Curriculum for Excellence ‘Benchmark’

Level 3

• Identifies the processes which form landscapes across the world.
• Provides a simple explanation of at least three processes involved in the development of any chosen landscape, for example, coasts, volcanic, rivers or glaciated.
• Provides a simple explanation of at least three consequences of an environmental issue, and for each suggest how they could be managed.

Activity

Earth forces

• Space and the planet Earth
• Plate tectonics
• Plate boundaries
• Earthquakes
• Impacts of Earthquakes
• Case study
• Investigation
• Haiti Aid cooperative activity

Curriculum for Excellence ‘Benchmark’

Level 3

• Identifies at least three social and economic differences between developed and developing countries, for example infant mortality rate, % adult literacy rate, Gross National Product per capita.
• Suggests possible ways these differences would be reduced, and provide valid opinions as to their likely success.
• Provides at least two explanations as to how landscapes influence human activity, using two contrasting areas.
• Reviews at least two simple graphical sources to interpret information and form a conclusion, for example, a map and a graph.

Activity

One world

• Indicators of development
• Causes of global inequality
• Conflict
• Trade
• Trading game
• Fair trade