Welcome to the Geography Department
Junior Cycle Geography focuses on providing students with opportunities to develop the knowledge, skills, values and behaviours that allow students to explore their world. This can be achieved through the three interconnected strands: Exploring the physical world, Exploring how we interact with the physical world, Exploring people, place, and change.
Topics Studied:
- Plate Tectonics
- Volcanic Activity
- Earthquakes
- Mountain Building
- The Rock Cycle
- Natural Resources
- Rivers
- Coasts
- Glaciers
- OS Maps
- Aerial Photography
- Economic Activities
- Population
- Migration
- Climates
- Measuring and Forecasting Weather
Key Skills developed:
- Communicating with others
- Managing information
- Analysing & Interpreting a variety of Information
- Recognising patterns.
- Linking causes, course and consequence.