Year 9 Geography
This page lays out the topics that are taught in Year 9 Geography at Regent House. The curriculum tries to develop skills and content that are required in Geography and life and work. Transferable Skills include ICT, numeracy, literacy and decision-making. There are regular opportunities for assessment through regular homework, some of which are assessed, and through testing. There are also opportunities for fieldwork, a vital part of any Geography curriculum.
Unit 1: Coasts
Unit 2: POPULATION
In this unit pupils will learn:
* About the increase in global population
* That there is an uneven distribution of people across the Earth's surface
* How to work out the population density of an area
* How population is influenced by migration, birth rates and death rates
* How population structures vary between MEDCs and LEDCs
* How migration affects NI and UK
The pupils will be assessed through effective questioning in class, but unit scores will be calculated through assessed homework, spelling test of key words and end of unit test.
Notebook presentation must be neat and tidy and the pupils will have an opportunity to self evaluate at the end of every unit. Parents are encouraged to aid in this process and must sign the sheet at the end of every unit.
* About the increase in global population
* That there is an uneven distribution of people across the Earth's surface
* How to work out the population density of an area
* How population is influenced by migration, birth rates and death rates
* How population structures vary between MEDCs and LEDCs
* How migration affects NI and UK
The pupils will be assessed through effective questioning in class, but unit scores will be calculated through assessed homework, spelling test of key words and end of unit test.
Notebook presentation must be neat and tidy and the pupils will have an opportunity to self evaluate at the end of every unit. Parents are encouraged to aid in this process and must sign the sheet at the end of every unit.
Unit 3: Weather and Climate
In this unit pupils will learn:
* Weather: what, why and where?
* Air pressure and our weather
* Why is our weather so changeable?
* Rain and clouds
* Climate and factors that affect it
* Climate in the UK
The pupils will be assessed through effective questioning in class, but unit scores will be calculated through assessed homework, spelling test of key words and end of unit test.
Notebook presentation must be neat and tidy and the pupils will have an opportunity to self evaluate at the end of every unit. Parents are encouraged to aid in this process and must sign the sheet at the end of every unit.
* Weather: what, why and where?
* Air pressure and our weather
* Why is our weather so changeable?
* Rain and clouds
* Climate and factors that affect it
* Climate in the UK
The pupils will be assessed through effective questioning in class, but unit scores will be calculated through assessed homework, spelling test of key words and end of unit test.
Notebook presentation must be neat and tidy and the pupils will have an opportunity to self evaluate at the end of every unit. Parents are encouraged to aid in this process and must sign the sheet at the end of every unit.
Unit 4: Urbanisation
In this unit pupils will learn:
* How our towns and cities grow.
* Urbanisation around the world.
* Push and pull factors and why people move.
* Why we like living in cities.
* Life in slums.
* How we can make cities more sustainable
The pupils will be assessed through effective questioning in class, but unit scores will be calculated through assessed homework, spelling test of key words and end of unit test.
Notebook presentation must be neat and tidy and the pupils will have an opportunity to self evaluate at the end of every unit. Parents are encouraged to aid in this process and must sign the sheet at the end of every unit.
* How our towns and cities grow.
* Urbanisation around the world.
* Push and pull factors and why people move.
* Why we like living in cities.
* Life in slums.
* How we can make cities more sustainable
The pupils will be assessed through effective questioning in class, but unit scores will be calculated through assessed homework, spelling test of key words and end of unit test.
Notebook presentation must be neat and tidy and the pupils will have an opportunity to self evaluate at the end of every unit. Parents are encouraged to aid in this process and must sign the sheet at the end of every unit.