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Parents’ Preferences Evening 28th January 2020

GCSE Geography

Background Information

• Edexcel GCSE Geography A (2016)
• Three Papers

○ All assessed at the end of Year 11 in three separate papers ○ There is no coursework or controlled assessment - 100% exam based ○ Marks are awarded for SPGST (Spelling, Punctuation, Grammar and Specialist Terminology) ○ Everything we cover from September of Year 9 is part of the real GCSE

What Will I Study? Paper One

Paper 1 has three topics and brings together physical geography and people-environment processes and interactions:

• Topic 1: The changing landscapes of the UK - an overview of the

distribution and characteristics of the UK’s changing landscapes and detailed studies of tow of the following: Coastal landscapes and processes, River landscapes and processes, or Glaciated upland landscapes and processes.

• Topic 2: Weather hazards and climate change - an overview of the

global circulation of atmosphere and climate change over time and two detailed studies of tropical cyclones and drought.

• Topic 3: Ecosystems, biodiversity and management - an overview of

the distribution and characteristics of global and UK ecosystems and two detailed studies of deciduous woodlands and tropical rainforests.

How will I be assessed? Paper One

What Will I Study? Paper Two

Paper 2 has three topics and brings together human geography and people-environment issues:

• Topic 4: Changing Cities - an overview of global urban processes and

trends and detailed case studies of a major UK city and a major city in a developing country.

• Topic 5: Global development - an overview of the causes and

consequences of uneven global development and detailed case studies

• f challenges that affect a developing country.
• Topic 6: Resource management - an overview of the global and UK

distribution of food, energy and water and one detailed study of either energy resource management or water resource management at different scales.

How will I be assessed? Paper Two

What Will I Study? Paper Three

Paper 3 has two topics and brings together practical geographical enquiry and human processes and environments and the interactions between the two:

• Topic 7: Geographical Investigations (Fieldwork) - two geographical

investigations involving fieldwork and research. 7A: Investigating physical environments (coasts or rivers) and 7B: Investigating human landscapes (urban

• r rural settlements).
• Topic 8: Geographical Investigations (UK Challenges) - students need to draw

across their knowledge and understanding of the UK, from the physical and human geography drawn from Paper 1 and 2, in order to investigate contemporary challenges for the UK.

How will I be assessed? Paper Three

What Our Students Say...

I chose GCSE Geography because I like learning about physics in the real world in natural geography. I chose Geography because…

• It is relevant to my future career choice

(geologist)

• It gives you a knowledge of the world and

what causes certain things to happen

• I enjoyed it during Year 8
• It is interesting to learn about
• It is very diverse; we get to learn about lots
• f different things
• I like maps and graphs so I find the

mathematical side of Geography easy You have to do two fieldwork studies - this might mean staying away from home for a few nights which can be scary. There are a lot of facts that you need to remember and you have to memorise statistics and figures. I wish I’d known that that there would be so much content to learn. Some questions are very short but it does mean you have to know small details about topics to be able to answer them. It's a lot more detailed than you think- it requires a lot of work and revision outside of school. Don't choose whatever your friends choose. It is a difficult subject so

• nly do it if you're

prepared to put in the work and effort.