Geography GCSE
Members of Staff Responsible: Mr. G. Rowland
Examinations: GCSE Board – AQA
Three papers worth 100%
1 entry level – there has been a removal of tiers
SPECIFICATION
The course has three themes:
Living with the physical environment
Challenges in the human environment
Geographical applications
Pupils need to have a range of map and graph skills and be able to use photos, table and graph resources to solve geographical problems. Many questions require short answers but extended written answers are included in all papers.
EXAMS
Paper 1: The challenges of natural hazards, The Living World, Physical landscapes in the UK, Geographical Skills.
1 hour 30 minutes
35% of the course/ 88 marks
Paper 2: Urban Issues and challenges, The changing economic world, the challenge of resource management, Geographical skills.
1 hour 30 minute
35% of the course/ 88 marks
Paper 3: Issue evaluation, fieldwork, Geographical skills
1 hour 30 minutes
30% of the course/ 76 marks
Pre-release booklet made available 12 weeks before exam
HOMEWORK
Homework will be set each week. It will consist of either an exam question or tasks on Seneca.
