geog options 09
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Could
GCSE GCSE GeograpGeographyhy be the right direction for youyou?
The world in which we live is likely to change more in the next 50 years than it has ever done before. Geography explains why, and helps to prepare you for those changes.
Geography tackles the big issues:• environmental responsibility• our global interdependence• cultural understanding and tolerance• commerce, trade and industry.
Geographical study fosters these qualities and provides a firm basis for life-long learning.
The transferable skills which geography fosters are an asset in the complex world of employment today. Geography is about the future and encourages flexible thinking.
GCSE AQA Specification A
Unit 1 Physical geography
Water on the Land:
River valleys
Flooding and flood management
Water supply issues
The coastal zone:
Distinctive landforms
Consequences of rising sea level
Coastal management
Coastal habitat and conflicts
Ice on the Land:
Glacial budget
Distinctive glacial landforms
Tourism in glaciated areas
The Restless Earth:
Earth’s structure, plate margins
Volcanic hazards
Supervolcanoes
Earthquake hazards
TsunamisChallenge of weather and climate:
UK characteristics
Depressions and anticyclones
Global climate change
Tropical storms
Unit 2 human geography
Population change:
Population structures
Consequences of rapid growth
Impact of an ageing population
Migration – causes and consequences
Changing urban environments:
Functions and land uses
Need for planning
Rapid urbanisation and industrialisation effects
Characteristics of a sustainable city
The Development Gap:
Contrasts in development
Physical and human factors that influence development
Ways to reduce global inequalities
Inequalities within the E.U
Pressures on rural urban fringe:
Social and economic changes in Lake District
Sustainability
Human influences on commercial farming in East Anglia
Change and conflict in tropical and subtropical rural areas
Globalisation:
The development of manufacturing and services across the globe
The demand for energy
Sustainable development
Global demands for food
Tourism:
Global growth of tourism – reasons, economic significance, impacts
Effective management in UK
Consequences of mass tourism
Sustainable tourism – ecotourism
HOW WILL YOU BE ASSESSED?
Your final grade in Geography will be based on:- 2 final written exams – one paper based on
physical geography and the other on human geography (each worth 37.5%)) You will have a choice of 7 questions on paper 1 and need to answer three of them. On paper 2 you will have a choice of 6 and need to answer 3.
Two tiers of Exam entry are available:Higher: Grades A* to DFoundation: Grades C to G Controlled assessment – 25% 6 hour write up
under direct supervision in school
GCSE GeographyWhat useful life skills will I acquire?
• Team work • Creative thinking• Independent enquiry skills• How to solve problems and justify decisions made –
essential for most jobs and careers• How to collect and interpret data through fieldwork.• Using secondary data to find out about different
peoples, cultures & environments – research and filtering skills
• Reflective, analytical skills and communication skills
Geography helps to develop broadminded and capable independent learners
who are better equipped to cope with life’s challenges.
. Geography brings together all other subjects combines a knowledge of science and an understanding of the arts.. geography will give you an
oversight that no other subject can give. It therefore combines well with any GCSE subject.
• make a concise report• handle data• ask questions and find answers• make decisions about an issue• analyse material• organise themselves• think creatively and independently
• good communicators• spatially aware• socially, economically and environmentally aware• problem solvers• good team players• computer literate• well rounded, flexible thinkers
Nationally, Geography has one of the best graduate employment records in the country! Compared to other
subjects, geography graduates are among the most employable. They possess the skills that employers look for.
Is geography a good choice in terms of getting a job?
The answer is a resounding YES!
Care about the planet?Estate ManagerForestry RangerEnvironmental ConsultantPollution AnalystConservation Officer
Discover new
places!
Travel Agent
Tourism Officer
Eco-Tourism
Advisor
Tour Guide
Media Researcher
Enjoy being in the landscape?HydrologistCoastal Manager
GeologistCivil EngineerSoil Conservationist
Interested in Weather?
Weather Presenter
Disaster Manager
Flood Prevention Officer
Risk Assessor
Water Supply Coordinator
Fascinated by
maps?
GIS Specialist
Cartographer
Utilities Manager
Remote Sensing
Analyst
Interested in human behaviour?PlannerSocial WorkerMarket ResearcherHousing OfficerEstate AgentWant to know why
people work where they do?
Economic Developer
Location AnalystRetailerRegional Developer
Transport Manager
Interested in
world events?
Aid Worker
Diplomat
Refugee Advisor
Charity
Coordinator
-PGCE (teaching qualification).
-MSc (e.g. environmental assessment, land management, pollution andenvironmental control, information systems engineering, oceanography, meteorology, rural resource management).
- MA (e.g. cultural geography, society space, international business,town planning).
- PhD (e.g. glaciology, geography of finance, quaternary environmentalchange, geography of health care).
Are you the next
one?
‘Geography is the subject that holds the key to our planet’(Michael Palin)
A girl cycles through floodwaters in Stratford Upon-Avon, central England. (Reuters: Darren Staples)source
Without GEOGRAPHY …Without GEOGRAPHY …
you’re nowhere!you’re nowhere!
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Acknowledgements
• Jo Blackshaw, Oakhampton College
• Liz Smith, Seaford Head Community College