Course leader: Mrs A Winsbury-Cutts - awinsbury-cutts@tgschool.net
Examination Board: AQA
Examinations
The course is assessed 100% by external examination. Marks are awarded for Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar in the extended answer questions each exam.
Paper 1: Living with the physical environment
What's assessed
3.1.1 The challenge of natural hazards,
3.1.2 The living world,
3.1.3 Physical landscapes in the UK,
3.4 Geographical skills
How it's assessed
Written exam: 1 hour 30 minutes
88 marks (including 3 marks for spelling, punctuation, grammar and specialist terminology (SPaG) )
35% of GCSE
Questions
Section A: answer all questions (33 marks)
Section B: answer all questions (25 marks)
Section C: answer any two questions from questions 3, 4 and 5 (30 marks)
Question types: multiple-choice, short answer, levels of response, extended prose
Paper 2: Challenges in the human environment
What's assessed
3.2.1 Urban issues and challenges,
3.2.2 The changing economic world,
3.2.3 The challenge of resource management,
3.4 Geographical skills
How it's assessed
Written exam: 1 hour 30 minutes
88 marks (including 3 marks for SPaG )
35% of GCSE
Questions
Section A: answer all questions (33 marks)
Section B: answer all questions (30 marks)
Section C: answer question 3 and one from questions 4, 5 or 6 (25 marks)
Question types: multiple-choice, short answer, levels of response, extended prose
Paper 3: Geographical applications
What's assessed
3.3.1 Issue evaluation,
3.3.2 Fieldwork,
3.4 Geographical skills
How it's assessed
Written exam: 1 hour 30 minutes
76 marks (including 6 marks for SPaG )
30% of GCSE
Pre-release resources booklet made available 12 weeks before Paper 3 exam
Questions
Section A: answer all questions (37 marks)
Section B: answer all questions (39 marks)
Question types: multiple-choice, short answer, levels of response, extended prose
Additional support being provided by school
Students have access to Educake to learn and test their knowledge and understanding.
A summary of the specification and key learning has been provided to every student so they can 'RAG' rate their understanding and plan their revision.
Every lesson includes either detailed knowledge checks or exam practice.
Key word sheets and topic sheets have been provided to students for all aspects of the specification.
A range of revision resources uploaded to google classroom to complete and links to work booklets.
Geography intervention every Tuesday and Wednesday 3:10-4:10
How parents and carers can best support their child
Encourage students to complete revision booklets - revising for short periods frequently. They can also practice some sample exam questions (there are lots on the AQA website AQA | Geography | GCSE | GCSE Geography and students have them from lessons). Timed = a mark a minute.
Encourage them to keep up to date with current affairs from the news and discuss the geography all around them.
Using the revision booklets, knowledge organisers, key word sheets test them on key words, case studies, concepts and processes.
Encourage students to attend revision / intervention sessions regularly.
Websites
Educake Educake - Online Formative Assessment for Homework and Classwork
Pocket Posters: https://apps.daydreameducation.com/pocket-poster-revision-guides/gcse-geography/app/#free-book
BBC bitesize GCSE Geography - AQA - BBC Bitesize
Revision resources: Home - Internet Geography
Revision videos: Time for Geography | Home
Decide Commit Succeed
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Revision Activity |
Skill Developed |
Exam/Topic Link |
Useful learning Link |
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Geogflix- Watch and create mind maps |
Describe and explain key concepts, processes, theories. Evaluate - weigh up strategies/ solutions Evidence your points with examples of place and events. |
All topics year 10-11 Paper 1 & 2 can include any topic Paper 3 is geog skills, fieldwork |
Link to Geogflix |
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Biomes Revision workbook Seneca Units 3.1 and 3.2 Read Pocket poster revision book and online questions. |
Characteristics and distribution of each biome Human and physical influences on each biome Problem solve - issues of desertification - link to climate change - migration - development Conservation issues. Sustainability concept |
Ecosystems: semi arid grasslands rainforests, process of desertification |
Link to workbook Link to Pocket poster - |
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Climate change revision workbook Seneca Unit 2.5 Climate change Read Pocket poster revision book and online. |
Processes of natural and human climate change Evidence of climate change Causes and effects of climate change Mitigating and adapting to climate change - individual scale and international (global/government) scale. Links to desertification, extreme weather, coasts & flooding |
Climate change |
Link to workbook Link to pocket poster revision - |
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Coasts revision workbook Seneca 2.1 UK coastal landscapes units Seneca 2.2 UK coastal management |
Physical processes of erosion, transportation and deposition. Landforms of erosion and deposition Strategies to manage coastal erosion and flooding. Sustainability concept Links to climate change |
Coasts Case studies - Holderness Coast UK |
Link to workbook Link to pocket poster revision - |
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Rivers revision workbook Seneca - 2.3 .River Landscapes |
Processes of erosion, transportation, deposition Landforms of erosion and deposition Causes, effects and responses to floods Evaluate strategies of flood management - sustainability |
Case studies - Boscastle flash flood Somerset Levels - seasonal flood |
Link to workbook Pocket poster - |