I am a subject leader for a successful Geography department. We currently teach AQA Geography at GCSE & A level. Over my twenty years of teaching experience, I have found that modelling is the most effective way of supporting students with exam preparation. My shop will save you many hours of preparation by supplying you with numerous model answers and supporting activities.
I am a subject leader for a successful Geography department. We currently teach AQA Geography at GCSE & A level. Over my twenty years of teaching experience, I have found that modelling is the most effective way of supporting students with exam preparation. My shop will save you many hours of preparation by supplying you with numerous model answers and supporting activities.
A collection of essays to support revision & teaching of the new AQA Geography A level.
This download contains a collection of eighteen model answers as well as some shorter answer questions and support activities. Marks schemes have been used to help ensure model answers access the higher band for each question. These create excellent support resources for your teaching of the new AQA Geography A level and will save you many hours in preparation time.
These essays would also support the teaching of other A level Geography specifications.
Essays included:
0 3 . 4 “Flooding and erosion is set to increase to unprecedented levels along coastlines
across the world. In response, mitigation and adaptation by coastal managers will
ensure that people and places are not affected.”
03.4 Assess the relative importance of weathering and erosion in the development of coastal landscapes. (20)
Assess the extent to which predicted climate change will present challenges for sustainable management of a local scale environment that you have studied. (20 marks).
“Human activity affects coasts globally. This interference with coastal processes is the key determining factor in shaping coastal landscapes.” To what extent do you agree with this opinion? (20 marks)
026 ‘Sustainable approaches to coastal management will become more important than traditional approaches in dealing with the impacts of climate change.’ 20 marks
Explain the formation of a saltmarsh environment. (4 marks)
Assess the role of vegetation in the development of a sand dune landscape. (6 marks)
Camber Sands teaching resource.
To what extent do the advantages of globalisation outweigh the disadvantages? [20] (or 25 marks under WJEC)
Transnational corporations (TNCs) are the most significant factor in creating unequal flows of people and money within global systems.’ 20 marks.
Analyse the roles of international government organisations and NGOs in the governance of Antarctica and assess their effectiveness. 20 marks
01.4 Assess the potential cause and impacts of changes in the water balance within a tropical rainforest that you have studied. 20 marks
Assess the extent to which rising global temperatures may result in a positive feedback cycle of yet higher carbon content in the atmosphere. (20 marks)
With reference to a river catchment that you have studied, assess the potential impact of human activity upon the drainage basin. (20 marks)
Assess the extent to which there are interrelationships between processes in water cycle and factors driving change in the carbon cycle. (20 marks)
With reference to a local scale of a specific place in a hazardous setting, assess the extent to which the physical nature of hazards can shape the character of a community and its ability to respond to risk. (20 marks)
To what extent have global institutions helped to promote growth and stability within global systems? (20 marks)
To what extent can wildfires be caused, intensified and mitigated by human activity? 20 marks.
‘The Disaster Response Curve (The Park Model) has contributed to improved understanding and therefore management of the impact of tectonic hazards.’
To what extent do you agree with this view? [20 marks]
An additional AS short essay:
Assess the extent that coastlines of submergence are created by sea level change. (9 Marks)
AQA GCSE Geography paper 3 pre-release support for 2024.
Tudeley Village development.
This document contains 12 pages of resources that can be set as homework to run along the pre-release booklet or taught in class.
Includes:
Exemplar answer to a question that could possibly be similar to the 9 mark question this summer. Last year’s prediction was correct as well as for 2022.
Task sheet to help student to examine the pre-release booklet.
Additional suggested questions to practice.
Now updated due to the change in the map provided by AQA.
AQA Geography A level hazards resource.
This is a model answer for the essay question below:
With reference to a local scale of a specific place in a hazardous setting, assess the extent to which the physical nature of hazards can shape the character of a community and its ability to respond to risk. (20 marks)
I have written this question and model answers to help students revise this section of the course:
Case study at a local scale of a specified place in a hazardous setting to illustrate the physical nature of the hazard and analyse how the economic, social and political character of its community reflects the presence and impacts of the hazard and the community’s response to the risk.
Having looked at the textbooks for the section, I felt that the materials on offer were not very effective. Therefore, I have created this document with a model question and answer as well as supporting web links that have maps and diagrams that can be effectively used to create an ‘analyse’ type question. This resource has been seen by an AQA advisor who confirms that it effectively teaches this element of the course.
This resource will require a one hour lesson and homework to teach with.
Three resources in one document that will need two one hour lessons to complete or one lesson followed by homework. This has been written for the teaching the new AQA A level Geography however this unit is also found within the other A level Geography specifications.
Resource 1 - Sorting activity related to the carbon and water cycle. This helps with synoptic links and includes a section that links the water cycle to carbon fluxes by volcanoes.
Resource 2 - Model answer for the following question - Assess the extent to which there are interrelationships between processes in water cycle and factors driving change in the carbon cycle. (20 marks)
Resource 3 - An alternative question with a plan to help students to apply knowledge from one essay question to another. This helps them to develop their skills in applying their knowledge to different questions.
Model answer to go with the following AQA 20 mark Geography essay question.
