GCSE GEOGRAPHYGCSE GEOGRAPHY

What’s it all about?What’s it all about?

Geography in the News• World economic downturn...

• 2012 Olympics to regenerate London…

• Global Warming – is it a myth?...

• Snow causes country to come to a stand still and 100’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 can 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

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?• 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 the Geography TeamFor further information please speak to the Geography Team