1. What will I be studying in Geography?
You will be following the Edexcel GCSE Geography A course.
You will receive a grade between 9 and 1.

3. Physical Geography
● Landscapes in the UK, coasts and rivers
● Weather hazards (drought and tropical storms) and climate change
● Ecosystems (deciduous woodlands and tropical rainforests) and how to manage them

4. Human Geography
● Changing cities in the UK and developing/emerging countries
● Global development and challenges that affect a developing/
emerging country
● Resources – the distribution of food, energy and water and how they are managed

5. Geographical Investigations and UK challenges
● Fieldwork - A physical fieldtrip (rivers) and a human fieldtrip (rural areas in Ambleside)
● UK challenges - Physical and human challenges in the UK (e.g. population growth, conservation of National Parks, climate change etc.

6. Assessment:
You will take 3 exams at the end of Year 11. You will also be given some marks for your spelling, punctuation, grammar and the used of geographical terminology.
Exam 1: The physical environment
Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Worth: 37.5% of the qualification
● Topic 1: The changing landscapes of the UK (geology, coasts and rivers)
● Topic 2: Weather hazards and climate change
● Topic 3: Ecosystems, biodiversity and management

7. Exam 2: The human environment
Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Worth: 37.5% of the qualification
● Topic 1: Changing cities
● Topic 2: Global development
● Topic 3: Resource management
Exam 3: Geographical Investigations: Fieldwork and UK Challenges
Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Worth: 25% of the qualification
● Topic 1: Geographical investigations – physical (rivers fieldtrip)
● Topic 2: Geographical investigations – human (Ambleside fieldtrip)
● Topic 3: UK challenges