1. Introduction to IGCSE geography at SCIE SCIE GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT

2. What is Geography? Geography is the study of where places are, what they are like, what life is like in those places and how places are changing 地理学是研究具体事物的位置，以及地理 事物的表状，以及地理事物将来可能发生 的变化。

3. Paper 1 (physical core) River system Rainfall River channel processes Shortage of water

4. Paper 1 (physical core) Energy budget Atmosphere energy budget Global climateGlobal warming

5. Paper 1 (physical core) Global patterns of platesWeathering and rocks Slopes, processes and developmentWeathering and rocks

6. Paper 1 (human core) Population pyramid migration Population-resource relationshipsThe management of population change

7. Paper 1 (human core) Relationships between settlementChange in rural settlement Urban trends and issues of urbanisation The change structure of urban settlements

8. Paper 2=physical geography options Tropical climate Tropical ecosystems Tropical landformsManagement of tropical environment

9. Paper 2=physical geography options Waves and marine processes Coastal landforms of cliff and constructive coasta Coral reefs Sustainable management of coasts

10. Paper 2=physical geography options Hazard of earthquake Hazard of mass movement Hazard of atmospheric disturbances Management of Hazard

11. Paper 2=physical geography options Hot arid and semi-arid environmentProcesses producing desert landforms Soils and vegetation Management of arid and semi-arid environment

12. Paper 2=human geography options Agricultural systems The management of agricultural change Manufacturing and related service industry The management of industrial change

13. Paper 2=human geography options Sustainable energy supplies The management of energy supply Environmental degradation The management of a degraded environment

14. Paper 2=human geography options Trade flow and trading patternsThe management of international trade The development of international tourism The management of a tourist destination

15. Paper 2=human geography options National development The globalization of industrial activity Regional development The management of development

16. How will you be assessed at the end of G2?  G2 年级结束时候如何来评定地理学科的成绩

17. Paper 1  Marks = 45% of total IGCSE mark 占总成绩的 45%  6 questions (2 on each theme) -Answer only 3 questions on the exam paper (3 x 25 marks ）六个问题，你只需要 选取旗帜的三个写在试卷纸上  Resource based - you are given some information and asked questions about it – a mixture of short and longer answers involving some free response writing, applying knowledge and problem solving 根据材料所提供的信息来回答问题，你将综合运用自己的 知识通过自己特有的语言组合来解决问题 /  Time allowed:1 hour 45 mins

18. Paper 2  Marks = 27.5% of total IGCSE mark 占总分的 27.5%  Answer all the questions on the exam paper (60 marks)  Skills based – testing how students handle and interpret a variety of geographical information, e.g. map reading, graphs, interpreting photos. and other information. No specific ‘place’ knowledge is needed. One question is based on large scale topographical map 考察学生对一系 列地理知识的掌握和理解情况，重要考察你的识图技能， 做图表技能以及其他的知识，所考察地图的并不是我们平 时所见过的某个具体地方的特定地图，完全由考试中所提 供的新的大尺度地图为准。  Time allowed:1 hour 30 mins

19. Paper 4  Alternative to coursework  Marks = 27.5% of total IGCSE mark  Answer all the questions on the exam paper (60 marks).  Techniques used in fieldwork – field study skills  只要运用野外实习中所掌握的技能来完成  Tests the ability of students to conduct academically vigorous, objective fieldwork investigations  测试学生是否能够积极有效客观的进行地理调查的能力 Time allowed:1 hour 30 mins

20. Student Skills developed in Geography  Communication 信息交流  Team working, especially leadership - organising tasks and people 团队精神尤其是领导 能力和组织能力  Collating and analysing data 比 较和分析数据  Numeracy and literacy 读数和表 达能力  Problem solving and creative thinking 问题的解决和创造性思 维  Practical surveying skills 实地测 量能力  Use and abuse of statistics 能否 客观使用统计报表的能力  Range of practical experimental techniques 一系列实地实验方法  Interpretation of a wide range of media  ICT literacy  Independent research 独立调查  Spatial awareness 空间的了解  Social, cultural and political awareness 社会文化和政治的了 解  Environmental awareness 环境 的了解  Interest in current affairs 对近期 出现的事件和问题产生兴趣