GCSE Geography �
AQA 8035
GCSE Overview
Unit 1 – Living within the natural environment
Written exam: 1 hour 30 minutes
88 marks (including 3 marks for spelling, punctuation, grammar and specialist terminology (SPaG)
35% of GCSE
Unit 2 – Challenges in the human environments
Written exam: 1 hour 30 minutes
88 marks (including 3 marks for spelling, punctuation, grammar and specialist terminology (SPaG)
35% of GCSE
Unit 3: Geographical Applications
Written exam: 1 hour 30 minutes
76 marks (including 6 marks for SPaG)
30% of GCSE
Pre-release resources booklet made available 12 weeks before Paper 3 exam
GCSE Overview
Unit 1 – Living within the natural environment (35%)
Section A: The challenge of natural hazards
Section B: The Living World
Section C: Physical Landscapes in the UK
Unit 2 – Challenges in the human environments (35%)
Section A: Urban issues and challenges
Section B: The changing economic world
Section C: The challenge of resource management
Unit 3: Geographical Applications (30%)
Section A: Issue evaluation
Section B: Field work
Green- Units completed
Red- Still to be completed
Revision and exam preparation
In school revision:
After school revision is currently Tuesday or Wednesday depending upon teaching group.
Mind Maps to summerise knowledge.
Exam Questions to apply knowledge and improve exam technique.
Materials uploaded onto the Google Classroom after each revision session.
Past Papers are already on the Google Classroom
At home revision:
Seneca tasks are set for homework each week. (around 20-30 minutes of work)
All after school revision and homework revision this term will be in preparation for the November/December Mock Exams which will be Paper 1 and Paper 3 90 minutes each
(March Mock Exam Paper 2 90 minutes.)
There is no time to complete revision tasks during the lessons for the November/December Mock Exams. All revision has to take place independently and during school revision sessions.
What should you see your child doing when they say they are revising for their geography exams?
Reading through the summary notes.
Completing mind maps.
Re-doing mind maps or adding missing information to the mind maps.
Summary notes on revision cards.
Completing past exam questions that have been put together on PowerPoints and past exam papers
Seneca Homework tasks
Keep it simple
What Can you do?
Leave them alone, but be interested.
Flora – Green Focus App.
A great way for students to stay off their phones.
Revisonworld.com
All past papers can be found on this website
Tutor2u Youtube channels
All the course has been broken down into short videos which cover the main content.
Revision Guides
School have a number of copies of these guides should students wish to loan them.
Final Examinations for Geography
Final exam dates
18th May 2027 - Paper 1
26th May 2027 - Paper 2
10th June 2027 - Paper 3