Key Stage 3

At Key Stage 3 we study the following:

Year 7	First half	Second half
Autumn term	Geography *What is a geographer?*	Africa *What are the challenges and opportunities facing Africa?*
Winter term	Population *How are populations changing?*	The United Kingdom *What does the Geography of the UK look like?*
Summer term	Our living world *How do ecosystems and tropical rainforests operate?*	Development *Why is our world so unequal?*

Year 8	First half	Second half
Autumn term	Tectonics *Can we ever know enough about earthquakes and volcanoes to live safely?*	Migration *Where do the people of the UK come from?*
Winter term	Asia *How is Asia being transformed?*	Physical landscapes in the UK *What does the physical landscape of the UK look like?*
Summer term	Urbanisation *Why are world cities growing and what challenges and opportunities does this present?*	Extreme conditions *What challenges and opportunities do hot deserts and cold environments present?*

Year 9	First half	Second half
Autumn term	Climate Change *What are the causes, effects and solutions to climate change?* (GCSE unit of work)	Development *The development gap* (GCSE unit of work)
Winter term	Ecosystems *How do ecosystems operate?* (GCSE unit of work)	Tropical rainforests *How can we save the rainforests?* (GCSE unit of work)
Summer term	Racism *Have the Civil Rights and Black Lives Matter movements brought about change?*	Coasts *How are coastal landscapes formed?* (GCSE unit of work)