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Exploring GCSE Geography: Skills, Assessments, and Current Issues

Discover the dynamic world of GCSE Geography, where students engage with current global issues like climate change, economic downturns, and tourism development in Wales. The curriculum covers essential skills including research, analysis, and decision-making through core and optional units. Assessment comprises written examinations and inquiry-based fieldwork, focusing on real-world applications. Students develop wide-ranging skills applicable to various career paths while exploring themes such as physical geography, human geography, and globalization. Enquire today to learn more!

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Exploring GCSE Geography: Skills, Assessments, and Current Issues

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  1. GCSE GEOGRAPHY What’s it all about?

  2. Geography in the News • World economic downturn... • 2012 Olympics to regenerate London… • Global Warming – is it a myth?... • Snow causes country to come to a stand still and 100’s are left stranded… • Welsh Counties link to boost tourism… • Environmental protests at airport…

  3. Geography is… • Current • Relevant • Challenging • Wide Ranging • Life changing • Radical • Everywhere...

  4. Skills in Geography • Enquiry • Research • Numeracy and Literacy • Analysis and Interpretation • Report Writing • Decision Making • Mapwork • ICT…………………all easily transferrable.

  5. GCSE Geography • Unit 1: Core Geography (40%) Written Paper – 1 hour 45 minutes (This can be taken at the end of Year 10) • Unit 2: Options Geography (35%) Written Paper – 1 hour 15minutes • Unit 3: Geographical Enquiry (25%) Enquiry based Fieldwork (10%) Decision Making Exercise (15%)

  6. Geography Assessment • The Written Examinations are tiered – foundation and higher papers. • Enquiry Based Fieldwork – a narrowly focused task based on fieldwork and supportive secondary data and presented as a short report with illustrative data. This is a controlled assessment. • Decision Making Exercise – Students explore a relevant question from the themes studied in class. They will then present the information in the form of a newspaper article, PowerPoint, photo story, essay or oral presentation. This is a controlled assessment.

  7. Unit 1 – The Core (Yr10) • The Physical World 1. Water – Rivers 2. Climate Change 3. Living in Active Zones • A Global World 4. Changing Populations 5. Interdependence & Globalisation 6. Development

  8. Unit 2 – Options (Yr 11)3 Themes are chosen from below – 1 Physical, 1 Human and 1 other • Physical Options 7. Changing Coastlines 8. Weather and Climate 9. Living Things • Human Options 10. Tourism 11. Retail and Urban Change 12. Economic Change and Wales

  9. Examination Results SRG Geography A*- C = 74% Flintshire Geography A*- C = 66% Wales Geography A*- C = 67% • Students have performed exceptionally in Geography for the past 5 years.

  10. Why do Geography? • Wide variety of topics • Wide variety of learning activities • Develops a wide range of skills • Links well with other subjects • Provides a good base for many career paths • Its about the real world – now “Enquiring Minds Welcome” For further information please speak to the Geography Team

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