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Year 11

In Year 11 Students study Unit 1 - ‘Understanding Our Natural World’.

This unit focuses on Physical Geography and is divided into three themes:

Theme A: The Dynamic Landscape

The Drainage Basin – a component of the water cycle
River processes and features
Coastal processes and features
Sustainable management of rivers
Sustainable management of coasts

Theme B: Our Changing Weather and Climate

Measurement of the weather elements
Weather systems in the British Isles
The causes and consequences of climatic change

Theme C: Our Restless Earth

Basic rock types
Plate tectonics theory
Tectonic Activity in the British Isles
Earthquakes – can they be managed?

At the end of Year 11, students will sit their first GCSE examination, based on this work. This examination is worth 37.5% of their final GCSE mark. In the examination, Theme A is worth 50% of the marks and Themes B and C are worth 25% each.

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