launch of new gcse spec

AN EXCITING NEW GCSE

COURSE

Issues that you will study are regularly in the news

Geography helps you to understand what is involved with these issues and allows

you to make up your own mind about them.

Some global issues are having a real impact on our lives now, like the depletion of the Ozone Layer.

Why did this happen?

How can we make sure it

doesn’t happen again?

Why did this happen?

How can we make sure it

doesn’t happen again?

It may be useful in your future decision making.

It will enable you to learn and develop a range of skills that will be useful to you in the future.

Global Citizenship Environmental Awareness

How to read and interpret various

types of maps

Will help in Maths by:

Analysing and interpreting different

types of data

Will help in English and History by:

Using a variety of sources of information

Will help in ERS and Citizenship by:

Developing empathy for other people in the

world

Become a good communicator Work well as

part of a team

Be able to solve problems

I will get into college/university and employers will like me because through studying Geography I will…

• Investigate the causes and effects and possible management of Climate Change

Find out where and why I erupt and what impact I have on people living near me, and how I am being managed

Find out where and why I erupt and what impact I have on people living near me, and how I am being managed

Where & Why earthquakes occur

What are the range of impacts on

different countries

Where & Why is there rapid urbanisation, and what impact is this having on the environment and the people

Look at why there are so many of us living on

the planet, what influences where we

live and why we move to new places.

Look at why there are so many of us living on

the planet, what influences where we

live and why we move to new places.

SUSTAINABLE

DEVELOPMENT

What is it?

Why is it important?

Who does it effect and why?

A study of water sources and consumption

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A study of water sources and consumption

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• 3 x 1hour exams

• Coursework has been removed from the majority of GCSE subjects and from September 2009 ‘Controlled Assessment’ has taken its place.

PART 1 – Local Investigation (inc. fieldwork)

A title will be set by AQA (exam board) from one of the following units:

- Coasts- Countryside- Environment- Tourism- Urban areas- Transport- Rivers

Unit 1 – Exam (25% of overall grade) 1 hour

Unit 2 – Exam (25% of overall grade) 1 hour

Unit 3 – Exam (25% of overall grade) 1 hour

Unit 4 – Controlled Assessment (25% of overall grade)

Mr Lawson

Mr Crumbie

Dr O Sullivan

Mrs Gaygan

Miss Aldridge

Miss Wooldridge

Geography is part of our everyday lives, so come and discover the world around you.

If you would like more information then please speak to any member of the Geography department