Transcript geography options presentation

Do YOU know your Aspen…
(Colorado)
…from your Elbow Creek?
(California)
GCSE
Geography
could be
the
right
direction
for you
the BIG issues
The HERE and NOW
The KEY to the PAST
Looking to the FUTURE
The world in which we live is likely to change more in the next 50
years than it has ever done before. Geography explains why, and
helps to prepare you for those changes.
The World
Your Home
Your adventure
Unit 1 The Physical Environment
Earthquakes, Volcanoes,
Tsunamis…
The Living World
Rivers, Coasts, Glaciers….
Urban issues and challenges
Changing economic world
Unit 2 human environment
Resource management
What about exams?
Exams?
Paper 1
Paper 2
Paper 3
Physical
Environment
35%
Human
Environment
35%
Geographical
Application
30%
GCSE AQA Specification
(from September 2016)
Creative thinking
Spatial awareness
Independent inquiry
Expression
Analysis
Environmental
Understanding
Communication
Problem solving
Geography brings together other subjects…
It helps build your literacy and numeracy skills…
It combines science and an understanding of the arts…
Geography gives you insight and broadens your horizons
It combines well with any GCSE subject.
Career destinations for Geography
graduates...
management and administration
10%
11%
42%
further training, including PGCE for
teaching
12%
joined the financial sector
25%
joined the retail sector
joined other professions, including
the media
Source: AGCAS
A-Level – Geography – Hollyfield Sixth
Form
BSc or BA Degree at University?
Doors will be opened for you…
‘Geography
is the
subject that
holds the
key to our
planet’
“Think of the location. Research the location.
Make contact with the locals. Scout lots of the
areas from helicopters and find cool places. Then
arrive, get a good night’s sleep, and then hit it
hard!” - Bear Grylls
Without GEOGRAPHY …
you’re nowhere!
- Michael Palin
Come and speak to us if you want to find
out more!
Mr Selway
Miss Maskell