GCSE Geography Parents’ Preferences Evening 28th January 2020
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 of 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 or 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... You have to do two fieldwork studies - this might mean staying away from home for a few nights I chose GCSE Geography because I like learning about which can be scary. physics in the real world in natural geography. I chose Geography because… There are a lot of facts that It's a lot more detailed - It is relevant to my future career choice you need to remember and than you think- it (geologist) you have to memorise requires a lot of work - It gives you a knowledge of the world and statistics and figures. and revision outside of what causes certain things to happen school. - I enjoyed it during Year 8 - It is interesting to learn about - It is very diverse; we get to learn about lots of different things Some questions are very Don't choose - I like maps and graphs so I find the short but it does mean you whatever your mathematical side of Geography easy have to know small details friends choose. It is a about topics to be able to difficult subject so answer them. only do it if you're prepared to put in I wish I’d known that that there would be so the work and effort. much content to learn.
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