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    Key Stage 4

    Guru Nanak Sikh Academy
    Key Stage 4 Curriculum Overview


    Key Stage 4 Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2
    Year 10
    Big Picture

    Topic 1: Hazardous Earth (Tectonic Hazards)
    Why do the causes and impacts of tectonic activity and management of tectonic hazards vary with location

    Topic 2: Development Dynamics
    What is the scale of global inequality and how can it be reduced?

    Topic 4: The UK’s evolving physical landscape
    Why does the physical landscape of the UK vary from place to place?

    Why is there a variety of distinctive coastal landscapes in the UK and what are the processes that shape them?

    What are the challenges for coastal landscapes and communities and why is there conflict about how to manage them?

    What are the challenges for river landscapes, people and property and how can they be managed?

    Why is there a variety of river landscapes in the UK and what are the processes that shape them?

    Topic 1: Hazardous Earth (Atmospheric Hazards)
    How does the world’s climate system function, why does it change and how can this be hazardous for people?

    How are extreme weather events increasingly hazardous for people?

    Topic 2: Development Dynamics
    How is ONE of the world’s emerging countries (India) managing to develop?

    Topic 5: The UK’s evolving human landscape
    Why are places and people changing in the UK?

    How is one major UK city (Birmingham) changing?

    Topic 6: Fieldwork River fieldwork:
    how and why drainage basin and channel characteristics influence flood risk for people and property along a river in the UK.

    Urban fieldwork: how and why quality of life varies within urban areas

    Year 11
    Big Picture
    Topic 3: Challenges of an Urbanising World
    What are the causes and challenges of rapid urban change? Why does quality of life vary so much within ONE megacity in an emerging country (Mumbai)?
    Topic 7: People and the biosphere
    Why is the biosphere so important to human wellbeing and how do humans use and modify it to obtain resources?
    Topic 8: Forests under Threat
    What are the threats to forest biomes and how can they be reduced?
    Topic 9: Consuming Energy Resources
    How can the growing demand for energy be met without serious environmental consequences?