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Syllabus

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Year 1

9 topics
The Earth and its Neighbourhoods - the Earth and its Features
  • With your understanding of the environmental features, explain the meaning of GEOGRAPHY and identify its branches and career prospects
    • Explain Geography and its branches
    • Discuss career prospects and the importance of studying geography
  • Explain the constituents and characteristics of the Solar System
    • Describe the solar system and its constituents
    • Discuss the characteristics of the planets in the solar system
  • Explain the shape of the earth and its effects on life on earth
    • Discuss evidence of the shape of earth
    • Examine the effects of the Earth's rotation and revolution
  • Explain latitudes and longitudes and outline their significance to our everyday life
    • Use latitudes and longitudes to locate places on the earth's surface
    • Calculate distances using latitudes and time using longitudes
The Earth and its Neighbourhoods - Rocks, Weathering, Soil and Mass Wasting
  • Identify the three types of rocks and explain weathering processes
    • Discuss the three types of rock, their characteristics, formational processes and their importance
    • Explain weathering and the factors affecting its processes
    • Evaluate the three weathering processes (physical, chemical and biological weathering processes)
The Earth and its Neighbourhoods - the Earth Atmosphere
  • Analyse the physical structure and composition of the Earth's atmosphere and explain the term weather and climate
    • Discuss the physical structure and composition of the Earth's atmosphere and their importance
    • Explain the differences between the weather and climate and the factors that affect them
Navigating OUR Environment - Maps, Their Elements and Analyses
  • Base on your knowledge on maps, examine the different types of maps, their importance and map scales
    • Discuss the types of maps and their importance
    • Explain the concept of map scale and convert from one scale type to another
  • Explain contour lines and how they represent relief features on maps
    • Read and interpret contours on maps
Navigating OUR Environment - Geospatial Data Collection, Representation and Interpretation
  • Collect geospatial data using both traditional methods e.g. chain and compass surveying and modern methods e.g. remote sensing, Global Positioning System (GPS) and mobile Apps
    • Assess the geospatial data collection tools
Human and Environment - Physical Settings and People
  • Examine the physical environment of Ghana (relief, drainage, climate, vegetation and soils) and their socioeconomic importance
    • Draw the outline map of Ghana and describe the location and size, and indicate the administrative regions
    • Discuss the major relief and drainage features of Ghana and their importance and challenges to development
    • Discuss the climate, vegetation and soil types in Ghana and their importance and challenges to socio-economic development
Human and Environment - Economic Activities
  • Examine the methods, importance and problems of agriculture, lumbering and mining in Ghana
    • Discuss the characteristics of subsistence and commercial agriculture and their importance and challenges in Ghana
Human and Environment - Environmental Degradation
  • Evaluate the causes, effects and measures of preventing or mitigating water and air pollutions
    • Examine causes and measures for preventing or mitigating air pollution in Ghana
    • Examine causes and measures for preventing/mitigating water pollution in Ghana
Human and Environment - Environmental Hazards and Their Management
  • Sketch a map showing the environmental hazard areas in Ghana
    • Differentiate between hazards and disasters
    • Sketch areas in Ghana prone to floods, drought, bushfires and earthquakes

