Transcript Geography - Pudsey Grangefield School

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Late for GCSE and A level exams and work
12 mile queues and 15 hour journeys
one small fruit farm business has lost £1,000
because it was not possible to reach a market in
Wells.
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Lesson Objective:
By the end of today’s
lesson I should be
able to:
 Describe the
structure of the A
level Geography
course
 Evaluate the
impacts of flooding
on MEDCs/LEDCs
Water and carbon cycles
 Coasts
 Natural Hazards
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Drainage basins
 Storm events
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Case study of a river
Case study of a tropical rainforest
Processes e.g erosion, weathering, LSD
 Landforms
 Sea level change, climate change and
impacts on coasts
 Management- hard and soft
engineering and flood management
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UK and International case studies
Plate boundaries
 Volcanoes and earthquakes- causes,
impact and management
 Tropical storms and wildfires- causes,
impact and management
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Case study: small scale and a multi hazard
area
Global systems and global Governance
 Changing places
 Contemporary Urban environments
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Globalisation- trade, information systems,
unequal power and flows of people
 Trading relations between MEDCs and
LEDCs
 Role of TNCs and impacts
 Trade in food or manufacturing
 Role of the UN
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Role of Antarctica and threats to it
One local case study and another of a
contrasting place
 location, topography, physical
geography, land use, built environment
and infrastructure, demographic and
economic characteristics and links to
other places
 Ways in which people are affected by
continuity and change
 Role of the Government and media
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Urbanisation, suburbanisation, counterurbanisation, urban resurgence. The
emergence of megacities and world cities and
their role in global and regional economies.
Economic, social, technological, political and
demographic processes associated with
urbanisation
Urban change: deindustrialisation,
decentralisation, rise of service economy.
Urban regeneration
Urban climate, drainage and waste,
dereliction and water and air pollution
3000-4000 words
 20% of A level
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You will be carrying
out fieldwork related
to Rivers during a 2
day residential field
course in February
You will be given a news story on an issue.
In your pair:
1. Summarise the main points
2. Explain the problems/benefits it may
lead to
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What are the issues that could arise due to
the UK not being self sufficient in terms of
food?
How consumers be affected?
What might be the impacts for farmers?
Why is this important?
Why do we need foreign workers?
What are the positives and negatives of
having so much farmland abroad?
Why has the pound become weaker since
the referendum result?
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Why is a global deal on climate change
important?
What will be the issues if countries do not ratify the
agreement? Why is it important they sign it
quickly?
What impacts is climate change having on the
Maldives and how might issues develop in the
future?
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Why were the effects so bad?
Why has the recovery been slower in the rural areas?
Is the compensation money enough?
How likely is it that the country will be able to recover?
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Will people use it?
Is this the answer to sustainable transport?
What alternatives are there?
What will be
the impacts
of this?
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1/10 of the coastline could retreat by up to 200
metres inland over the next 100 years, with 5% of it
likely to move back by an even greater distance(
owned by National Trust)
Search pgs_geography on twitter and pick
an 2 articles related to Geography (or
BBC news website)
1. Summarise the main issues outlined
2. What are your opinions on the
information? What more should be
done?
3. Produce a teaching resource on your
findings