Geography

SUBJECT AIM

IGCSE Geography encourages learners to raise questions and to develop and deploy geographical skills, knowledge and understanding. This in turn fosters pupils’ interest in, and enthusiasm for, understanding the geography of the planet. Pupils will be given the opportunity to explore a wide range of concepts through the investigation of contemporary geographical issues affecting real people in real-life case studies.

WHAT YOU WILL STUDY

IGCSE Geography is a 2-year course that offers pupils the opportunity to study a range of both human and physical geography themes as well as having the opportunity to complete a fieldwork investigation. The themes covered are economic activity and energy, coastal environments, urban environments, hazardous environments and development and human welfare. Learners will explore geography from a diversity of perspectives, including social, economic, cultural and political.

HOW WILL YOU BE ASSESSED

Paper 1 – Physical Paper

Paper 2 – Human Paper

1 hour and 10 minutes (40%)

Candidates answer 3 questions in total,

2 from section A and 1 from section B.

1 hour and 45 minutes (60%) Candidates answer 4 questions in total, 2 from section A, 1 from section B and 1 from section C.

WHAT THIS SUBJECT CAN LEAD TO

· A wide variety of potential careers including (but not limited to): Town Planner, Geography Teacher, Meteorologist and Climatologist, Vulcanologist, Tourism Industry, The Foreign Office, Environmental Agencies, Resource Management

· A deeper and better understanding of, and tolerance for, people, places and cultures around the world.

· A desire to help look after our planet for the benefit of future generations.

Useful websites:

Edexcel International GCSE Geography (2017) | Pearson qualifications

Please click on the arrow for a detailed breakdown:

TopicLessonsAdditional DetailLength of time.Possible Symbol?Learner Attribute(s)
Economic Activity and Energy1. Employment Sectors 9 lessonsCurrency symbolsCaring
2. Economic changes overtime 
3. Factors affecting economic activity 
4. Positives and negatives of sector shifts  
5. The informal economy 
6. Population and resources  
7. Energy demand and production   
8. Sustainable energy  
9. Carbon footprint   
Coastal Environments1. Physical processes 17 lessons Knowledable
2. Wave types  
3. Erosional landforms  
4. Depositional landforms  
5. Physical factors affecting the coastline  
6. Human activities affecting the coastline  
7. Coral reefs location and characteristics  
8. Coral reefs under threat  
9. Protecting coral reefs  
10. Mangroves location and characteristics   
11. Mangroves under threat   
12. Protecting mangroves  
13. Coastal flooding   
14. Preventing flooding   
15. Hard and soft engineering  
16. Coastal conflicts  
17. Management strategy case study   
Human Fieldwork 1. Pre-fieldtrip lesson (data, sampling, methods, risk assessment, theory, rationale, fieldtrip requirements)      
2. Fieldtrip (1 day)    
3. Data collaboration – update spreadsheet with group data     
4. Data presentation – create graphs for EQS, noise pollution and traffic count    
5. Data analysis     
6. Conclusions and evaluations     
Urban Environments 1. Urbanisation and megacities  9 lessons Balanced
2. Problems with rapid urbanisation  
3. Urban land use patterns  
4. Urban challenges in a developed country  
5. Urban challenges in an emerging country  
6. Developments on the urban fringe  
7. Sustainable urban living in a developed country  
8. Sustainable urban living in an emerging country  
9. Key stakeholders  
TopicLessonsAdditional DetailColour CodeLength of time.Possible Symbol?Learner Attribute(s)
Hazardous Environments 1. Types of hazard  12 lessonsVolcano 
2. Earthquakes  
3. Earthquake in a developing country case study   
4. Earthquake in a developed country case study   
5. Tsunamis  
6. Volcanoes  
7. Volcanic hotspots  
8. Volcano case study  
9. Tropical storm formation  
10. Tropical storm case study in a developing country  
11. Tropical storm case study in a developed country  
12. Living in hazardous areas   
Physical Fieldwork 1. Pre-fieldtrip lesson (data, sampling, methods, risk assessment, theory, rationale, fieldtrip requirements)       
2. Fieldtrip (1 day)    
3. Data collaboration – update spreadsheet with group data     
4. Data presentation – create graphs for EQS, noise pollution and traffic count    
5. Data analysis     
6. Conclusions and evaluations     
Globalisation and migration1. Rise of the global eocnomy: Growth of production and commodity chains and factors which have encouraged it  11 lessons + 1 for 12 markers  
2. Role of institutions creating a glovalised economy     
3. Push and Pull factors which influenced rates of migration: Medical and Sport    
4. Push and Pull factors which influenced rates of migration: Tourism and Economic    
5. Impacts of globalisation on different groups of people    
6. Costs and benefits to countries hosting TNC’s    
7. Positives and Negatives of tourism on destination areas     
8. Geopolitical relationships when managing trade, migration and tourism     
9. Different approaches to the management of long term migration in a named country (located example)    
10. Different approaches to make tourism more sustainable from individuals, organisations and governments in a developed country (locared example)    
11. Different approaches to make tourism more sustainable from individuals, organisations and governments in an emerging or developing country (locared example)    
12. 12 mark question     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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