GEOGRAPHY MYP/GCSE/DP
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An unequal world?
Billionaires investigation
Africa: the danger of a single story
Patterns of development
Trade and development
Fair Trade
Sustainable Development Goals
Tectonic Hazards
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What is risk?
Alfred Wegener and Continental Drift
Plate tectonics
Distribution of tectonic hazards
Measuring earthquakes
Why do people die in earthquakes?
School earthquake plan
Earthquake assessment
Volcanoes - what are they? Why are they important?
Volcano "Science Fair"
Causes of tsunami
Population
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Why study population?
Population distribution
Population growth
Population pyramids
Demographic transition model
Migration
Migration examples - case studies
Refugees in Indonesia
Population revision activities
Weather and Climate
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Weather vs Climate and why is it important?
Climate graphs
Why does it rain?
What affects temperature and why is Jakarta so hot and wet?
What causes wind and how do we measure it?
Microclimates
IGCSE
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Physical: Hazardous environments
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Distribution of tectonic hazards
Causes of tsunami
Measuring earthquakes
Earthquake case study 1: Haiti
Earthquake case study 2: Christchurch
Why do earthquakes do more damage in LICs than in HICs?
How are volcanic eruptions measured?
Tropical storms - distribution
Causes of tropical cyclones
Tropical cyclones - case study
Why live in hazardous areas?
River Environments
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Hydrological cycle
River basins
Factors affecting river regimes
Fluvial processes: erosion
Fluvial processes: weathering and mass movement
Fluvial processes: transportation and depositon
River features and their formation
How rivers change from source to mouth
Uses of water
Water pollution
Water supply
IBDP
Changing population
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Global patterns of economic development
Physical and human factors affecting global population distribution
Case study 1: China
Case study 2: Niger
Demographic transition
Megacity growth
Forced migration and internal displacement
Ageing populations
Pro-natalist and anti-natalist policies
Gender equality policies
Trafficking policies
The Demographic Dividend
Global climate vulnerability and resilience
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Atmospheric system
The energy balance
Changes in the energy balance
The enhanced greenhouse effect
Climate Change and the Hydrosphere, Atmosphere and Biosphere
Impacts of climate change on people and places
Disparities in exposure to climate change risk and vulnerability
Government-led adaptation and mitigation strategies
Civil society and corporate strategies
Global resource consumption and security
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Progress towards poverty reduction
Measuring trends in global consumption
Global patterns and trends in the availability and consumption of water
Global patterns and trends in the availability and consumption of land/food
Global patterns and trends in the availability and consumption of energy
Water food and energy nexus
Recycling and waste
Malthus vs Boserup
Resource Stewardship strategies
Sustainable Development Goals
Freshwater - drainage basins
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The drainage basin as a system
How rivers change from source to mouth
River discharge
River processes
River landforms
Factors affecting flood risk
Attempts at flood prediction
Flood mitigation
Flood mitigation case studies
Water scarcity
Agricultural activities and water quality
Pressures on lakes and aquifers
Internationally shared water and conflict
Water management: participation of local communities
Dams as multi-purpose schemes
Water management: Integrated Drainage Basin Management (IDBM)
Managing wetlands
Leisure, Sport and Tourism
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Growth and purpose of leisure time
Categories of tourism and sport
Economic development and participation
Factors affecting personal participation
Factors affecting growth of tourism hotspots
Spheres of influencee
Factors affecting a national sports league
Festivals
Niche national tourism strategies
Role of TNCs
Tourism as a national development strategy
International sporting events
Consequences of unsustainable growth
Sustainable tourism
Future international tourism
Political and cultural influences on sport
Extended Essay in Geography
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Supervisor meetings
Skills/concepts
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Infographics
4 Ps
Mock examination revision and preparation
Geography and ToK
Theory of Knowledge
Knowledge and Technology
Knowledge and Language
Knowledge and Politics
Knowledge and Religion
Knowledge and Indigenous Societies
Subject Guide
An overview of global patterns and trends in the availability and consumption of energy, including the relative and changing importance of hydrocarbons, nuclear power, renewables, new sources of modern energy.
