KS3 & KS4 geography curriculum

Pupils can build on their knowledge of earthquakes and volcanoes studied at KS3, and on their global locational knowledge to develop a more in-depth understanding of natural hazards. Having studied physical systems and processes at the global scale, pupils can go on to learn about smaller-scale landscape processes, such as rivers and coasts.

1. The structure of the Earth
2. Plate tectonics theory
3. Global distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes
4. Processes at constructive/divergent plate margins
5. Processes at destructive/convergent plate margins
6. Processes at conservative plate margins
7. Impacts of volcanoes in a developed and an emerging country
8. Impacts of earthquakes in a developed and a developing country
9. Reducing risks from earthquakes and volcanoes
10. Examples of management of volcanic hazards
11. Examples of management of earthquake hazards
12. Using GIS to visualise physical processes at different types of plate margin

• Pupils have global locational knowledge and can use atlas maps
• Pupils will be able to describe and interpret patterns on maps and graphs
• Pupils understand the concept of 'hazards' as applied to the physical world
• Pupils have an understanding of geological time in the context of tectonic processes
• Pupils understand that hazards can have primary and secondary impacts
• Pupils understand the difference between short-term and long-term responses to hazards
• Pupils can describe, interpret and infer using photos
• Pupils understand the role of development (HIC/LIC) on hazard impacts and responses
• Pupils understand that management ca reduce the impacts of hazards