1. Geography Course Calendar and Personal Learning Checklist
The City of Leicester College

2. Geography (Course Calendar)
Topic 1
Map skills
Measuring distance, coordinates, the shape of the land.
Topic 2
Settlement with a focus on Leicester
Urban areas and its problems, sustainable cities, why is Leicester so special?
Topic 3
Tectonic Hazards
Plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, impacts and management.
Topic 4
Brazil
The rainforest, favelas, urbanization, biofuel.
Topic 5
Weather
Elements of weather, weather and the UK, hazardous weather (hurricanes).

3. Geography (PLC) Natural Hazards Geographical Skills
WHAT I NEED TO KNOW
I understand the process of plate tectonics and how it causes hazards.
I understand the processes happening at each of the 4 plate boundaries.
I understand how earthquakes form.
I understand the impacts of earthquakes.
I understand how the impacts of volcanoes can be managed.
I understand how volcanoes form;
I can identify the two types of volcanoes;
I understand the impacts of volcanoes.
I understand how floods form and its impacts.
I understand the impacts of floods.
I understand how the impacts of floods can be managed.
I understand how tsunamis form.
I understand the impacts of tsunamis.
I understand how the impacts of tsunamis can be managed.
I understand how earthquakes form and its impacts.
WHAT I NEED TO KNOW
I can identify the oceans on a world map.
I can identify the continents on a world map.
I can identify a significant number of countries on a world map.
I can identify the countries of the United Kingdom.
I can identify the capital of these countries.
I can identify the rivers and mountains of the United Kingdom.
I can identify the seas and the ocean around the United Kingdom.
I can indicate the directions on a map.
I know how to calculate the 4-figure grid referents on a map.
I know how to calculate the 6-figure grid referents on a map.
I can what to include on a sketch map of an area.
I can calculate distance on an OS map.