Why Choose GCSE Geography?
Do you want to study a subject which gives you the chance to …..
- Learn more about the world we live in?
- Develop skills that will help you in other areas such as ICT and research?
- Do some of your work away from the classroom and school?
- Be assessed on project work and not just an exam?
- Work as a team with other students?
- Learn through investigating and doing not just reading and listening?
Would you like to be able to answer the following questions?
- Is climate change really happening? Who’s responsible? How will it affect me? How can we stop it?
- Why are there too many people in some countries and not enough in others?
- Why do people move to a different country? Why has Britain recently had people moving in from other European countries?
- What caused Doncaster to flood in 2007? Will it happen again? What can we do to stop it?
- Why wasn’t the Earthquake that affected me in Doncaster as severe as in some other countries?
- Why do I go on holiday more often and to places further away, than my parents did when they were my age? How do people going on holiday damage the environment? What can I do about this?
What does this mean?
Why could this help me get a better grade?
- This means that you do the exam straight after you have finished the topic.
- Your exams will be spread out in January and June. You can re-sit each unit once to boost your grade Even if you re-sit a unit and don’t do as well as the first time, your best grade is the only one that will count.
- All your hard work throughout the 2 years won’t just rest on one set of exams
There are 4 units to study. These are:
UNIT 1: Geographical Skills and Challenges
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Section A |
Geographical Skills |
A 1 hour exam. 25% of the total GCSE |
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Section B |
Challanges for the planet - Climate Change |
UNIT 2: The Natural Environment
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Section A |
The Physical World: Volcanoes and Earthquakes |
A 1 hour exam. 25% of the total GCSE |
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Section B |
Environmental issues: A Watery World or a Wasteful World |
UNIT 3: The Human Environment
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Weighting and Exam |
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Section A |
The Human World: Population change |
A 1 hour exam. 25% of the total GCSE |
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Section B |
Peoples Issues: A Moving World or a Tourists World? |
UNIT 4: Investigating Geography
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This will be an investigation carried outside the school.
You will go on a trip for a day and conduct some research. As this is a new course the details of the trip have not yet been decided.
It is very similar to coursework, but instead of working on it at home you will be given plenty of time in school, to work on and complete your project. |
Weighting and Exam |
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| There is no exam for this unit. You will write up your project in school and your Geography teacher will mark it.It is worth 25% of your final mark |
What can i do with Geography?
- Geography is a well known subject that links to all other subjects in the curriculum.
- GCSE Geography is a stepping stone to a whole range of opportunities.
- You could move onto AS, Applied A level or a BTEC course.
- You could use your Geography expertise to do a BTEC National in Travel and Tourism which is more work related.
- The skills you develop can lead you to employment opportunities in journalism, media, engineering, ICT, Travel and Tourism, Environmental Management, business management and teaching
Geographers are EVERYWHERE!
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