Matravers School Geography Department GCSE Geography Presentation Mr Drake - Humanities Learning Area Abbeyfield School 2009

GCSE Geography What useful life skills will I acquire? Independent enquiry skills How to collect and interpret data through fieldwork. How to solve problems and justify decisions made – essential for most jobs and careers Team work Creative thinking Reflective and analytical skills Using secondary data to find out about different peoples, cultures & environments

What useful life skills will I acquire?

Independent enquiry skills

How to collect and interpret data through fieldwork.

How to solve problems and justify decisions made – essential for most jobs and careers

Team work

Creative thinking

Reflective and analytical skills

Using secondary data to find out about different peoples, cultures & environments

GCSE Geography Current unit titles: Climate, the Environment & People Water, Landforms & People People, Work & Development People & Place

Current unit titles:

Climate, the Environment & People

Water, Landforms & People

People, Work & Development

People & Place

Climate, the Environment & People Weather UK weather patterns, reasons for the weather we receive, The impact of weather events on people and the environment – storms, hurricanes and droughts. Climate patterns Exploring how and why climate varies around the world. Climatic changes Global warming. Desertification. Rising sea levels. Acid rain. The impact of climate change on people and the environment. Ecosystems Tropical rainforest ecosystems. Desert ecosystems. The impact of human exploitation on natural systems, together with the role of sustainable development in future management decisions.

Weather

UK weather patterns, reasons for the weather we receive, The impact of weather events on people and the environment – storms, hurricanes and droughts.

Climate patterns

Exploring how and why climate varies around the world.

Climatic changes

Global warming. Desertification. Rising sea levels. Acid rain. The impact of climate change on people and the environment.

Ecosystems

Tropical rainforest ecosystems. Desert ecosystems. The impact of human exploitation on natural systems, together with the role of sustainable development in future management decisions.

Water, Landforms & People The Hydrosphere How water is transferred and stored on earth. Sources of water for human consumption. River Landscapes The formation of natural landforms like waterfalls and meanders. Flooding problems in the UK and worldwide. The impact of human use of river landscapes. Coastal landscapes Coastal processes and the formation of erosional and depositional landforms. How human activity impacts on the natural coastal system when used for tourism and industry. The management of rising sea levels and coastal towns. Water Management schemes The challenge of providing enough water for our growing population.

The Hydrosphere

How water is transferred and stored on earth. Sources of water for human consumption.

River Landscapes

The formation of natural landforms like waterfalls and meanders. Flooding problems in the UK and worldwide. The impact of human use of river landscapes.

Coastal landscapes

Coastal processes and the formation of erosional and depositional landforms. How human activity impacts on the natural coastal system when used for tourism and industry. The management of rising sea levels and coastal towns.

Water Management schemes

The challenge of providing enough water for our growing population.

People, Work & Development Employment structures What jobs do people do in the UK and around the world. Factors that affect our access to work. Impact of technology on jobs and communities in regions of the UK. Trade and Aid How trade affects wealth. The role of Fair trade. The impact of globalisation on jobs, culture and industry in rich and poor countries. The notion of appropriate and inappropriate aid. Economic activities Types of work. Changes in industry and employment over time and its impact on communities. Impact of inward investment in South Wales and Swindon and impact of recession Economic activity and the environment Impact of quarrying and tourism on the environment

Employment structures

What jobs do people do in the UK and around the world. Factors that affect our access to work. Impact of technology on jobs and communities in regions of the UK.

Trade and Aid

How trade affects wealth. The role of Fair trade. The impact of globalisation on jobs, culture and industry in rich and poor countries. The notion of appropriate and inappropriate aid.

Economic activities

Types of work. Changes in industry and employment over time and its impact on communities. Impact of inward investment in South Wales and Swindon and impact of recession

Economic activity and the environment

Impact of quarrying and tourism on the environment

People & Place Quality of life issues Assessment of factors that affect our quality of life and standard of living, both in and out of our own control. Investigation into differences in standard of living, access to housing and environmental quality within UK towns and cities Changing urban environments Improving urban areas in the UK and overseas. London Docklands regeneration, Improving the lives of people living in squatter settlements in Brazil. Population change Management of populations worldwide. Impact of aging UK population for future generations. Urban-Rural interaction Effect of counter-urbanisation on traditional local villages. Impact of migration on host countries. Rural depopulation in the UK and overseas. Housing mass migrants in overcrowded cities worldwide.

Quality of life issues

Assessment of factors that affect our quality of life and standard of living, both in and out of our own control. Investigation into differences in standard of living, access to housing and environmental quality within UK towns and cities

Changing urban environments

Improving urban areas in the UK and overseas. London Docklands regeneration, Improving the lives of people living in squatter settlements in Brazil.

Population change

Management of populations worldwide. Impact of aging UK population for future generations.

Urban-Rural interaction

Effect of counter-urbanisation on traditional local villages. Impact of migration on host countries. Rural depopulation in the UK and overseas. Housing mass migrants in overcrowded cities worldwide.

Summary of Assessment 25% (15%) (10%) - - - Controlled Assessment Year 10 Study (15%) Year 11 Cross Unit task (10%) 5 30% 1.5 hours Paper 4 DME (Higher) 4 30% 1.5 hours Paper 3 DME (Foundation) 3 45% 1.5 hours Paper 2 Exam (Higher) 2 45% 1.5 hours Paper 1 Exam (Foundation) 1 Weighting Duration Title

Should I choose Geography? Yes, IF one or all of the following apply to you: You are interested in finding out about the world around you. You are not afraid of work hard. The topics studied are of interest to you. You are also considering taking Business Studies and/or ICT. (Do not have to have this combination though!)

Yes, IF one or all of the following apply to you:

You are interested in finding out about the world around you.

You are not afraid of work hard.

The topics studied are of interest to you.

You are also considering taking Business Studies and/or ICT. (Do not have to have this combination though!)