Home
Contact
MYP
Development
>
An unequal world?
Billionaires investigation
Africa: the danger of a single story
Patterns of development
Trade and development
Fair Trade
Sustainable Development Goals
Tectonic Hazards
>
What is risk?
Alfred Wegener and Continental Drift
Plate tectonics
Distribution of tectonic hazards
Measuring earthquakes
Why do people die in earthquakes?
School earthquake plan
Earthquake assessment
Volcanoes - what are they? Why are they important?
Volcano "Science Fair"
Causes of tsunami
Population
>
Why study population?
Population distribution
Population growth
Population pyramids
Demographic transition model
Migration
Migration examples - case studies
Refugees in Indonesia
Population revision activities
Weather and Climate
>
Weather vs Climate and why is it important?
Climate graphs
Why does it rain?
What affects temperature and why is Jakarta so hot and wet?
What causes wind and how do we measure it?
Microclimates
IGCSE
Course information
Physical: Hazardous environments
>
Distribution of tectonic hazards
Causes of tsunami
Measuring earthquakes
Earthquake case study 1: Haiti
Earthquake case study 2: Christchurch
Why do earthquakes do more damage in LICs than in HICs?
How are volcanic eruptions measured?
Tropical storms - distribution
Causes of tropical cyclones
Tropical cyclones - case study
Why live in hazardous areas?
River Environments
>
Hydrological cycle
River basins
Factors affecting river regimes
Fluvial processes: erosion
Fluvial processes: weathering and mass movement
Fluvial processes: transportation and depositon
River features and their formation
How rivers change from source to mouth
Uses of water
Water pollution
Water supply
IBDP
Changing population
>
Global patterns of economic development
Physical and human factors affecting global population distribution
Case study 1: China
Case study 2: Niger
Demographic transition
Megacity growth
Forced migration and internal displacement
Ageing populations
Pro-natalist and anti-natalist policies
Gender equality policies
Trafficking policies
The Demographic Dividend
Global climate vulnerability and resilience
>
Atmospheric system
The energy balance
Changes in the energy balance
The enhanced greenhouse effect
Climate Change and the Hydrosphere, Atmosphere and Biosphere
Impacts of climate change on people and places
Disparities in exposure to climate change risk and vulnerability
Government-led adaptation and mitigation strategies
Civil society and corporate strategies
Global resource consumption and security
>
Progress towards poverty reduction
Measuring trends in global consumption
Global patterns and trends in the availability and consumption of water
Global patterns and trends in the availability and consumption of land/food
Global patterns and trends in the availability and consumption of energy
Water food and energy nexus
Recycling and waste
Malthus vs Boserup
Resource Stewardship strategies
Sustainable Development Goals
Freshwater - drainage basins
>
The drainage basin as a system
How rivers change from source to mouth
River discharge
River processes
River landforms
Factors affecting flood risk
Attempts at flood prediction
Flood mitigation
Flood mitigation case studies
Water scarcity
Agricultural activities and water quality
Pressures on lakes and aquifers
Internationally shared water and conflict
Water management: participation of local communities
Dams as multi-purpose schemes
Water management: Integrated Drainage Basin Management (IDBM)
Managing wetlands
Leisure, Sport and Tourism
>
Growth and purpose of leisure time
Categories of tourism and sport
Economic development and participation
Factors affecting personal participation
Factors affecting growth of tourism hotspots
Spheres of influencee
Factors affecting a national sports league
Festivals
Niche national tourism strategies
Role of TNCs
Tourism as a national development strategy
International sporting events
Consequences of unsustainable growth
Sustainable tourism
Future international tourism
Political and cultural influences on sport
Extended Essay in Geography
>
Supervisor meetings
Skills/concepts
>
Infographics
4 Ps
Mock examination revision and preparation
Geography and ToK
Theory of Knowledge
Knowledge and Technology
Knowledge and Language
Knowledge and Politics
Knowledge and Religion
Knowledge and Indigenous Societies