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KS3 & KS4 geography curriculum

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Year 8

Tectonic hazards: Why is the Earth restless?

12 lessons

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  • Physical systems and processes
  • Risk and resilience

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This unit teaches pupils about the physical processes that lead to tectonic hazards and investigates the geographical pattern of hazards across the world. Pupils will also learn how tectonic hazards affect people in different places and how people seek to manage hazards.

This unit will build on the previous learning about geology to help p[pupils understand one of the key physical systems shaping the Earth's physical environment. Pupils will be able to develop their understanding of physical processes before considering how humans seek to mitigate risk in tectonically active areas to increase their reliance. Pupils will use the knowledge gained in this unit when studying the volcanoes of the Democratic Republic of Congo in a future unit.

  1. Inside the Earth
  2. The movement of tectonic plates
  3. Plate boundaries
  4. Types of volcanoes
  5. Volcanic hazards
  6. Responses to volcanic eruptions
  7. The Mount Nyiragongo Eruption
  8. Locating earthquakes
  9. The impacts of earthquakes
  10. Responses to earthquakes
  11. The 2021 Haiti Earthquake
  12. The 2018 Sunda Strait Tsunami

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