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.
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 answer for the following exam question:
To what extent are the concepts of resilience, mitigation and adaptation exemplified by activities in and around Antarctica?
2018 AQA A level Geography model answer for the following question:
‘Transnational corporations (TNCs) are the most significant factor in creating unequal flows of people and money within global systems.’ 20 marks.
Please download to access the full essay.
Also includes a supportive information gathering worksheet for students to use.
Coastal systems and landscapes preparation pack for the 2022 exams.
The following questions are predicted questions based upon the advanced information from AQA (7037 & 7036). This pack is designed be used in order to help prepare students for this summer’s A/S and A level geography exam for the coastal unit. However, I have no inside knowledge of AQA exams, and I would encourage students to revise other parts of the course as well.
This pack includes:
Exemplar answers to the following questions:
Using figure 1 and your own knowledge, assess the view that gravitational/tidal energy is the most important source of energy in the development of this coastal landscape. (6 marks) (A level)
Assess the role of geomorphological processes in the formation of fjords. (6 marks) (A level)
Assess the role of feedback systems in the formation of landscapes of coastal deposition. [9 marks] (AS question.)
“Attempts of mitigation and adaption by coastal managers will effectively manage the risks and allow opportunities for human occupation as well as development.”
With reference to a coastal landscape beyond the UK, to what extent do you agree with this view? [20 marks] (AS & A level)
This pack also includes five tasks to help students to improve their knowledge and understanding of this content, as well as links to website to help promote wider reading. From my experience most students are unable to achieve the highest grades as their responses reply to heavily on the core textbook. By using the exemplar essay students will gain a deeper understanding of the issues that are required to achieve the top grades.
In addition to the questions in this pack I would encourage students to practice the analyse question from the additional specimen paper on sediment transport pathways or the Chabahar Bay question from the 2018 paper.
Geography A level Wildfire 20 mark essay model answer. This item also includes an activity to go with the model answer.
To what extent can wildfires be caused, intensified and mitigated by human activity? 20 marks.
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“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)
Model answer for the above AQA Geography A level essay question.
An activity to go with this model answer is also included.
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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.
Model answers for the 2018 AQA AS Geography exam paper - Coastal section.
Includes answers for the following questions:
023 – Outline the concept of Eustatic sea level change. 3 marks
024 – Analyse the data shown in figure 3 & 4. 6 marks
025 Assess the roles of weathering in the development of coastal landforms. 9 marks
026 ‘Sustainable approaches to coastal management will become more important than traditional approaches in dealing with the impacts of climate change.’ 20 marks
A glossary of key terms, theory and examples to support the teaching of global systems and global governance. This detailed resource contains over twelve pages of information that is structured in the order that this unit is taught,
I have designed this to support the AQA specification however, this will overlap with the other A level Geography specifications.
This resource pack includes revision material to help prepare students for the water & carbon unit of the AQA Geography course. However, these materials would also be useful for AS & A level courses from other exam boards.
A case study of a river catchment(s) at a local scale appeared in AQA Geography AS exam during 2017 however, it is yet to appear in the AQA exam for A2, so I have decided to focus in greater depth on this section for 2021. The specification lists this case study at the end of the unit & asks students to “examine the themes above” (i.e. carbon cycle as well as the water cycle) therefore to develop lateral thinking skills I have focused on helping students to consider how the changes in the carbon cycle can impacts upon the drainage basin system.
Resources included:
Three & half pages of key terms with definitions.
2a) Model answer for the following question:
Assess the extent to which there are inter-relationships between processes in the carbon cycle and factors driving change in the flows and stores of water within river catchment(s) at a local scale. (20 marks)
2b) Previous model answer adapted into a model answer for the following question: (Please note this not a completely different model answer)
Assess the potential impacts of human interference in the carbon cycle upon run-off variations for a river catchment(s) at a local scale. (20 marks)
This essay is VERY similar to the previous example; however, it can be used to show how prior knowledge can be adapted to different questions.
List of sources that have been used within the previous model answer. The link to the National River Flow Archive it of much use. These model answers could easily be adapted to a local river elsewhere in the country, perhaps one that is local to the students that you teach.
Additional question and plan that students can use to further develop their exam technique.
‘Human activity always has a negative impact on the development of landforms of coastal deposition.’
To what extent do you agree with this view? (20 marks)
Assess the view that tides are the most important factor in the development of mudflats in estuarine environments. (9 marks)
Exemplar answers to these AQA 2019 AS questions.
Assess the relative importance of NGO’s and international government organisations in enhancing protection of Antarctica. (20 marks)
Explain how trade agreements are a factor in globalisation. (4 marks.)
Exemplar answers to these two questions with a supportive key word exercise with an attached answer sheet.
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.
With reference to at least one food commodity or one manufactured product. Assess the extent that international trade and investment can promote stability, growth and development for people and places. (20 marks)
This resource supports the teaching of global systems and global governance unit.
This resource includes:
Exemplar answer to the question above.
Links to wider reading material.
Key word activity.
I am predicting that a similar question to this may appear in the 2022 summer exam due to the advanced information by AQA.
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).
A model answer for the above essay question.
Please download to access the whole essay.
Referring to a coastal landscape outside the UK, assess the view that predicted climate change will only lead to negative impacts on the coastal areas. (20 marks)
Exemplar answer to the above question with supportive activities.
With reference to a coastal environment at a local scale, assess the predicted impact of climate change upon the landscape. (20 marks)
Exemplar answer with supportive activities for the above exam question.
Globalisation teaching activity and model answer for helping to teach global connections as well as production, distribution and consumption, which is a part of Social Studies national curriculum for grade 11 & 12 in the U.S.A.
To what extent do the advantages of globalisation outweigh the disadvantages? 20 marks
The resources I have created consist of:
A sorting activity which encourages students to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of globalisation for TNC’s, newly emerging economies/low income countries and high income countries
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.