Year 8 Geography

Term 

What are we learning 

1 

Tectonics 

The distribution of volcanoes and earthquakes, the causes of volcanoes and earthquakes, associated landforms at different plate margins, hazards are associated with volcanic eruptions and how can they be reduced, effects and responses to earthquakes vary in contrasting areas of wealth (CS-G), how earthquake danger be reduced. 

2 

Population and migration  

Where everyone in the world is, how and why world population is changing, the DTM and population structures, implications of different population structures, why people migrate, the impacts of migration.  

3 

Coasts 

Factors that shape the coastline, coastal processes, coastal features of erosion, deposition and transportation, the process of longshore drift, the impacts of coastal erosion and how this can be managed, the success of management strategies along a chosen stretch of coastline (CS-N). 

4 

Weather and climate 

The impact of the weather on people, different types of rain, air pressure and impact on the weather, factors affecting temperature, how we measure, record and present the weather, climate graphs, how and why weather varies around the world.  

5 

Ecosystems 

Global distribution of biomes, factors affecting distribution, the physical characteristics of tropical rainforests and hot desert environments, how plants and animals are adapted to survive in tropical rainforest hot desert environments, the challenges and opportunities arising from human exploitation of tropical rainforests and hot desert areas (CS-G).  

6 

East Africa 

We begin by looking at the human and physical geography of East Africa, including key geological features and its population distribution. We then focus in on the River Nile and its importance to the people who live around the river, including farming and the transportation of goods. We finish by looking at Kenya and the impact of tourism. 

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