+ + 1: Living with the physical Paper 2: Challenges in the Paper 3: Geographical environment human environment applications What's assessed What's assessed What's assessed 3.1.1 The challenge of natural 3.2.1 Urban issues and 3.3.1 Issue evaluation, 3.3.2 hazards, 3.1.2 The living world, challenges, 3.2.2 The changing Fieldwork, 3.4 Geographical 3.1.3 Physical landscapes in economic world, 3.2.3 The skills the UK, 3.4 challenge of resource Geographical skills management, 3.4 Geographical skills How it's assessed How it's assessed How it's assessed Written exam: 1 hour Written exam: 1 hour Written exam: 1 hour 30 minutes 30 minutes 15 minutes 88 (including 3 marks for 88 marks (including 76 marks (including spelling, punctuation, 3 marks for SPaG) 6 marks for SPaG) grammar and specialist 35 % of GCSE 30 % of GCSE terminology Pre-release resources (SPaG)) booklet made available 12 35 % of GCSE weeks before Paper 3 exam Questions Questions Questions Section A: answer all Section A: answer all Section A: answer all questions (33 marks) questions (33 marks) questions (37 marks) Section B: answer all Section B: answer all Section B: answer all questions (25 marks) questions (30 marks) questions (39 marks) Section C: answer any two Section C: answer question 3 Question types: multiple questions from questions and one from questions 4, 5 choice, short answer, levels 3, 4 and 5 (30 marks) or 6 of response, extended prose (25 marks) Question types: multiple choice, short answer, levels Question types: multiple of response, extended prose choice, short answer, levels of response, extended prose Revision material available: Content revision involves the booklets which can be used alongside revision guides and class work. Exam technique booklets These help to understand how to answer the questions – using the revised content. Some questions are knowledge based whilst others are general geographical ideas that need explaining. The long response questions are also based around making a judgement. Exemplar AQA provided answers – Fieldwork summaries helping to recap and apply to exam questions.
1: Living with the physical environment + Paper 2: Challenges in the human environment + Paper 3: Geographical applications What's assessed 3.1.1 The challenge of natural hazards, 3.1.2 The living world, 3.1.3 Physical landscapes in the UK, 3.4 Geographical skills What's assessed 3.2.1 Urban issues and challenges, 3.2.2 The changing economic world, 3.2.3 The challenge of resource management, 3.4 Geographical skills What's assessed 3.3.1 Issue evaluation, 3.3.2 Fieldwork, 3.4 Geographical skills How it's assessed Written exam: 1 hour 30 minutes 88 (including 3 marks for spelling, punctuation, grammar and specialist terminology (SPaG)) 35 % of GCSE How it's assessed Written exam: 1 hour 30 minutes 88 marks (including 3 marks for SPaG) 35 % of GCSE How it's assessed Written exam: 1 hour 15 minutes 76 marks (including 6 marks for SPaG) 30 % of GCSE Pre-release resources booklet made available 12 weeks before Paper 3 exam Questions Section A: answer all questions (33 marks) Section B: answer all questions (25 marks) Section C: answer any two questions from questions 3, 4 and 5 (30 marks) Question types: multiple choice, short answer, levels of response, extended prose Questions Section A: answer all questions (33 marks) Section B: answer all questions (30 marks) Section C: answer question 3 and one from questions 4, 5 or 6 (25 marks) Question types: multiple choice, short answer, levels of response, extended prose Questions Section A: answer all questions (37 marks) Section B: answer all questions (39 marks) Question types: multiple choice, short answer, levels of response, extended prose Revision material available: Content revision involves the booklets which can be used alongside revision guides and class work. Exam technique booklets – These help to understand how to answer the questions using the revised content. Some questions are knowledge based whilst others are general geographical ideas that need explaining. The long response questions are also based around making a judgement. Exemplar – AQA provided answers Fieldwork summaries helping to recap and apply to exam questions.
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