Geography Years 10 to 11

Introduction and Overview

  • AQA
  • Paper 1
    • Living with the physical environment
    • Section A: The challenge of natural hazards; Volcanoes and earthquakes, hurricanes and climate change.
    • Section B: The living world Rainforests and either hot deserts or cold environments.
    • Section C: Physical landscapes in the UK; Overview, then coasts and rivers.
  • Paper 2
    • Challenges in the human environment
    • 3.2.1 Section A: Urban issues and challenges; problems and management of cities.
    • 3.2.2 Section B: The changing economic world; studies around global development gap, and a look at the economy of the UK.
    • 3.2.3 Section C: The challenge of resource management; Management of food, water or energy.
  • Paper 3
    • Geographical applications
    • Section A: Issue evaluation using pre released materials worked on in class.
    • Section B: Fieldwork Based on two field trips – one to the coast, and one to Birmingham.

How to support your child

We are sure that you already do many of these things to support your child but here is a useful reminder for you to refer to:

  • Encourage wider reading
  • Ask them what they have learnt today
  • Help them to structure revision for tests and assessments
  • Make good use of BBC Bitesize
  • Use revision guides to complete practice papers
  • Ensure homework is complete to the deadline

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Additional Reading

Stay up to date with current affairs in the papers – especially matters relating to units studied.