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GCSE GEOGRAPHYGCSE GEOGRAPHY
What’s it all about?What’s it all about?
Geography in the News• World economic downturn...
• 2012 Olympics regenerates London…
• Global Warming – is it a myth?...
• Snow causes country to come to a stand still and 1000’s are left stranded…
• Welsh Counties link to boost tourism…
• Environmental protests at airport…
Geography is…
• Current
• Relevant
• Challenging
• Wide Ranging
• Life changing
• Radical
• Everywhere...
Skills in Geography
• Enquiry• Research• Numeracy and Literacy• Analysis and Interpretation• Report Writing• Decision Making• Mapwork• ICT…………………all easily transferrable.
GCSE Geography
• Unit 1: Core Geography (40%)Written Paper – 1 hour 45 minutes(This will be taken at the end of Year 10)
• Unit 2: Options Geography (35%)Written Paper – 1 hour 15minutes
• Unit 3: Geographical Enquiry (25%)Enquiry based Fieldwork (10%)Decision Making Exercise (15%)
Geography Assessment• The Written Examinations are tiered –
foundation and higher papers.• Enquiry Based Fieldwork – a narrowly focused
task based on fieldwork and supportive secondary data and presented as a short report with illustrative data. This is a controlled assessment.
• Decision Making Exercise – Students explore a relevant question from the themes studied in class. They will then present the information in the form of a newspaper article, PowerPoint, photo story, essay or oral presentation. This is a controlled assessment.
Unit 1 – The Core (Yr10)
• The Physical World1. Water – Rivers2. Climate Change3. Living in Active Zones
• A Global World4. Changing Populations5. Interdependence & Globalisation6. Development
Unit 2 – Options (Yr 11)3 Themes are chosen from below – 1 Physical, 1 Human and 1 other
• Physical Options
7. Changing Coastlines
8. Weather and Climate
9. Living Things
• Human Options
10. Tourism
11. Retail and Urban Change
12. Economic Change and Wales
Geography Moodle
Fieldwork and Tours
• Chester CBD Controlled Assessment
• Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Controlled Assessment
• Iceland Tour 2013….
Examination ResultsExamination Results
SRG Geography A*- C = 74%Flintshire Geography A*- C = 66%
Wales Geography A*- C = 67%
• Students have performed exceptionally in Geography for the past 5 years.
Why do Geography?• Key subject for developing literacy and numeracy skills• Wide variety of topics• Wide variety of learning activities• Develops a wide range of skills• Links well with other subjects• Provides a good base for many career paths• Its about the real world – now
““Enquiring Minds Welcome”Enquiring Minds Welcome”
For further information please speak to Mr HughesFor further information please speak to Mr Hughes
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