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Edexcel B (KS4)

KS3 & KS4 geography curriculum

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Year 9

Anthropocene: What is the impact of humans on the world?

14 lessons

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  • Representation and identity
  • Risk and resilience
  • Sustainability and climate change

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This unit teaches pupils about how humans have affected our world by looking at environmental issues such as plastic pollution and the impact of fossil fuel use. The unit leads pupils to question whether we are in a new geological epoch.

This unit draws on pupils' previous studies to question whether we have entered a new geological epoch. Pupils will use their knowledge of climate change, forest biomes, coasts and natural resources to consider how humans interact and change the natural environment. This unit encourages pupils to think broadly about geographical issues and makes explicit the connections between units across the curriculum.

  1. An introduction to the Anthropocene
  2. Evidence of the Anthropocene
  3. The human impact on ecosystems
  4. The impact of consumption
  5. Plastic pollution
  6. Threats to oceans
  7. Fieldwork: Planning an air pollution enquiry and collecting data
  8. Fieldwork: Presenting air pollution data
  9. Fieldwork: Analysing, concluding and evaluating air pollution data
  10. Phasing out fossil fuels
  11. Alternative energy supplies
  12. Global governance
  13. Our future climate
  14. Sustainability: A new way of living
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