S3:
Interdependent World
- looking at the inequalities around the world and reasons for it
- focus on Ghana and the cocoa industry
- clothing industry and exploitation of workers fair trade
Our local area of Aberdeen
- looking at the Oil industry in NE Scotland
- the development of AberdeenCity(with a trip to Aberdeen city to carry out fieldwork)
- transport issues in Northeast Scotland
Global issues
- A focus on desertification and deforestation.
- Weather studies
- Geology, weathering and erosion
- Modern issues in agriculture
National 4 and 5 Geography
Weather
- A focus on the UK
- Air masses
- Depressions and anticyclones
Landscapes (there will be an element of choice for this section)
- Glaciated uplands
- Rivers and valleys (with a trip to carry out fieldwork)
Within this unit there will be a focus on the formation of features, land uses and land use conflicts
Urban
- Characteristics of land uses within a city (case study of Aberdeen)
- Developments within the city’s CBD, inner city and rural/urban fringes
- Developments in shanty towns
Rural
- Changes in the rural landscape in a developed country looking at various influences including the EU
- Changes in the rural landscape in a developing country, and the impact of these changes e.g. machinery
Global issues
- Climate change
- Environmental hazards
Higher Geography
In higher geography, pupils will gain a deeper understanding of issues that surround them on a day to day basis, as well as opportunities to learn outside the traditional classroom setting.
Physical geography:
- Atmosphere
- Biosphere
- Lithosphere
- Hydrosphere
Human Geography:
- Population (population distribution; population pyramids; migration)
- Industry (old and new industries looking at local case studies)
- Urban (growth of cities such as Glasgow)
- Rural (shifting cultivation; intensive peasant farming; extensive commercial farming)
Environmental Interactions:
- Rural land resources
- Development and Health (looking at country case studies to understand the differences in development, as well as looking at the disease of Malaria)
