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GEOGRAPHY

Welcome to the DESC Geography department. We aim to provide the best possible education for all pupils in key stage 3 and for those students who will choose Geography at key stages 4 and 5. We endeavour to provide high quality teaching and effective learning outcomes in a secure, comfortable and exciting environment. Of course, enjoyable lessons are at the heart of our curriculum - as well as encouraging students to take responsibility for their own learning.

We aim to develop each pupil to their full potential and provide them with a greater understanding of their environment, and the world at large. We will also help students to acquire and develop the skills to be able to observe, collect, analyse, evaluate and communicate effectively. In particular we will strive to increase each pupil's awareness of:

Factual information relating to places and environments;
The nature of physical and human environments;
Physical and human processes which shape the earth;
Geographical concepts and frameworks which help to increase our understanding of the world;
A sense of place and location;
The processes involved in decision making;
Current environmental, economic, political and social issues;
Social and moral issues

Topics

So…what topics do we study?

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Examples of Work

	Year 8 have penned some outstanding poems on the theme of 'waves'…such as the one by Qulsoum Zaidi from 8D which can be read by clicking on the image to the left.
	If you click on the image to the left you can view a PowerPoint presentation on the street children in Brazil by Narmina Clark 8D.

Resources

As a geographer we will be using many different resources. The main textbooks we use are published by OUP:

	Year 7 - Geog.1
	Year 8 - Geog.2
	Year 9 - Geog.3
	We recommend the Oxford Student Atlas
	We also recommend the Philip's geography dictionary

There are so many fantastic Geography websites out in cyberspa . . . here's our Top 10 . . .

http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/index.html
http://www.geographypages.co.uk/

http://www.digitalgeography.co.uk/

http://www.juicygeography.co.uk

http://www.sln.org.uk/geography

http://www.geography.org.uk

http://www.activegeography.co.uk/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

http://www.geographyalltheway.com/

Revision

Need some help with revision? Try this excellent resource which is packed full of great ideas and strategies! [click on the link to the left]

NEEDED…PARENTAL HELP! Parents…read this amazing guide for some simple, yet effective ways of helping your child prepare for exams. Every little helps . . ! [click on the link to the left]

GCSE

Are your options around the corner? Thinking of opting for GCSE Geography? Need more information? Read this fantastic guide - trust me…you won't think twice about Geography after reading these links!