Geography
Overview
Geography is about recognising the problems and threats that exist in the world around us and trying to find solutions to these.
Geography
Team
- HOD: Mrs U Shannon
- Mrs E Delaney
- Mrs A McElroy
- Mrs K Corrigan
GCSE
CCEA Geography.
YEAR 11
Unit 1:
Understanding Our Natural World
Theme A: River Environments (25%)
Theme B: Coastal Environments (25%)
Theme C: Our Changing Weather and Climate (25%)
Theme D: The Restless Earth (25%)
YEAR 12
Unit 2:
Living in Our World
Theme A: Population and Migration (25%)
Theme B: Changing Urban Areas (25%)
Theme C: Contrasts in World Development (25%)
Theme D: Managing Our Environment (25%)
Unit 3:
Fieldwork
Pupils will answer questions about their River Study in an exam.
Pupils must bring a fieldwork statement and table of data into the examination.
Pupils base their answers on their knowledge and experience of fieldwork.
A LEVEL
At AS Level the course is very similar to GCSE in structure. You will not cover each topic in as much detail but you cover all 6 themes in one year. There is no coursework, instead you carry out fieldwork and answer questions about it in your third AS paper.
A2 Level covers 4 topics (Settlement, Tourism, Coasts, Volcanoes and Earthquakes) and also includes a decision making paper.
We follow the CCEA specification and you will sit three papers at the end of Year 13 for an AS grade. You sit your three A2 papers at the end of Year 14.