HEBRON SCHOOL

Geography

  Programme includes:
  Although the English National Curriculum is followed, the examples of significant places and environments has a great emphasis on places in India and Asia (to make geographical learning more specific to the location of Hebron School) and less emphasis on places in the British Isles. Fieldwork is carried out in Std. 7 – 11. Assessment at GCSE and A level is by exam only.
   
Std. 7
  • What is Geography?
  • Settlement
  • Weather and Climate
  • Farming
  • Changing Landscape
Std. 8
  • Ecosystems
  • Population
  • Rivers
  • India
Std. 9
  • Volcanoes and Earthquakes
  • Water Resources
  • Development
  • South Africa
Std. 10 & 11
  • Population and Settlement
    • Population Dynamics
    • Types of Settlement
  • The Natural Environment
    • Structure, Landforms and Landform Processes
    • Weather, Climate and Natural Vegetation
    • The Inter-relationship of Physical and Human Geography
  • Economic Development and the Use of Resources
    • Agricultural Systems
    • Industrial Systems
    • Leisure Activities and Tourism
    • Energy and Water Resources
    • Environment Risks and Benefits: Resource Conservation and Management
Std. 12 From the Cambridge International Examination syllabus for AS:
  • Hydrology and Fluvial Geomorphology
  • Atmosphere and Weather
  • Rocks and Weathering
  • Population Change
  • Settlement Dynamics
Std. 13 From the Cambridge International Examination syllabus for A2:
  • Economic Transition
  • Environmental Management
  • Coastal Environments
  • Hazardous Environments
  • Tropical Environments (possibly)

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