GFS Geography Medium Term Plan Year 9 Summer

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1 Context: The Living World In this section, students are required to study Ecosystems, Tropical rainforests and Hot deserts. This unit is based on the AQA spec for living world. This will last the entire duration of the summer term. GFS Geography Medium Term Plan Year 9 Summer Skills/Themes/Strand: Topics: The Living World Fertile question: How do we live amongst the natural world? Key Constructs: 3.1 Geographical Knowledge - This objective assesses your understanding of geographical knowledge of locations, places, processes, environments and different scales. 3.2 Physical Geography -This objective assesses your understanding of physical landscapes and the processes that change them. 3.3 Human Geography and Citizenship - This objective assesses your understanding of human landscapes and the human processes that change them. 3.4 Environmental change and Sustainability - This objective assesses your understanding of how physical and human processes influence the environment and how interconnected our world is. 3.5 Decision making- This objective assesses your ability to use your geographical understanding of places, processes and sustainability to make well-evidenced decisions using the key skills of interpretation, analysis and evaluation Geographical Skills- This objective assesses your ability to use geographical skills and techniques such as map skills, fieldwork, GIS, communication and research. 3.7 Social, Moral and Cultural Exploration - This objective assesses your ability to explore political, social and cultural issues critically, to assess evidence, create debate and to make reasons arguments about a variety of issues on a different scales as well as your progress towards life as a global citizen. Employment opportunities Climatologist Meteorologist Conservationist Teacher Town planner TV Producer University lecturer Energy companies Engineering Anthropologist Politician Early Growth Further Growth Opportunities for Scholarship Lessons 1 3

2 Lesson Objective: Understanding that ecosystems exist at a range of scales and involve the interaction between biotic and abiotic components. LOW ACCESS MAIN ACCESS Identify what an An example of a small scale UK ecosystem to illustrate the concept of interrelationships within ecosystem is on different a natural system, an understanding of producers, consumers, decomposers, food chain, food scales and their web and nutrient cycling. The balance between components. relationships with living and non-living features. Evaluate the impact on the ecosystem of changing one component. An overview of the distribution and characteristics of large scale natural global ecosystems. Lessons 4-6 Lesson Objective Identify that Tropical rainforest ecosystems have a range of distinctive characteristics. LOW ACCESS Identify the physical characteristics of a tropical rainforest MAIN ACCESS The physical characteristics of a tropical rainforest. The interdependence of climate, water, soils, plants, animals and people. How plants and animals adapt to the physical conditions. Issues related to biodiversity. Lessons 7 10 Lesson Objective: Deforestation has economic and environmental impacts. LOW ACCESS MAIN ACCESS Identify the canging rates of Explain reasons for the changing rates of deforestation. A case study of a tropical rainforest to deforestation. A case study of illustrate: causes of deforestation subsistence and commercial farming, logging, road a tropical rainforest to building, mineral extraction, energy development, settlement, population growth impacts of illustrate: causes of deforestation economic development, soil erosion, contribution to climate change. Create an in depth case study of a tropical rainforest to illustrate:

3 deforestation subsistence and commercial farming, logging, road building, mineral extraction, energy development, settlement, population growth impacts of deforestation economic development, soil erosion, contribution to climate change. causes of deforestation subsistence and commercial farming, logging, road building, mineral extraction, energy development, settlement, population growth impacts of deforestation economic development, soil erosion, contribution to climate change. Lessons Lesson Objective: Tropical rainforests need to be managed to be sustainably. LOW ACCESS Identify the value of tropical rainforests to people and the environment. Identify strategies used to manage the rainforest sustainably selective logging and replanting, conservation and education, ecotourism and international agreements about the use of tropical hardwoods, debt reduction. MAIN ACCESS Explain the value of tropical rainforests to people and the environment. Explain the strategies used to manage the rainforest sustainably selective logging and replanting, conservation and education, ecotourism and international agreements about the use of tropical hardwoods, debt reduction. Create an in depth case study of a tropical rainforest to explain the strategies used to manage the rainforest sustainably.

4 Lessons Lesson Objective: Hot desert ecosystems have a range of distinctive characteristics. LOW ACCESS Identify the physical characteristics of a hot desert. The interdependence of climate, water, soils, plants, animals and people. How plants and animals adapt to the physical conditions. Issues related to biodiversity. MAIN ACCESS Explain the physical characteristics of a hot desert. The interdependence of climate, water, soils, plants, animals and people. How plants and animals adapt to the physical conditions. Issues related to biodiversity. Give specific examples to how plants and animals adapt to the physical conditions. Issues related to biodiversity. Lessons Lesson Objective: Development of hot desert environments creates opportunities and challenges. LOW ACCESS Identify the development opportunities in hot desert environments: mineral extraction, energy, farming, tourism challenges of developing hot desert environments: extreme temperatures, water supply, inaccessibility MAIN ACCESS Create a case study of a hot desert to illustrate: development opportunities in hot desert environments: mineral extraction, energy, farming, tourism challenges of developing hot desert environments: extreme temperatures, water supply, inaccessibility Create an in depth case study of a hot desert to illustrate: development opportunities in hot desert environments: mineral extraction, energy, farming, tourism challenges of developing hot desert environments:

5 extreme temperatures, water supply, inaccessibility Lessons Lesson Objective: Areas on the fringe of hot deserts are at risk of desertification. LOW ACCESS Identify the causes of desertification climate change, population growth, removal of fuel wood, overgrazing, over-cultivation and soil erosion. MAIN ACCESS Explain the causes of desertification climate change, population growth, removal of fuel wood, overgrazing, over-cultivation and soil erosion. Explain with specific examples, the causes of desertification climate change, population growth, removal of fuel wood, overgrazing, overcultivation and soil erosion. Lessons Lesson Objective: How do you reduce the risk of reasons why the fringe of hot deserts are at risk of desertification? LOW ACCESS Identify strategies used to reduce the risk of desertification water and soil management, tree MAIN ACCESS Explain strategies used to reduce the risk of desertification water and soil management, tree planting and use of appropriate technology. Evaluate the strategies used to reduce the risk of desertification water

6 planting and use of appropriate technology. and soil management, tree planting and use of appropriate technology. Formal Assessment Lesson Objective: Summative assessment of whole unit LOW ACCESS Larger font and coloured papers available. MAIN ACCESS Students sit the paper under examination conditions in their classroom. Lesson What have I learnt and how can I improve my work? Lesson Objective: LOW ACCESS Student identifies what they have mastered and what they need to improve. MAIN ACCESS Student is able to identify specific areas in their work that requires improvement and acts upon them. : Review of summative assessment, revisiting areas of weakness and practicing again. N/A Student is able to identify all areas in their work that requires improvement and acts upon them effectively.