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KS4 - Geography

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Board 

Eduqas (Specification A) 

Outline of the Course 

  • Topic 1: Climate change – causes, consequences, impact
  • Topic 2: World climates: high and low pressure; Weather hazards: drought, wildfire, monsoons
  • Topic 3: Ecosystems – structure and function: tropical rain forests and coral
  • Topic 4: Water resource management, focus: Southern Africa
  • Topic 5: Weather and climate of UK
  • Topic 6: Development and Resource Issues (Inequality, TNC’s, Tourism and development, sustainable development goals, water
  • Topic 7: Environmental Impacts on a global scale - to include climate change, sea level rise, coral bleaching and management, plastic pollution, Ecological footprints, e-waste, food miles
  • Topic 8: Distinctive Landscapes of UK including Limestone
  • Topic 9: World cities; Focus Mumbai
  • Topic 10: River Landscapes, Processes and Management of Flood risk
  • Topic 11: Rural-urban links (rural and urban areas, issues and management MEDC & LEDC, Population growth and Migration)
  • Topic 12: Coastal Landscapes and Processes
  • Topic 13: Sand dune ecosystems
  • Topic 14: Coastal Management - Flooding and Erosion issues in vulnerable coastal areas (option chosen by school )

Assessment 

 
Type of Assessment
Duration
Weighting
1
Component 1 – 3 structured data response and knowledge questions drawing on Topics 1-7
1 hour 30 minutes
35%
2
Component 2 – 3 structured data response and knowledge questions drawing on Topics 8-14
1 hour 30 minutes
35%
3
Applied fieldwork and General Geography structured questions
1 hour 30 minutes
30%

NB: In addition to classroom teaching we are delighted to offer students the opportunity to participate on a 3 day residential course to FSC Juniper Hall near Guildford. This visit will cost approximately £350.00 for travel and full board. Students will complete work on the Methodological Approach and Conceptual Frameworks set out by the Examination Board (Eduqas). We hope that as many students as possible will join us in this and will provide alternative self supported fieldwork tasks (homework) for students not attending. This opportunity will provide students with the fieldwork they require (a compulsory element) for their Paper 3 examination.

GCSE-Programme-of-Courses-Booklet.pdf

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