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Geography Skills

Revision sessions - COMPULSORY

It is really important that you turn up for revision, the paper is VERY different to the previous one. 

Wednesday 20th May 3-5pm
Friday 22nd may 3-5pm

Thursday 28th May - ALL Day 9am onwards

Saturday 30th may 9-1

Tuesday 2nd June 3-5pm

Geography Skills ppt

Geography skills websites

https://geobytesgcse.wordpress.com/revision/unit-1-geographical-skills-and-challenges/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/geographical_skills/

http://www.geographypods.com/map-skills.html

https://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/geographical-skills-cards-6243211

From George for you all

Lot's of Mumbai place specific detail

Don't forget GCSE Bitesize

For all your last minute revision

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/glacial_landscapes/glacial_erosion_landforms_rev1.shtml

And here comes my sleepless night, but you should take a breath and relax. Realise that you've got this - you've been successful in so many ways these past few years and although I'm not a fluffy teacher, and I should probably say it more often than I do.

You're great geographers

and frankly, what more could anyone ask? ;)

I think there may be an exam tomorrow?

Thank you Syed - click to enlarge

Tourism

Case Study Links

Mumbai - Including Dharavi

Dharavi

Urbanisation and it's effects - Mumbai

Haiti - and the development Gap

Kenya Tourism
Kenya Tourism 2

Rural-Urban Migration - India

Andes Case study
Andes case study 2

Drought in the Sahel

TNC case study (location of industry)

Fracking

UK's ageing population

Poland - UK migration

Redevelopment in MEDC - Olympics 2012

People of the desert

Case study mind mapping

Pretty mind maps

Pizza and skills

please see below for the skills PowerPoint, I'm rather proud of it.

 I will be making 10 for 10 this weekend. I've challenged myself to write 10 case studies to revise for 10 minutes. But first I'm chilling after the marathon study support session this evening

Skills Revision

And here it is - A complete guide to what you need to know for the skills exam.

Now I say complete but YOU have to practice using these skills. There is no point just reading this Powerpoint. You must use past exam papers to practice them, search the web for map skills games.

Remember this is a very different exam style, so you need to get your head around it.

Geographical Skills Revision

Place Specific Detail

Here's an example of a mind-map using place specific detail. You'll notice I occasionally break my number of words rule but it is solely fact based - I do not explain or write paragraphs.

I have numbers, percentages, places, names. If I included a few of these in any answer about a migration case study it would show the examiner that I am an A* geographer.

Eastern Europe to UK Case study - Download it to see it full screen

We will be working on memorising Place Specific Detail (PSD) over the next week. You should still be doing your own revision and practising your exam answers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-31488046

Exam questions

Evaluate the impact of migration to 'your place'.

Explain one change that has occurred in your place and how it effects different groups of people.

For a named place explain why people migrate there.

Closing That Gap

It's not about A*-C, it's about making sure that you get the grade you deserve 

Formation of a corrie - quite a good link, we actually studied this in more detail but this is what you would need for a full mark answer. 

Erosion is the wearing away of rock(taking it with you) and weathering is the breaking down of rock. 

Glacial erosion - The first two minutes clarifies erosion in Mountains

Weathering - This is AMAZING, I am going to marry this guy

Formation of Drumlins - Depositional Landform

Glaciation Powerpoint

Key terms and photo worksheet