Geography

Photo: A Level / GCSE Geography Field Trip 2012

Key Stage 3

All pupils study Geography at Key Stage 3 and cover topics which reflect a range of scales.

Core text: GEOG.1,2,3

• Exploring the world.
• The study of hazards and ways to minimise the risks.
• Issues of topical significance, e.g. growing population, settlements and resource use.
• Ecosystems and the impacts of man on the natural world.
• The challenge of sustainability in different aspects from development to energy use.
• Rocks and landscapes (including a trip to Cheddar Gorge).

Key Stage 4

Geography at GCSE is a popular course and follows the AQA specification. Split into physical geography and human geography, the course aims to build a foundation for appreciating the physical world in which we live together, with an investigation into the issues and interests of living in the world today.

Core text: AQA Geography GCSE

• The Restless Earth
• Water on the Land
• The Coastal Zone
• Population Change
• The Development Gap
• Tourism
• Controlled Assessment (based on fieldwork carried out at Box Hill)

Key Stage 5

The AS and A2 courses follow the AQA specification.

This is a modern, contemporary course which encourages geographical thinking and gives a good balance of physical and human geography topics:

• Rivers, floods & management
• Coastal Environment
• Population change
• Health issues
• Geographical skills
• Fieldwork (carried out at Box Hill)
• Plate tectonics
• Development and Globalisation
• Eco systems

AS Level

Core text: AQA Geography AS

• The Coastal Zone
• Rivers
• Population
• Ecosystems
• Geographical Skills

A2 Level

Core text: AQA Geography A2

Ecosystems: Change and Challenge
Plate tectonics and associated hazards
Development & Globalisation
Geographical Fieldwork investigation