water on the land, sow, tgaw, gcse

Tudor Grange Academy Worcester – Scheme of Work Sample

Scheme of Work

Subject: Geography

Year Group: 10

Half Term: 1

Course / Qualification: GCSE Geography (AQA A)

Unit / Module Title: Unit 5: Water on the land

Outcomes: Students who have completed this scheme of work will:

Identify key features of a drainage basin Explain how river valleys change downstream? Identify and explain the formation of key landforms in the upper, middle and lower course of a river Describe the journey of the River Severn o establish a case study example Interpret a flood hydrograph to explain how rivers fluctuate Explore and compare the social, economical and environmental impacts of flooding in the poor and

rich world Explain what the different types of hard and soft engineering strategies are for managing floods Create a case study to explain how the rich world has managed floods

Assessments:

Assessment Title: Formative Assessment 1 Formative Assessment 2 Common Assessment

Stimulating the next generation of achievers 1


GCSE Practise Question:

Describe and explain the formation of ox bow lakes.

Foundation- 4 marksHigher- 6 marks

Students will be awarded level marking for answer.

GCSE Source analysis Questions:

Students study a photograph of the 2004 Bocastle floods to answer 2 questions:

1. What are the impacts of this flood (4 marks)

2. How could the flood be prevented? (2 marks)

Students will be awarded level marking for answer

Mock Exam for physical unit

Students will prepare for summer exam by completing a past GCSE paper on physical units (30 marks)

File Location:Feedback to students: Comment

2 targetsGCSE grade linked to grade descriptorsAttitude to learningMark out of 4

Comment2 targetsGCSE grade linked to grade descriptorsAttitude to learningMark out of 6

Comment2 targetsGCSE grade linked to grade descriptorsAttitude to learning

eMarkbook: Please record your grades as outlined above in your eMarkbook, which can be found in the following location:

Sequence of Learning

Lesson Number / Title Key Outcomes Resources Independent Learning(Homework)



Week 1

Lesson 1a:

What is a drainage basin?

All students will…

Know why the drainage basin is key to the new unit; water on land.

Describe the key features of a drainage basin by creating an annotated model. Explain how processes of erosion and transportation will impact the drainage basin.

Resources Location:Lesson 1b: http://prezi.com/f0d8hziu3gv4/unit-5-water-on-the-land-lesson-2/

Resources Available:Lesson 1a:

AQA Geography A pg 100-103PowerPoint lessonPowerPoint; processes of erosion and transportationPop up drainage basin exercise.Erosion worksheetTransportation worksheet

Lesson 1b:Prezi LinkGATM video: Basic TermsGATM video: Crazy RiverVideo task worksheetRiver Profile worksheetV shaped valley homeworkExtended learning resource folder

Revision Task:

Students will learn the 4 processes of erosion and 4 processes of transportation for a test next lesson.

Comprehension Task: Students complete a task sheet to describe the flow of a river in the upper course.

Key terms provided to support students.

Extended learning opportunity:

Students will create a fact file on the Mississippi drainage basin- guided by 5 point success criteria.

Lesson 1b:

How and why do river valleys change downstream?


Describe the flow of a river from source to mouth.

Explain how the river load of a river changes as you move downstream.

Apply knowledge to construct long and cross river profiles.

Week 2


http://prezi.com/f0d8hziu3gv4/unit-5-water-on-the-land-lesson-2/

http://prezi.com/f0d8hziu3gv4/unit-5-water-on-the-land-lesson-2/


Lesson 2a:

How do waterfalls and gorges form?


Identify and locate features from the upper course of a river on an OS map.

Explain the processes involved in the formation of waterfalls and gorges.

Create a model to represent the formation of key features in the upper course.

Resources Location:

Resources Available:Lesson 1:PowerPoint LessonAQA Geography A pg 104-107Boardworks animationsWorksheets

Lesson 2:PowerPoint lessonAQA Geography pg. 104-105Virtual meander team building exerciseBoardworks animation: Ox bow lake and meanderOx bow lake worksheetKey terms worksheet

Skills task:

Students transfer skills learnt in lesson to label and annotate an Ariel photograph of an oxbow lake and meander to explain how erosion and deposition causes the features to form.

Lesson 2b:

What is a meander and how does it turn into an ox bow lake?


