Geography – S3 and S4

Learning Experiences:

By the end of S4, pupils will have completed a wide range of outcomes in the following broad areas:

• developing their geographical skills including research methods, the collection of data through the use of fieldwork etc, the analysis, interpretation and presentation  of data (e.g. compiling graphs)

• knowledge and understanding of human environments in developed and developing countries by  examining;
• similarities and differences in levels of human development
• the factors influencing population distribution and change
• the nature of land use in both rural and urban areas

• knowledge and understanding of physical environments and weather in the United Kingdom by studying; 
• the formation and characteristic features of two physical environments
• the ways in which these landscapes are used by people, considering conflicts which can arise from the uses
• local weather conditions and weather systems

• knowledge and understanding of a significant global geographical issue by:
• Studying the causes of a significant global geographical issue such as earthquake and volcanic activity and the impact which this issue has on people and the environment.