Geography (Year 10)
See Year 10s Geography ‘Schedule of Learning’ for the 2025/26 academic year:
| Topic | Sub-topic |
|---|---|
| Urban Environments | Contrasting trends in urbanisation over the last 50 years. |
| Urban Environments | Factors affecting the rate of urbanisation and the emergence of megacities. |
| Urban Environments | Problems associated with rapid urbanisation. |
| Urban Environments | Factors affecting urban land use patterns. |
| Urban Environments | Generic introduction sustainable urban development; to include the greenfield versus brownfield debate. |
| Urban Environments | Urban challenges in a named developed country. To include energy, transport, waste and segregation. |
| Urban Environments | Urban development case study from a developed country: covering sustainable strategies and the role of different groups of people. |
| Urban Environments | Urban challenges in a named developing or emerging country. To include squatter settlements, the informal economy, pollution and quality of life. |
| Urban Environments | Urban development case study from a developing or emerging country: covering sustainable strategies and the role of different groups of people. |
| Urban Environments | End of topic test |
| River Environments | Components and characteristics of the hydrological cycle. |
| River Environments | Features of a drainage basin. |
| River Environments | 1.1c Factors affecting river regimes – Hydrographs. |
| River Environments | Fluvial processes: Weathering, mass movement, erosion, transportation and deposition. |
| River Environments | How a river’s valley and channel changes along its course (Long and cross profiles). |
| River Environments | Changing river landscapes: Distinctive upland (v-shaped valleys, interlocking spurs and waterfalls) and lowland landforms (meanders, oxbow lakes, flood plains and levees). |
| River Environments | Changing river landscapes: Distinctive upland (v-shaped valleys, interlocking spurs and waterfalls) and lowland landforms (meanders, oxbow lakes, flood plains and levees). |
| River Environments | Generic introduction to why rivers need to be sustainably managed. |
| River Environments | River management case study from a developed country: covering usage, water quality and flooding. |
| River Environments | River management case study from a developing or emerging country: covering usage, water quality and flooding. |
| River Environments | End of topic test |
| Urban Environments | Urban Fieldwork week |
| Economic Activity & Energy | Classification of employment by economic sector and differences in countries employment structures. |
| Sixth Form experience week (tbc) | |
| Economic Activity & Energy | Reasons for the changes in the numbers of people employed in each economic sector. |
| Economic Activity & Energy | Positive and negative impacts of economic sector shifts. |
| River Environments | Rivers Fieldwork week |
| Economic Activity & Energy | Informal employment: causes and characteristics. |
| Economic Activity & Energy | Different theories (Malthus and Boserup), population and resources. |
| Economic Activity & Energy | Factors affecting the location of economic activity in each economic sector and how these have changed over time. |
Exam Board – Edexcel Geography
What will you study?
Challenge of Resource Management – Food
Urban Issues and Challenges – Lagos
Urban Issues and Challenges – London
Physical Landscapes in the UK – River Landscapes
Physical Landscapes in the UK – Coastal Landscapes
The Changing Economic World – Nigeria
Useful tips and resources
Geography is an ever-evolving subject and the best Geographers are those who have a good understanding of what is going on in the world around them. The best way to become a better Geographer is to develop an interest in the wider world.
• AQA GCSE Geography specification
• AQA GCSE Geography – BBC Bitesize
• Internet Geography
• Time For Geography – Short videos covering many GCSE topics
• GCSE Pod – Log in using your Office 365 login
• PMT AQA GCSE Geography revision
• PMT GCSE Geography past papers
• National Geographic
• BBC Earth
• Royal Geographical Society: Ask the Geographer Podcast
• Ordnance Survey MapZone – great for practising map skills
The BBC Earth documentaries and podcasts are an excellent starting point to introduce many of the issues facing the natural world today and we also recommend subscribing to the Royal Geographical Society’s ‘Ask the Geographer’ podcast, which has episodes suitable for students from KS3 up to KS5.