Geography

Assessment

Paper 1 – Physical Systems 1 hour and 45 minute paper on: Glaciated Landscapes – a topic exploring glacial processes, features, and landscapes. Our trip to North Wales puts this theory into practice as we explore the northern coastline and areas around Snowden. Earth’s Life Support Systems – The Water Cycle, The Carbon Cycle and Climate Change. This paper includes a mix of short and longer mark answers, as well as geographical skills. Paper 2 – Human Interactions 1 hour and 45 minute paper on: Changing Spaces, Making Places – this topic gives students insight into how we imagine places differently and how they can change over time. Our trip to Liverpool allows students to see how places such as the Albert Docks have changed in use throughout time. Global Connections – Trade and Power and Borders are our two optional human topics. The aim behind these areas is to give students a much greater insight into the human processes occurring on a daily basis. Whether this be the flow of trillions of dollars around the world or how and why countries re-draw their borders. This paper includes a mix of short and longer mark answers, as well as geographical skills. Paper 3 – Geographical Debates 2-hour and 30-minute paper on Disease Dilemmas and Natural Hazards. This paper challenges the students to think synoptically. They have to apply knowledge from the whole course in order to answer questions effectively. An example of this is the impact natural hazards have on creating new and existing places. The exam largely focuses on longer mark answers, including two 33-mark essays. Paper 4 – Non-Exam Assessed Investigation Independent Investigation into any area of Geography on the specification 3,000–4,000 words; internally marked and externally moderated.