Geography

Subject:	Geography
Contact:	Miss Z Oliver

Overview

A brand new A-Level for 2016 has seen massive and exciting changes to the new A-Level content studied via AQA (7037). Students will look at 6 topics in great detail to challenge their perceptions and stimulate their investigative and analytical skills.

Whilst new units have been added to reflect the world today, such as global governance, the topics found popular with students have been kept such as hazards and population. Students have eight lessons a fortnight and are co-taught by two teachers who share responsibility preparing students for their individual project and examinations over the two year course.

Curriculum content

	Term 1	Term 2	Term 3
Year 12	Glacial systems & landscapes Population & the environment	Hazards Population & the environment	Hazards Global Governance
Year 13	Global Governance Changing Places	Water & Carbon Cycles Individual Project	Changing places

Term 1

Term 2

Term 3

Year 12

Glacial systems & landscapes

Population & the environment

Hazards

Population & the environment

Hazards

Global Governance

Year 13

Global Governance

Changing Places

Water & Carbon Cycles

Individual Project

Changing places

Assessment components

Component One: Physical Geography	Component Two: Human Geography	Component Three: Geography Fieldwork Investigation
What is assessed? Section A: Water and carbon cycles Section B: either Hot desert systems and landscapes or Coastal systems and landscapes or Glacial systems and landscapes Section C: either Hazards or Ecosystems under stress	What is assessed? Section A: Global systems and global governance Section B: Changing places Section C: either Contemporary urban environments or Population and the environment or Resource security	What is assessed? Students complete an individual investigation which must include data collected in the field. The investigation must be based on a question or issue defined and developed by the student relating to any part of the specification content.
How is it assessed? Written exam: 2 hours 30 minutes 120 marks 40% of A-level	How is it assessed? Written exam: 2 hours 30 minutes 120 marks 40% of A-level	How is it assessed? Written exam: 3,000–4,000 words 60 marks 20% of A-level marked by teachers moderated by AQA
Questions Section A: answer all questions (36 marks) Section B: answer either question 2 or question 3 or question 4 (36 marks) Section C: answer either question 5 or question 6 (48 marks) Question types: multiple-choice, short answer, levels of response, extended prose.	Questions Section A: answer all questions (36 marks) Section B: answer all questions (36 marks) Section C: answer either question 3 or question 4 or question 5 (48 marks) Question types: multiple-choice, short answer, levels of response, extended prose

Component One:

Physical Geography

Component Two:

Human Geography

Component Three: Geography Fieldwork Investigation

What is assessed?

Section A: Water and carbon cycles

Section B: either Hot desert systems and landscapes or Coastal systems and landscapes or

Glacial systems and landscapes

Section C: either Hazards or Ecosystems under stress

What is assessed?

Section A: Global systems and global governance

Section B: Changing places

Section C: either Contemporary urban environments or Population and the environment or Resource security

What is assessed?

Students complete an individual investigation which must include data collected in the field. The investigation must be based on a question or issue defined and developed by the student relating to any part of the specification content.

How is it assessed?

Written exam: