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KS3 & KS4 geography curriculum

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Year 9

Rivers: How do rivers shape the land?

12 lessons

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  • Physical systems and processes
  • Risk and resilience

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This unit teaches pupils about how river processes shape the land and affect our lives. Pupils will use fieldwork to investigate downstream changes in rivers and use GIS to analyse flood risk across geographical space. Pupils will also evaluate different methods of flood management.

This unit helps pupils understand how rivers shape the land and impact the human environment. Pupils will gain an insight into how flooding can be mitigated to reduce risk and consider whether intervention is sustainable for people and the environment. Pupils will draw on their past knowledge of weather and climate to understand the physical systems, which influence rivers.

  1. The hydrological cycle
  2. Drainage basins
  3. River processes
  4. The upper course of a river
  5. The middle and lower course of a river
  6. Fieldwork: Measuring downstream changes in a river
  7. Fieldwork: Analysing downstream changes in a river
  8. The causes of flooding
  9. The effects of flooding
  10. Managing a river: Decision making exercise
  11. GIS: Analysing flood risk
  12. River management

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