Geography

Assessment

Paper 1 - Physical systems (1 hour and 30 minutes, 66 marks,22% of total A level) • Landscape Systems(Coastal Landscapes option) • Earth’s Life Support Systems(the water and carbon cycles) • Geographical Skills Paper 2 - Human interactions (1 hour and 30 minutes, 66 marks,22% of total A level) • Changing Spaces; Making Places • Global Connections(Human Rights and Global Migration options) • Geographical Skills Paper 3-Geographical debates (2 hours and 30 minutes,108 marks, 36% of total A level) • Hazardous Earth (natural hazards and their management)• Disease Dilemmas• Geographical Skills• Non-examination assessment (NEA) Investigative geography 60 marks, 20% of total A level) You will complete an independent fieldwork investigation, which must include the collection of primary data. The focus of the investigation must be a research question or issue independently defined and developed by you; it can relate to any part of the specification content, including options not taught as part of the course. The suggested length of the completed investigation is 3,000 to 4,000 words. You are also required to complete 4 days of fieldwork during the A Level Geography course; this will take place in the Spring term of Year 12, on a residential field trip to Dorset, where a mix of Physical and Human Geography, and Geographical Skills will be studied.