Date: Saturday, 12 January 2019 Title: AQA GCSE Geography (9-1)

Lessons 3 year course from Year 9 to Year 11 3 lessons per week

Assessment Paper 1 Living With The Physical Environment Exam- 1 hour 30 minutes 35% Paper 2 Challenges In The Human Environment Paper 3 Geographical Applications Exam- 1 hour 15 minutes 30%

Paper 1 Topics Living With The Physical Environment Section A The Challenge Of Natural Hazards Natural Hazards Tectonic Hazards Weather Hazards Climate Change Section B The Living World Ecosystems Tropical Rainforests Hot Deserts Section C Physical Landscapes In The UK Coastal Landscapes In The UK River Landscapes In The UK

Paper 2 Topics Challenges In The Human Environment Section A Urban Issues And Challenges Section B The Changing Economic World Section C The Challenge Of Resource Management Water

Paper 3 Geographical Applications Section A Issue Evaluation Section B Fieldwork

Why Geography? Geography develops a range of skills that’ll be very useful for you in other subjects and in the rest of your life. A lot of the topics will be similar to the topics that you’ve studied in Years 7 and 8, just in more detail.