Upper Sixth - CJ Scheme - weeks 1-15

UPPER SIXTH - CJ SCHEDULE, WEEKS 1 - 15

Module 4 Global Change
13.1 Physical Geography: Seasonal Change; Long Term Change, Plate Tectonics.

SPECIFICATION CONTENT	DETAILED CONTENT/LESSON FOCUS	SKILLS
Recent global warming and its effects.	GLOBAL WARMING	CJ SCHEDULE WEEKS 1-15
Recent global warming and its effects.	· Role of greenhouse gases within atmospheric heat transfer system. Enhanced greenhouse effect due to human activity (linked to carbon cycle). · Effects to include: sea level changes; frequency and duration of hazards; impact on human activities, e.g. farming; impact on vegetation and wild life; overview of attempted solutions and international co-operation.	http://www.climatescience.gov/ http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/climatechange/ http://www.ipcc.ch/ http://unfccc.int/resource/convkp.html
Changing vegetation and soils in the British Isles. Vegetation succession and climax vegetation (i.e. temperate deciduous woodland); a lithosere.	· Definitions of concepts, such as, sere, climax, etc.. Temporal change from pioneer species through seral stages to climax vegetation. · Changes in structural complexity, biomass, number of species, productivity, etc..	http://www.nature.com Opportunities for primary source collection: vegetation;soil transect profile; measurement of physical characteristics in a physical environment. Soils and succession.
Recent evidence used to identify changes in vegetation.	· Similar to biological evidence from global warming, plus carbon dating, historical records, etc..
The effects of human activities on vegetation successions.	Definitions of deflected! secondary succession, sub-climax and plagioclimax. · Impact of deforestation, afforestation, fire, grazing, ploughing, urbanisation, etc..	Chronological Guide for British Archeology.

CJ 1-15		CJ 1-15
CLIMATE		SOILS
VEGETATION		PLATE TECTONICS
GLOBAL WARMING		TECTONIC ACTIVITY

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UPPER SIXTH RESOURCES	AS/A2 CURRICULUM MAP	AS/A2 SYLLABUS (PDF FORMAT)
CHESTER FIELDWORK	MILAN FIELDWORK