Year 2

9 topics
The Earth and its Neighbourhoods - the Earth and its Features
  • With reference to the shape and movement of the earth, discuss the concept of continental drift
    • Sketch, label and describe the internal structure of the Earth
    • Explain the concept of continental drift and discuss the supporting evidence
  • Identify the different types of landforms (mountains and plains), describe the processes that create them and examine their importance
    • Identify the different types of mountains (e.g. volcanic, fold and block), their characteristics, the processes that create them and their importance
    • Describe the types of plains (structural, erosional and depositional) and the processes that create them and their importance
The Earth and its Neighbourhoods - Rocks, Weathering, Soil and Mass Wasting
  • Discuss the factors of soil formation, soil types and importance
    • State and explain the factors of soil formation
The Earth and its Neighbourhoods - the Earth Atmosphere
  • Examine factors that influence the elements of climate, the world climatic zones and the associated vegetation zones
    • Discuss the factors influencing the various climatic elements
    • Identify the forms of precipitation and the types of rainfall
    • Describe the characteristics associated with vegetation within each climatic zone in the world
Navigating OUR Environment - Maps: Their Elements and Analyses
  • Using the knowledge from maps and scales, reproduce maps, measure distances and areas, determine direction and bearings, and draw cross-sectional profiles between places
    • Reproduce map by reduction and enlargement
    • Measure distances and areas on maps
    • Determine directions and bearings
    • Draw sectional profiles (annotated) and calculate vertical exaggeration and gradient
Navigating OUR Environment - Geospatial Data Collection, Representation and Interpretation
  • Collect geospatial data using both traditional methods e.g. chain and compass surveying and modern methods e.g. remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning System (GPS) and mobile Apps
    • Identify and discuss the methods of collecting geospatial data (surveying, remote sensing, GIS, GPS etc)
    • Collect and map geospatial data using Computer and Mobile Apps, GIS and GPS
    • Explore the emerging technologies for geospatial data collection
Human and Environment - Physical Settings and People
  • Compare and contrast the physical geography of Ghana to West Africa and Africa
    • Describe the relief, drainage, climate and vegetation of West Africa and Africa
Human and Environment - Economic Activities
  • Examine the types distribution, characteristics, importance and challenges of manufacturing industries in Ghana
    • Discuss the distribution, types and characteristics of manufacturing industries in Ghana
Human and Environment - Environmental Degradation
  • Analyse causes, effects and preventing or mitigating strategies for land degradation and soil pollution in Ghana
    • Discuss the causes of land degradation, its effects and management strategies in Ghana
    • Discuss the causes of soil pollution, its effects and management strategies in Ghana
Human and Environment - Environmental Hazards and Their Management
  • Evaluate measures for controlling or mitigating floods, droughts, earthquakes and fires in Ghana
    • Examine the measures for managing floods in Ghana
    • Examine the measures for managing drought and fires in Ghana

Year 3

9 topics
The Earth and its Neighbourhoods - the Earth and its Features
  • With your knowledge on the characteristics of mountains, discuss the development of river channels and associated landforms and their importance with reference to Ghana
    • Describe the development of river channels and associated landforms
    • Examine the importance of river landforms to the socio-economic development in Ghana
The Earth and its Neighbourhoods - Rocks, Weathering, Soil and Mass Wasting
  • Examine the factors, types and effects of mass wasting
    • Discuss mass wasting and the factors that influence it
    • Examine the types of mass wasting
    • Discuss the socio-economic and environmental effects of mass wasting
The Earth and its Neighbourhoods - the Earth Atmosphere
  • Discuss the causes and evidence of climate change, its impacts and the adaptation and mitigation strategies in Ghana
    • Discuss the causes and evidence of climate change in Ghana
    • Discuss the socio-economic and environmental impacts of climate change in Ghana and beyond
Navigating OUR Environment - Maps, Their Elements and Analyses
  • Analyse natural and cultural features on topographical maps base on the knowledge gained from the representation of relief features on maps
    • Analyse natural features on maps (e.g. relief, drainage)
    • Analyse cultural features on maps (e.g. settlements, farms and roads)
    • Analyse the interrelationships between natural and cultural features on maps
Navigating OUR Environment - Geospatial Data Collection, Representation and Interpretation
  • Represent geospatial data using dot maps and flow charts
    • Analyse and interpret geospatial data using dot maps
    • Analyse and interpret geospatial data using flow charts
Human and Environment - Physical Settings and People
  • Using the knowledge gained in the physical environment, analyse population growth and distribution, migration trends and settlement types in Ghana
    • Examine population growth and distribution in Ghana
    • Discuss migration trends, settlement types and patterns in Ghana
  • Compare Ghana's population growth and migration trends to Africa and the world.
    • Compare Ghana's population growth to that of Africa and the world
    • Explore the socio-economic implications of migration from Africa to the rest of the world
Human and Environment - Economic Activities
  • Assess the role of tourism, trade and transport/communication to the socio-economic development of Ghana
    • Examine the role of tourism in the socio-economic development of Ghana and the challenges facing the tourism sector
    • Assess the role of trade in the socio-economic development of Ghana and the challenges facing the sector.
    • Examine the role of transport and communication in the socio-economic development of Ghana and the challenges facing the sector
Human and Environment - Environmental Degradation
  • Analyse the sources of waste and effects of improper waste disposal in Ghana
    • Discuss the sources of waste in your community and Ghana
    • Discuss the effects of improper waste management or disposal in your community and Ghana
    • Examine appropriate methods of waste management in Ghana: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle (3Rs)
Human and Environment - Environmental Hazards and Their Management
  • Evaluate the management strategies for desert encroachment and landslides
    • Examine ways of managing desert encroachment
    • Examine measures for the prevention/mitigation of landslides
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