revision event, radley college, oxford
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iGCSEGEOGRAPHY REVISION
RADLEY COLLEGE
Alan Parkinson, CGeog, FRGS, GoKart Owner
How did I do ?
I did get more, and some CSEs, and 5 ‘A’
levels…
How are you expected to do ?
Great expectations placed on you ?
iGCSEWhat does the i stand for ?
iinternational
Which is obviously important….
Global connectionsInterdendence
InequalityFood securityGeopolitics
Resource issuesClimate Change
But it should also stand for….
iintriguing
Why was this an important moment ?
Yasuhiro Sonoda drinking water from the Fukushima Nuclear plant
to ‘prove’ that it was safe….
iinvestigating
Image: Tom
Morgan Jones / M
ission Explore
Global population – 7 billion !Eco-footprints and sustainability
China – majority urban population for first time…
iindividual
Individual stories behind the statistics
iin person
Individual Fieldwork
Ash collected on a visit to Iceland
iict
Author…Impact on our livesImpact on our jobs
Impact on our educationImpact on our future ?
iimaginative
How many of you use Facebook ?
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Tony Cassidy
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I'm being walked on again
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Snowdon
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Hey Snowdon, thanks for the add how's things going over there ??
Yeah, I know, I am fed up of seeing that train!
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Llyn Ogwen
I'm Snowdon, a mountain in North Wales. I’m 1,085 metres high. I’ve even got a nature reserve around me!!!
The Snowdon Wildlife Reserve.
By Zoe Liz Smith
ImaginativeFacebook pages for National Parks
for famous Geographersfor Rivers
for Aid workers
Have a go for an iGCSE case study….
What tools do you use to help you learn ?
New textbook I
was involved in producing
using this investigative approach…
critical
Living Geography
Always look for the stories in the news that
can be explained by your geographical
understanding
iinequality
Major issue for the UK & the world in the 21st Century
Revising
Which famous man said this ?
“How is education supposed to make me feel smarter ?
Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some
old stuff out of my brain.”
Homer Simpson
A few key tips from the examiner(Andy Leeder in this case)
Every mark counts, so don’t let them slip away…
72 A*
66 A
60 B
54 C
48 D
42 E
36 F
30 G
One mark may make all the difference! The boundary goes somewhere...
Don’t repeat the question!
Every year, very able students waste valuable seconds by explaining something, when the COMMAND WORD simply asks them to describe something.
“If a candidate fails to give me specific details about the place / location, I
will rarely award more than 2 marks for case study questions,”
“Even if the answer contains some worthy geographical information”
The top answer is not comparing, it is just repeatingThe bottom one is comparing….
In the USA the number of people living in cities is much higher than in China
In the USA you live until you are 76, whereas in China you only live until you are 58.
75% of people live in cities in the USA, the figure is 33% in China.
You live until you are 76 in the USA and until you are 58 in China
A question focussed on new employment opportunities. The student wanted to use a sketch map to show detailed knowledge of their case study on Cambridge Science Park.
The purpose of the sketch map is clear, it has a title!
Good sketch maps always have a north arrow
….and an indication of scale
The content reveals a good knowledge of FACTS and LOCATION
Make your own at the
Keep Calm-o-Matic
Website
Can you suggest any other i’s ?
i
iwish you the very
best for the exam… and your future…
