GCSE - Welcome and Review

Autumn Term 1 - Y11

Welcome back and review.


Subject content

Living with the physical environment
3.1.1 Section A: The challenge of natural hazards
3.1.2 Section B: The living world
3.1.3 Section C: Physical landscapes in the UK

Challenges in the human environment
3.2.1 Section A: Urban issues and challenges
3.2.2 Section B: The changing economic world
3.2.3 Section C: The challenge of resource management

Geographical applications
3.3.1 Section A: Issue evaluation (Summer Vacation Y10 + Autumn Y11)
3.3.2 Section B: Fieldwork (Summer Y10)

Geographical skills
3.4 Geographical skills (Ongoing Y9, Y10 and Y11)




 
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What have Y11 completed so far?

Unit/section of syllabus                                          Page in text book

1. Unit 1 - Living with the physical environment6
2. Section A - The challenge of natural hazards6
3. 1 Natural hazards8
   1. 1.1 What are natural hazards?8
4. 2 Tectonic hazards10
   1. 2.1 Distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes10
   2. 2.2 Physical processes at plate margins12
   3. 2.3 The effects of earthquakes14
   4. 2.4 Responses to earthquakes16
   5. 2.5 Living with the risk from tectonic hazards18
   6. 2.6 Reducing the risk from tectonic hazards20
5. 3 Weather hazards22
   1. 3.1 Global atmospheric circulation22
   2. 3.2 Where and how are tropical storms formed?24
   3. 3.3 The structure and features of tropical storms26
   4. 3.4 Typhoon Haiyan - a tropical storm28
   5. 3.5 Reducing the effects of tropical storms30
   6. 3.6 Weather hazards in the UK32
   7. 3.7 The Somerset Levels Floods, 2014 (1)34
   8. 3.8 The Somerset Levels Floods, 2014 (2)36
   9. 3.9 Extreme weather in the UK38
6. 4 Climate change40
   1. 4.1 What is the evidence for climate change?40
   2. 4.2 What are the natural causes of climate change?42
   3. 4.3 What are the human causes of climate change?44
   4. 4.4 Managing the impacts of climate change (1)46
   5. 4.5 Managing the impacts of climate change (2)48

1. Section C – Physical landscapes in the UK96
2. 9 UK landscapes98
   1. 9.1 The UK’s relief and landscapes98
3. 10 Coastal landscapes100
   1. 10.1 Wave types and their characteristics100
   2. 10.2 Weathering and mass movement102
   3. 10.3 Coastal erosion processes104
   4. 10.4 Coastal erosion landforms106
   5. 10.5 Coastal deposition landforms108
   6. 10.6 Coastal landforms at Swanage (1)110
   7. 10.7 Coastal landforms at Swanage (2)112
   8. 10.8 Managing coasts – hard engineering114
   9. 10.9 Managing coasts – soft engineering116
   10. 10.10 Managing coasts – managed retreat118
   11. 10.11 Coastal management at Lyme Regis120
4. 11 River landscapes122
   1. 11.1 Changes in rivers and their valleys122
   2. 11.2 Fluvial (river) processes124
   3. 11.3 River erosion landforms126
   4. 11.4 River erosion and deposition landforms128
   5. 11.5 River landforms on the River Tees130
   6. 11.6 Factors increasing flood risk132
   7. 11.7 Managing floods – hard engineering134
   8. 11.8 Managing floods – soft engineering136
   9. 11.9 Managing floods at Banbury138

Work/learning for this year (Year 11):

1. Section B - The living world50
2. 5 Ecosystems52
   1. 5.1 Introducing a small-scale ecosystem52
   2. 5.2 How does change affect ecosystems?54
   3. 5.3 Introducing global ecosystems56
3. 6 Tropical rainforests58
   1. 6.1 Environmental characteristics of rainforests58
   2. 6.2 Causes of deforestation in Malaysia60
   3. 6.3 Impacts of deforestation in Malaysia62
   4. 6.4 Managing tropical rainforests64
   5. 6.5 Sustainable management of tropical rainforests66

1. 14 Urban change in the UK164
   1. 14.1 Where do people live in the UK?164
   2. 14.2 Introducing Bristol166
   3. 14.3 How can urban change create social opportunities?168
   4. 14.4 How can urban change create economic opportunities?170
   5. 14.5 How can urban change affect the environment?172
   6. 14.6 Environmental challenges in Bristol174
   7. 14.7 Creating a clean environment in Bristol176
   8. 14.8 Social inequality in Bristol178
   9. 14.9 New housing for Bristol180
   10. 14.10 Redevelopment in Bristol: the Temple Quarter182
   11. 14.11 The Temple Quarter regeneration184
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3. 15 Sustainable urban development186
   1. 15.1 Planning for urban sustainability186
   2. 15.2 Sustainable living in Freiburg188
   3. 15.3 Sustainable traffic management strategies190

Section C - The challenge of resource management

1. 254
2. 19 Resource management
3. 256
   1. 19.1 The global distribution of resources    256
   2. 19.2 Provision of food in the UK258
   3. 19.3 Provision of water in the UK260
   4. 19.4 Provision of energy in the UK262

20 Food management                                                   20.1 Global food supply

1. 264
2. 20.2 Impact of food insecurity266
3. 20.3 Increasing food supply268
4. 20.4 The Indus Basin Irrigation System270
5. 20.5 Sustainable food production (1)272
6. 20.6 Sustainable food production (2)274

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