Key Geographical Skills (2/2) Scheme of Work

This unit of work is extremely useful for year 7/8 students to improve on geographical skills important for the new GCSE specification. These lessons follow on from the previous 16 lessons to make a full term of work on Geographical Skills and Map Work. Content includes map skills such as distance, direction, compass points, scale, routes, height on maps (spot height, layer shading, contours), relief of land, cross-sections, four figure grid references, six figure grid references, settlement patterns, graphs/data in geography, different types of maps, longitude and latitude.

Key geography Skills textbooks and Collins World Atlases KS3 are recommended for this Scheme of Work.