Geography

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Choosing either History or Geography is something you all have to do and they will both enable you to develop skills and understanding that will benefit you in whichever career you decide on, as well as opening up career opportunities in their own right. Click here to see a selection of where Geography could take you.

GCSE Geography

Contact Information, Ms. Dawbarn, Curriculum Leader of Geography

Course Content

The topics cover many important human and environmental issues, which are of concern today. This course will help you to gain a very good understanding of the Earth’s natural and human environments, how we affect them and how people can manage them:

Natural hazards: the causes of volcanoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, extreme weather events and how people manage their effects.
River landscapes and how river flooding can be managed
Coastal landscapes and the management of disappearing coastlines
The living world: tropical rain forests, why they are important and how they can be protected
Alaska: how this last great wilderness can be protected
Cities in different parts of the world and how we can make them better places to live in
Development and quality of life: global and UK issues
Resource management: the importance of water and how water supplies, in different parts of the world, can be managed

Skills Developed

You will develop lots of transferable skills that will be of value, whether you move into higher education or work.

In lessons you will be involved in a variety of activities: thinking tasks and problem solving, decision making tasks, data analysis and presentation, different kinds of report writing, the interpretation of maps and photos, the use of IT for presentations and research, discussions and debate, group work, discussion and quizzes.

Assessment

You will complete three examination papers at the end of Y11. These will test your knowledge and understanding of the content of the course, geographical skills and fieldwork.

Geography

GCSE Geography

Contact Information, Ms. Dawbarn, Curriculum Leader of Geography

Course Content

The topics cover many important human and environmental issues, which are of concern today. This course will help you to gain a very good understanding of the Earth’s natural and human environments, how we affect them and how people can manage them:

Natural hazards: the causes of volcanoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, extreme weather events and how people manage their effects.

River landscapes and how river flooding can be managed

Coastal landscapes and the management of disappearing coastlines

The living world: tropical rain forests, why they are important and how they can be protected

Alaska: how this last great wilderness can be protected

Cities in different parts of the world and how we can make them better places to live in

Development and quality of life: global and UK issues

Resource management: the importance of water and how water supplies, in different parts of the world, can be managed

Skills Developed

You will develop lots of transferable skills that will be of value, whether you move into higher education or work.

Assessment

You will complete three examination papers at the end of Y11. These will test your knowledge and understanding of the content of the course, geographical skills and fieldwork.

Paper 1: Physical Environment

Paper 2: Human Environment

Paper 3: Geographical Applications

Progression Routes

Academic

A level Geography

Degree Level Geography

BSc or BA

Applied

BTEC Travel & Tourism

Apprenticeship

Employment examples

Archaeologist

Ecologist

Landscape Architect

Crime Analyst

Tourism/Leisure Officer

Town and Countryside Planner

Quantity Surveyor

Geo scientist