STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO COMPLETE A REPORT ON A GEOGRAPHICAL INVESTIGATION AND TO SIT A WRITTEN EXAMINATION.
Geography Grinds
Core unit 1A & 1B:
Patterns & processes in the physical environment –
Physical geography
- Plate tectonics
- Folding & faulting
- Earthquakes
- Volcanoes
- The rock cycle
- Weathering
- Karst landscapes
- Mass movement
- Fluvial processes, patterns & landforms
- Coastal processes, patterns & landforms
- Glacial processes, patterns & landforms
- Isostacy & Eustacy (higher level)
Core unit 2:
Patterns & processes in the human environment –
Regional geography
- Concept of a region
- Irish peripheral region: The western region
- Irish core region: The Dublin region
- European core region: The Paris basin
- European peripheral region: The Mezzogiorno
- Continental/subcontinental region: India / Brazil
- Complexities of regions
Core unit 3:
Geographical investigation and skills
- Ordnance survey maps – map skills
- Aerial photographs
- Weather maps, satellite images & graph skills
- Geographical investigation
Core unit 4: Elective
Patterns & processes in economic activities-
Economic activities
- Measuring economic development
- Levels of economic development
- The global economy
- Ireland & the European Union
- Environmental impact
Core unit 5: Elective
Patterns & processes in the human environment –
Human environment
- The dynamics of population (pop. Changes over time)
- Population & human development (pop. levels)
- Migration
- Settlement
- Urban settlement & planning issues
- Urban problems
Core unit 6: Global interdependence
- Views of development & underdevelopment are subject to change
- The interdependent global economy
- Empowering people
- Sustainable development
Core unit 7: Geoecology
- Soils / Soil characteristics
- Biomes / human interaction with biomes
Core unit 8: Culture & identity
- Physical indicators of population
- Cultural indicators of population
