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Topic TitleVolcanoes and earthquakesInternational developmentLiving off Earth’s resourcesEarning a livingCase study: The middle east
Key Skills and Content•   Layers of the Earth•   Rich world, poor world•     Earth’s natural resources•     The UK at work•       Introducing the Middle East
•   Plate boundaries (convergent, divergent, conservative)•   So what is development?•     Water around the world•     So where are the jobs?•       The Middle East: physical geography
•   Tsunami•   Measuring and mapping development•     What have they done to the Ogallala?•     The UK’s changing employment structure•       The Middle East: climate zones and biomes
•   Volcanoes•   Malawi: a developing country•     The growing water challenges•     Change in and around Doncaster•       The people of the Middle East
•   Iceland: a country made by volcanoes•   Singapore: a developed country•     Soil a precious resource•     Employment structure in other countries•       A closer look at the Arabian Peninsula
•   Why live in a danger zone?•   How did the development gap grow?•     Desertification in the drylands•     Where did the UK’s factory jobs go?•       Conflict in the Middle East
•   Escaping from poverty•     The fight against desertification •     The clothing industry in Bangladesh•       Israel and the State of Palestine
•   Putting an end to poverty. •     Oil for energy•     Working to bring you a mobile
•     Renewable sources of energy in the UK
•     Solar power around the world
•     But what about other species