S1 Course Outline
Maps And Mapping
- What is geography?
- Making a treasure island map
- Continents and Oceans - outlines and map projections
- Using the atlas - physical and political maps
- Our continent - EC countries, capitals and other continents
- Our Country - mapping towns and cities; Britain's relief; contours on an O.S map
- Using 4 fig and 6 fig grid references
- Using compass points
- Using scale
- Using longitude and latitude
Weather
- Elements of the weather
- Weather extremes
- Keeping a weather record/diary
- Dunfermline's climate
- Climate graphs
- Forecasting the weather
Town And Country
- Rural and urban landscapes; physical and human features
- Scottish farming - understanding distribution and farm types
- An investigation of 2 Scottish farms
- Settlement study - class of local services, settlements and communications
- Understanding settlement growth - Case Study - Greater London; growth, features, functions and transport
- Case Study - Italy. Mapping physical and human features
- Living and working in Italy - North and South contrasts.
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