Year 4 & 5
Books used:
- The New Wider World
- Cut Past and Surf
- Revision exercises in Physical Geography
The basic teaching textbook is wider world referred to as WW.All other textbooks are used for support and exercise purposes. Note that not all the case studies are covered.
Autumn Term:
Autumn Term:
| 1. Population | ww | ch 1 | pp 4-21 |
| 2. Migration | ww | ch 2 | pp 22-33 |
| 3. Settlement and urban growth | ww | ch 3 | pp 34-57 |
| 4. Urban change | ww | ch 4 | pp 58-77 |
| 5. Urbanisation in the developing countries | ww | ch 5 | pp 78-92 |
Spring Term:
| 1. Resources - Energy | ww | ch 8 | pp 118-135 |
| 2. Tourism | ww | ch 10 | pp 160-179 |
| 3. Plate tectonics | ww | ch 16 | pp 262-277 |
| 4. Glaciation | ww | ch 19 | pp 316-323 |
Summer term:
| 1. Drainage basins and rivers | ww | ch 17 | pp 278-299 |
TESTS: All chapters are tested.
HOMEWORK: Homework is given ever week.
FIELDWORK: Fieldwork on population, urban, traffic/pedestrian flows, questionnaire design. These may be residential or, full day or half day. The three teaching sets go at different times of the year.
SWITZERLAND FIELD TRIP: An 8 day optional trip to Switzerland-through Italy looking at tourism, river management ,energy resources ,HEP,urban studies Glaciation and alpine ecosystems and farming systems will be last days of June and first days of July.
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