st ivo geography department - gcse revision support
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St Ivo School Geography Department
The following online resources are available to support you
with your revision.
Department Website - www.geobytes.org.uk
Twitter feed for GCSE - @StIvoGeography
Department Facebook Page – St Ivo School Geography DepartmentLinks to new resources and
useful news articles are flagged up on the new facebook page to keep you up-to-date with what
is available.
GCSE Blog www.geobytesgcse.wordpress.com – REVISION RESOURCES
Interactive Past Papers...
Available on the blog for ALL 3 units – simply opt to have all
questions or a random question from that unit – type in your answer and hit submit to get a suggested answer to
test yourself!
The following revision resources are available on the blog....
Keyword Dominoes...
Available on the blog for ALL 3 units and all topics! Simply print, cut out and mix up to have a quick revision game to test yourself on the key words!
Interactive Diagrams...
Available on the blog for all natural environment case studies – an interactive revision diagram
to help you summarise your knowledge and understanding
and check yourself on your case studies!
GeoTweet Revision...
Daily GeoTweet revision –15 mins each evening on
the @StIvoGeography twitter feed.
Summaries of each night’s revision are available on www.geobytesgcse.wordpress.com
For you to access at any time during the revision
period.
The blog and twitter feed will continue to be
updated during study leave to help you with
your revision.
Revision Bunting... Download revision summaries of all the major case studies –can display around you or make into a little pack...
Download from www.geobytesgse.wordpress.com
Revision Cards... Download from www.geobytesgse.wordpress.com
Revision cards available for all topics – simply cut out and fold – work with your friends and test each other or ask friends and relatives to test you! Questions one
side.... Answers the other!
Case study mix and match cards... Download from www.geobytesgse.wordpress.com
Mix and match cards to test yourself on your case studies – which case study is which?
This should really help you when trying to identify in an exam what example you should use for which answer.
Place specific detail mix & match Download from www.geobytesgse.wordpress.com
Learn your Place Specific Detail – match up the place specific detail to the relevant case study!
Test Glossaries Download from www.geobytesgse.wordpress.com
Downloadable glossary check sheets – either test yourself on the key words or the definitions – print off and then use your revision guide to self-check.
PODCASTS Download from www.geobytesgse.wordpress.com
You can download the podcasts to an mp3 player or listen via the
blog.
Currently available for
Population and Tourism topics at GCSE – more to
come...
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUIZZES Download from www.geobytesgse.wordpress.com
Online multiple choice quizzes to test yourself are
available on the blog.
30 seconds per question – challenge yourself to answer as
many as you can correctly!
Coasts and Challenges to the
Planet already online – others coming
soon!
Revision Guides for all 3 units....
Remember to make good use of your revision guides and your past papers to revise content and practise applying it to develop your exam
technique.