With reference to a multi-hazardous environment that you have studied, assess the view that the underlying cause(s) leading to the hazards is human activity rather than physical factors.
Global systems and global governance
Model answer to the following essay question. This can be used for ideas and makes a good revision task for Year 13.
Analyse the roles of international government organisations and NGOs in the governance of Antarctica and assess their effectiveness. 20 marks
Please download to access the whole essay.
Globalisation teaching activity and model answer for the new A level Geography curriculum.
To what extent do the advantages of globalisation outweigh the disadvantages? [20] (or 25 marks under WJEC)
AQA are yet to release a direct globalisation essay question so I have taken this question from an exam paper released by WJEC. This is still from the new A level.
The resources I have created consist of:
A sorting activity which encourages students to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of globalisation for TNC’s, NEE/LIC’s and HIC’s.
A model answer for students to examine. This model answer helps to show students how to apply knowledge and create an introductory paragraph as well as an evaluative conclusion.
Assess the relative usefulness of the Park Model and the Hazard Management cycle in understanding the impacts of seismic hazards. (20 marks)
To what extent do you agree that the impact of volcanic activity can be mitigated against more effectively than tropical storms? 9 marks
Exemplar answers to both these questions.
Model answer and task to go with the following essay question:
Assess the extent to which rising global temperatures may result in a positive feedback cycle of yet higher carbon content in the atmosphere. (20 marks)
In 2018, AQA set a 20-mark essay question concerning the water cycle. Therefore, this year I have decided to pay greater attention to the carbon cycle. This resource will effectively help students to review their knowledge of carbon fluxes and feedback loops.
Model answers for the coast section of the AQA Geography exam of 2018.
Include model answers for:
03.1 - Outline the processes, which lead to the development of barrier beaches. (4)
03.2 Analyse the data shown in figure 5. (6)
03.3 Using Figure 6a, Figure 6b and your own knowledge, assess the potential impact of these changes on coastal landform development in this area. (6)
03.4 Assess the relative importance of weathering and erosion in the development of coastal landscapes. (20)
A level Geography carbon and water cycle resource.
Included:
Model answer to this question:
With reference to a river catchment that you have studied, assess the potential impact of human activity upon the drainage basin. (20 marks)
Support tasks to help students to prepare for this question.
This teaching resource helps students to consider the role of human and natural causes in the formation of sand dunes at Camber Sands. This resource helps students to assess and evaluate in order to prepare for typical nine and twenty mark questions that are set by AQA.
Model answer for the following AQA 20 mark A level question.
‘In a globalising world the use of the global common of Antarctica can never be sustainable.’ How far do you agree with this view?
Tasks have been created to go with the model answer.
‘The Disaster Response Curve (The Park Model) has contributed to improved understanding and therefore management of the impact of tectonic hazards.’
To what extent do you agree with this view? [20 marks]
Students I teach find it difficult to evaluate the Park model and as AQA released an example of this in relation to tropical storms, I have decided to create a tectonic version instead.
The first version of the essay contains too much content and I use this to get students to discuss the validity of the arguments in each paragraph. Students then decide on which paragraphs should be omitted. The second page of the source contains the edited version with an outline of table that students can use to summaries the advantages and disadvantages of the model.
Evaluate the view that mitigation strategies are more important than adaptation strategies in addressing the risks posed by the degradation of the carbon cycle. (20) Edexcel 2018 (PHYSICAL SYSTEMS AND SUSTAINABILITY)
This resource includes an exemplar essay that has been written with guidance from the mark scheme.
This resource also includes links to wider reading material and supportive tasks that will help students to examine the key elements of the essay.
This question originates from Edexcel however, the content overlaps with the AQA specification.
AQA Geography A level exam 2018 - Water & Carbon model answers.
Model answers for the Carbon and Water section of the AQA Geography A level exam of 2018.
This model answers have been written in order to meet the criteria of the mark scheme.
This document includes answers for the following questions:
01.1 Explain the role of cryospheric change in the water cycle.
01.2 – Analyse the data shown in figure 1.
01.3 Using figure 2 and your own knowledge, assess the challenges associated with reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
01.4 Assess the potential cause and impacts of changes in the water balance within a tropical rainforest that you have studied.
AQA GCSE Geography paper 3 pre-release support.
This document contains 7 pages of resources that can be set as homework to run along the pre-release booklet or taught in class.
Includes:
Exemplar answer to a question that could possibly be similar to the 9 mark question this summer.
Task sheet to help student to examine the pre-release booklet.
Additional suggested questions to practice.
Exemplar response and resource to support this topic.
Question:
How does differential access to markets impact upon economic and societal wellbeing? (9 marks)
This resource also includes links to supportive web sites. I have also included follow up activities that will turn this resource into a one hour lesson activity.
AQA AS style question:
Assess the extent that coastlines of submergence have been created by sea level change. (9 Marks)
I have used this question and model answer to encourage students to consider discussion type questions concerning formational processes. This task helps students to examine the ‘bigger picture’ that is needed to gain higher grades.
Assess the role of transport pathways in the development of coastal landforms. (9)
Model answer to the question above and tasks to support students in helping to assess the processes in landform development.
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