‘How to Pass Higher Geography’ Mr Miller

1. ‘How to Pass Higher Geography’ Mr Miller Wallace Hall Academy

2. Contents • Course Content • Timelines for delivery of the course • NABs • Final Exam • Homework and Planners • Revision Techniques • Support for students/parents Wallace Hall Academy

3. Course Content The Course content is divided into the physical and human environments, and the interactions which take place between them. A range of geographical methods and techniques is taught through actual fieldwork or simulated fieldwork in the classroom. Opportunities are provided for candidates to make use of a range of maps, including OS maps at a variety of scales. Wallace Hall Academy

4. Physical Environments Unit (Higher) • Atmosphere - The characteristics of the atmosphere, climate and weather. • b) Hydrosphere -The water cycle and the role of water in the formation of landforms and landscapes. • c) Lithosphere - The lithosphere displays a range of landforms. Examples will include Limestone, Glaciated and Coastal Landscapes. • d) Biosphere - Soils and vegetation can be viewed as ecosystems, the interacting components will be investigated. Wallace Hall Academy

5. Human Environments Unit (Higher) • Population geography - Population change and structure vary spatially and over time. • b) Rural geography - Rural populations are involved in a variety of agricultural systems. • c) Industrial geography - Areas of industrial concentration contain a range of manufacturing and other economic activities. • d) Urban geography - Urban settlements provide a range of employment, services and residential opportunities which may be located in different parts of the settlement. Wallace Hall Academy

6. Environmental Interactions Unit (Higher) Rural land resources - Rural land resources are the product of the interaction of a wide range of physical factors modified by human activity. Development and health - Inequality of social and economic development is a major feature of the contemporary world. Levels of health and the incidence of disease are major indicators of levels of development. Such indicators may be explained geographically by reference to a variety of interacting processes. Detailed course content :- http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/files_ccc/Geography_Higher_3rd_edition_August%202008.pdf Wallace Hall Academy

7. Timelines for delivery of the course Wallace Hall Academy

8. NABs Unit assessment Assessment for each of the Units on Physical Environments and Human Environments consists of a 45 minutes holistic assessment involving restricted responses. Assessment of the Unit Environmental Interactions, also lasts 45 minutes and requires extended responses. Wallace Hall Academy

9. Final Exam Paper 1 Physical and Human Environments TOTAL MARKS 100 Time: 1 hour 30 minutes Section A — four compulsory questions Section B — two optional questions — Physical Environments Section C — two optional questions — Human Environments *OS mapping will be assessed in at least one question in Paper 1, Section A. Questions in Sections B and C might also contain OS mapping questions. Wallace Hall Academy

10. Final Exam • Paper 2 • Environmental Interactions • TOTAL MARKS 100 • Time: 1 hour 15 minutes • Candidate will answer two questions: • Rural land resources • Development & health Wallace Hall Academy

11. Homework and Planners • Homework is set each week. • Students be expected to record homework in their planners. • Homework will also be saved in :-http://geomoto.wikispaces.com/ This website can be readily accessed by parents and students online. • Homework will consist of written exercises, research tasks, past exam questions and revision for class tests. Wallace Hall Academy

12. Homework and Planners • 5. Students will be expected to record their progress in the Geography section of their planners. • 6.Past exam questions and model answers on all units covered are available on http://geomoto.wikispaces.com/ and the class are expected to access these and prepare for NABs and prelims using them. • 7. LOOK, COVER, WRITE, CHECK. Wallace Hall Academy

13. Revision Techniques Students will be expected to engage fully with open ended tasks, for example writing up their report on the Yorkshire Dales trip or gathering notes on features of Glacial Erosion. Reference to experiences and features seen during Fieldtrips and general research will boost exam marks. Wallace Hall Academy

14. Revision Techniques Past exam questions and marking schemes provide questions which will mirror the final exam questions are found at:- http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/38864.html Exam style questions and model answers on all topics and mapwork can be found at:- http://geomoto.wikispaces.com/ Notes, diagrams and revision questions are available at:- http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/higher/geography/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/learning/secondary/geography/ Wallace Hall Academy

15. Support for students/parents • Talk about Homework each week and find a routine that allows for all reasonable tasks to be completed. • Agreeing a Revision Plan and writing a Revision Timetable can be helpful. • Practice the exam questions for the topics you have covered on the websites mentioned. Share answers. Wallace Hall Academy

16. Support for students/parents • Prepare for the revision tests that will be sat in class each week. • Share your results – are things going well? Communicate with each other, hurdles can be overcome while they are still small. • Small consistent steps will have the most impact. Tortoise v Hare. Wallace Hall Academy

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