← Progression Step 4 · Ages 11–14
Geography
Map Skills & Physical Processes Intro
Grid references, scale, and introductions to rivers and weather systems.
Geographical skills let you read the landscape on paper and in the field.
Maps
4- and 6-figure grid references, scale, compass directions, contours.
Rivers
Erosion, transport, deposition – upper/middle/lower course ideas.
Weather
Elements of weather; depressions vs anticyclones at intro level.
What do close contours mean?
Steep slope.
Practice
1. What is a 6-figure grid reference for?
2. Name two river processes.