Making detailed links in longer answers.
  • Using a wide range of key terms in answers.
  • Using specific facts/figures as evidence.
  • Inferring (making judgements) using sources.
  • Revising effectively to remember key content.

 
Assessment:

  • End of topic tests assessing the key content and skills covered during the topic (see above).
    • Length:  1 hour
  • Formative assessments during lessons helping students to develop the key content and skills covered in the end of topic test.  These could be in the form of quizzes, group work, practice exam questions, presentations.
Feedback:

  • Regular verbal feedback to help improve quality of work and understanding of topics during the lesson.
  • Peer and self-assessment using clear success criteria and WAGOLLs (examples).  Peer/self improvements will be made in books using a different coloured pen.
  • Written teacher feedback will be given for key pieces of work focusing on strengths (green highlighter) and areas to develop (yellow highlighter).
Homework: (1 per fortnight)

Homework will involve one of the following tasks:

  1. Working on written work to ensure depth of understanding is communicated.
  2. Providing time for students to respond to feedback and improve work.
  3. Researching content to prepare for future lessons.
  4. Revision tasks to prepare students for an end of topic test.
Useful information/further support/revision:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zrw76sg

 

 

 Year Group:

7

 Subject:

GEOGRAPHY

 Term:

SPRING
Overview:

In Year 7 geography, students will develop a wide range of key GCSE skills during each of the topics below.
Finish off:  Tectonic Hazards in Western America

Key Content Key Skills
  • How earthquakes form at destructive plate margins
  • Characteristics of a volcano.
  • Effects of Mount St Helens eruption
  • Global effects of a Yellowstone super-eruption.
  • 3 Ps:  How to reduce the effects of an earthquake.
  • Factors affecting vulnerability of Seattle.
  • Describing distribution using a map.
  • Explain a sequence of events clearly and logically.
  • Making detailed links in longer answers.
  • Using a wide range of key terms in answers.
  • Using specific facts/figures as evidence.
  • Inferring (making judgements) using sources.
  • Revising effectively to remember key content.

Megacities

Key Content Key Skills
  • Reasons for rural to urban migration in NEEs/LICs.
  • Challenges & opportunities in squatter settlements.
  • Improvements to squatter settlements and reasons some improvements don’t work.
  • Land use and function in Central Business Districts.
  • Advantages & disadvantages of Crossrail.
  • How megacities can be more sustainable.
  • Key terms/points/reasons from earlier topics.
  • Describing patterns using a map.
  • Describing differences in a graph.
  • Making detailed links in longer answers.
  • Using a wide range of key terms in answers.
  • Using specific facts/figures as evidence.
  • Clearly explain & support 2 sides to an argument.
  • Revising effectively to remember key content.

 
Assessment:

  • End of topic tests assessing the key content and skills covered during the topic (see above).
  • Formative assessments during lessons helping students to develop the key content and skills covered in the end of topic test.  These could be in the form of quizzes, group work, practice exam questions, presentations.
Feedback:

  • Regular verbal feedback to help improve quality of work and understanding of topics during the lesson.
  • Peer and self-assessment using clear success criteria and WAGOLLs (examples).  Peer/self improvements will be made in books using a different coloured pen.
  • Written teacher feedback will be given for key pieces of work focusing on strengths (green highlighter) and areas to develop (yellow highlighter).
Homework: (1 per fortnight)

Homework will involve one of the following tasks:

  1. Providing more time to finish key pieces of work to a high standard.
  2. Providing time for students to respond to feedback and improve work.
  3. Researching content to prepare for future lessons.
  4. Revision tasks to prepare students for an end of topic test.
Useful information/further support/revision:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zrw76sg

 
 Year Group:

7

 Subject:

GEOGRAPHY

 Term:

SUMMER
Overview:

In Year 7 geography, students will develop a wide range of key GCSE skills during each of the topics below.
Finish off:  Megacities

 

End of year exam:  Covering Year 7 topics

  • The Amazon Rainforest
  • Tectonics in the Western USA
  • Megacities

 

Revision lessons to prepare students for the exam and develop their independent revision skills.

 

Ryedale school climate studies:  Including site based field work

 

Key Content Key Skills
  • What is a microclimate?
  • Causes of microclimates
  • Annual trends in weather at Ryedale School
  • Primary vs secondary data
  • Risk assessing field work
  • Formulating an appropriate hypothesis
  • Describing and justifying data collection methods
  • Using appropriate presentation techniques to present primary data.
  • Using graphs and manipulating data to explain results.
  • Evaluating the overall success of the fieldwork.

 
Assessment:

  • End of year test assessing the key content and skills covered this year.
  • Formative assessments during lessons helping students to develop the key content and skills covered in the end of topic test.  These could be in the form of quizzes, group work, practice exam questions, presentations.
Feedback:

  • Regular verbal feedback to help improve quality of work and understanding of topics during the lesson.
  • Peer and self-assessment using clear success criteria and WAGOLLs (examples).  Peer/self improvements will be made in books using a different coloured pen.
  • Written teacher feedback will be given for key pieces of work focusing on strengths (green highlighter) and areas to develop (yellow highlighter).
Homework: (1 per fortnight)

Homework will involve one of the following tasks:

  1. Providing more time to finish key pieces of work to a high standard.
  2. Providing time for students to respond to feedback and improve work.
  3. Researching content to prepare for future lessons.
  4. Revision tasks to prepare students for an end of topic test.
Useful information/further support/revision:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zrw76sg

 

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