Understand the main processes that cause a river to meander

Stimulate a physical model to explain how erosion and deposition affect the shape of a rivers course.

Create an annotated diagram of key features in the middle course of a river

Week 3

Lesson 3a: All students will… Resources Location:


http://www.curriculumbits.com/prodimages/details/geography/waterfalls.html





What is the journey of the River Severn?

Case study

Formative assessment 1

Describe how the journey of the River Severn changes from source to mouth

Explain the reasons why the landforms found in the upper, middle and lower course of a river differs.

Complete a GCSE practise question on river landforms (formative assessment)

Resources Available:

Lesson 1:PowerPoint lessonRiver Severn video task sheetRiver journey task sheet and answersAQA Geography A pg 108- 110GCSE Question and mark scheme: Ox bow lakes (F & H)- EXAM PRO

Lesson 2:PowerPoint lessonBoard works animationMissing word worksheetPlay doughHomework task sheet

Lesson 1: GCSE Practise Question

Students complete GCSE practise question on work learnt in lesson:

Describe and explain the formation of ox bow lakes.

Foundation- 4 marksHigher- 6 marks

Students will be awarded level marking for answer.

Lesson 2:

Online interactive task:

Students watch an online documentary to complete a task sheet to explain how the key features of a river change from source to mouth

Lesson 3b:

What landforms are found in the Lower Course of a River?


Understand and describe the key features of a flood plain

Explain and describe how a river delta it is formed.

Simulate a model to identify the 3 types of river delta

Week 4


http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/the-course-of-the-river-severn-from-source-to-sea/340.html





Lesson 4a:

How and why does the water in a river fluctuate?


Recall key terms associated with the hydrological cycle.

Describe the different stages to the hydrological cycle.

Learn definitions of key terms to successfully answer GCSE questions

Resources Location:

Resources Available:Lesson 1:Powerpoint lessonGlossary WorksheetEvian Water boy songAQA Geography A pg 111-112

Lesson 2:Powerpoint LessonTake that- The floodLiving graph worksheetLag time homeworkKey term worksheet

Revision Task:

Students will revise the definitions of all key terms learnt in lesson for a test next lesson

Higher level thinking task:Students will evaluate how 8 different factors influence the flood hydrograph and explain why.

Lesson 4b:

What is a flood hydrograph?


Know why rivers flood.

Understand the key changes as a river floods

Analyse a flood hydrograph.

Week 5

Lesson 5a:

What are the effects of flooding in a rich world country?

Formative Assessment 2


Be able to identify the effects of the UK floods in 2007

Be able to classify the effects as social, economic or environmental.

Use independent research to create a

Resources Location:


Lesson 1:PowerPoint lesson2 YouTube documentary clipsBBC information resource on

GCSE Source Analysis past question:

Students analyse a photograph of Bocastle floods to explain the different impacts of the flood and ways that the damage could have been prevented.



ICT lesson case study to be used in an exam Worcester floods (PowerPoint)WorksheetExampro: AQA: Source analysisAQA Geography A pg 113-116

Lesson 2:PowerPoint lessonGATM: Bangladesh floodsWorksheetAQA Geography A pg 113-116

Lesson 5b:

How and why do the effects of flooding and the responses to it vary?


Identify the effects of the Bangledesh floods in 2004

Classify the effects as social, economic or environmental

Contrast responses to flood in rich world and poor world countries

Week 6

Lesson 6a:

What are the different hard and soft engineering strategies for managing floods?


Identify and explain hard engineering strategies

Identify and explain soft engineering strategies

Create a model of one of the strategies to explain how it works

Resources Location:


Lesson 1:PowerPoint lessonBBC bite size: video on river managementBBC Bite size: flood management testAQA Geography A pg 113-116WorksheetPlaydough

Lesson 2:Powerpoint lessonBewdley photographshttp://www.geography.org.uk/resources/

Research Task:

Students build on case studies of risk world flood management by creating a case study of flood management in the Mississippi

Lesson 6b:

How has a rich world country managed flood risk?


Describe why flood risk management is important.

Research a case study of


http://www.geography.org.uk/resources/flooding/Bewdley


flood risk management in Bewdley, Worcester

Document research findings in a case study using ICT

flooding/Bewdley


http://www.geography.org.uk/resources/flooding/Bewdley

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