Year 8

	Topic(s)	Key content to be learned	Assessment
Autumn Term	Rivers Globalisation	How does water move around the world? How do erosion, deposition and transportation create different river landforms? How is flooding caused and managed? How do development levels vary around the world? What factors have helped make the world more globalised? How do TNCs operate? How has globalisation affected different groups of people?	End of unit Rivers assessment Key terms tests x2
Spring Term	Continuation of Globalisation Tectonics	How and why do tectonic plates move? How do tectonic plates create hazards? Why do the impacts of tectonic hazards vary?	End of unit Globalisation assessment End of unit Tectonics assessment Key terms tests x2
Summer Term	Weather and climate Climate change	What things make up the weather? What shapes the weather in the UK? What are climate and climate change? What causes the climate to change? How does climate change impact people and the environment?	End of unit Climate Change assessment Key terms tests x2

Topic(s)

Key content to be learned

Assessment

Autumn Term

Rivers

Globalisation

End of unit Rivers assessment

Key terms tests x2

Spring Term

Continuation of Globalisation

Tectonics

End of unit Globalisation assessment

End of unit Tectonics assessment

Key terms tests x2

Summer Term

Weather and climate

Climate change

End of unit Climate Change assessment

Key terms tests x2

Year ​8