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The National Curriculum in Wales

Curriculum Cymreig

Education for Sustainable Development

Key Skills

Geography

   
study Wales

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study the themes of: environmental issues

  • resource issues
  • global environmental change
within the context of actual places
[N C Geography, Place]

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3.8 Environmental Issues:

  • how conflicting demands on the environment arise
  • how and why attempts are made to plan and manage environments and their effects
  • how considerations of sustainable development affect environmental planning and management (See What can we do to reduce climate change?)
 

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3.9 Resource Issues:

  • the sources and supply of a resource
  • the effects on the environment of the exploitation of a resource
  • how considerations of sustainable development affect resource planning and management (See 11 - 18 years)
 

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3.10 Global Environmental Change

  • the nature, possible causes and potential effects of global environmental change
  • how considerations of sustainable development affect international responses to the change (See 11 - 18 years)
[N C Geography, Themes]

 

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1.9 use ICT to gain access to additional information sources and to assist in handling, classifying and presenting evidence and communicating ideas    

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1.10 use problem-solving and decision making skills to address geographical issues
[N C Geography, Skills]
   

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Science      
5.4 find out about the ways in which living things and the environment of Wales can be protected and the importance of conserving biodiversity
[N C Science, Life Processes and Living Things] (See Biodiversity)

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2.12 study possible effects of burning fossil fuels in the environment [N C Science, Materials and their Properties] (See What causes climate change?)

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search systematically for, process and analyse information for a specific purpose
[N C Science, Scientific Enquiry 2.4]
   

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relate their scientific knowledge and understanding to applications of science, to consider how these influence the quality of their everyday lives, and the benefits and drawbacks of such developments in a range of contexts.[N C Science, Focus statement]  

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PSE      
understand the key issues of sustainable development, including actions that will improve the quality of life now without damaging the planet for the future
[PSE, knowledge/understanding]
 

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develop a sense of personal responsibility towards the environment and a concern for the quality of life both in the present and in the future
[PSE, attitudes/values] (See What can we do to reduce climate change?)
 

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