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AQA GCSE Geography
Living with the physical environment
- The challenge of natural hazards: Tectonic hazards: explain the different impacts, Weather hazards and atmospheric circulation, Climate change: evidence, causes and responses — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- The living world: Ecosystems: energy, nutrients and disturbance, Tropical rainforests: relationships and land-use change — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Physical landscapes in the UK: overview: No dedicated concept lesson yet
- Hot deserts: Hot deserts: water, adaptation and development — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Cold environments: Cold environments: permafrost, ecosystems and access — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Coastal landscapes in the UK: Coasts: sediment, change and management, Coastal landforms: waves, geology and sediment — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- River landscapes in the UK: Rivers and flooding, River landforms: erosion, transport and deposition — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Glacial landscapes in the UK: Glacial landscapes: ice movement and inherited landforms — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
Challenges in the human environment
Geographical applications
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AQA A-level Geography
Physical geography
Human geography
- Global systems and global governance: Globalisation: flows, value capture and dependence, Global governance and the Antarctic commons, Synoptic reasoning: connect systems, actors and uncertain futures — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Changing places: Changing places: meaning, evidence and connections — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Contemporary urban environments: Regeneration: success for whom and compared with what? — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Population and the environment: Population and health: structure, rates and environment, Migration: flows, identities and uneven effects — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Resource security: Resource security: stocks, conflicts and alternative futures, Synoptic reasoning: connect systems, actors and uncertain futures — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
Geographical investigation
- Individual fieldwork investigation: Linked concept exercises; no connected topic sequence yet
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National 5 Geography
Physical, human and global geography
- Weather: No dedicated concept lesson yet
- Glaciated uplands: Glacial landscapes: ice movement and inherited landforms — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Coastal landscapes: Coasts: sediment, change and management, Coastal landforms: waves, geology and sediment — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Upland limestone: No dedicated concept lesson yet
- Rivers and valleys: Rivers and flooding, River landforms: erosion, transport and deposition — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Development and population: Development: indicators, change and inequality — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Urban change: Urban growth and change — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Rural change: No dedicated concept lesson yet
- Climate change: Climate change: evidence, causes and responses — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Natural regions: Ecosystems: energy, nutrients and disturbance, Tropical rainforests: relationships and land-use change, Cold environments: permafrost, ecosystems and access — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Environmental hazards: Tectonic hazards: explain the different impacts, Weather hazards and atmospheric circulation — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Trade and globalisation: Development: indicators, change and inequality — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Tourism: No dedicated concept lesson yet
- Health: No dedicated concept lesson yet
Geography assignment
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Higher Geography
Physical and human environments
- Atmosphere: Weather hazards and atmospheric circulation — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Hydrosphere: Rivers and flooding, Water cycles: budgets, residence time and feedback, River landforms: erosion, transport and deposition — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Lithosphere: glacial and coastal landscapes: Coasts: sediment, change and management, Glacial landscapes: ice movement and inherited landforms, Coastal landforms: waves, geology and sediment — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Biosphere: soil formation: No dedicated concept lesson yet
- Population: Population and health: structure, rates and environment, Migration: flows, identities and uneven effects — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Rural land degradation and conflict: Tropical rainforests: relationships and land-use change, Hot deserts: water, adaptation and development — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Urban change and management: Urban growth and change — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
Global issues and geographical skills
Geography assignment
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Pearson Edexcel GCSE Geography A
The physical environment
- UK landscape overview: No dedicated concept lesson yet
- Coastal landscapes: Coasts: sediment, change and management, Coastal landforms: waves, geology and sediment — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- River landscapes: Rivers and flooding, River landforms: erosion, transport and deposition — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Glaciated uplands: Glacial landscapes: ice movement and inherited landforms — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Weather hazards and climate change: Weather hazards and atmospheric circulation, Climate change: evidence, causes and responses — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Ecosystems, biodiversity and management: Ecosystems: energy, nutrients and disturbance, Tropical rainforests: relationships and land-use change — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Deciduous woodland: No dedicated concept lesson yet
The human environment
Geographical investigations: fieldwork and UK challenges
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OCR GCSE Geography A
Living in the UK today
- Landscapes of the UK: Rivers and flooding, Coasts: sediment, change and management, River landforms: erosion, transport and deposition, Coastal landforms: waves, geology and sediment — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- People of the UK: Urban growth and change, Development: indicators, change and inequality — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- UK environmental challenges: Weather hazards and atmospheric circulation, Energy resources: demand, generation and decisions — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
The world around us
Geographical skills
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OCR GCSE Geography B
Our natural world
- Global hazards: Tectonic hazards: explain the different impacts, Weather hazards and atmospheric circulation — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Changing climate: Climate change: evidence, causes and responses — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Distinctive landscapes: Rivers and flooding, Coasts: sediment, change and management, River landforms: erosion, transport and deposition, Coastal landforms: waves, geology and sediment — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Sustaining ecosystems: Ecosystems: energy, nutrients and disturbance, Tropical rainforests: relationships and land-use change, Cold environments: permafrost, ecosystems and access — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
People and society
Geographical exploration
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Eduqas GCSE Geography A
Changing physical and human landscapes
Environmental and development issues
- Weather, climate and ecosystems: Weather hazards and atmospheric circulation, Climate change: evidence, causes and responses, Ecosystems: energy, nutrients and disturbance, Tropical rainforests: relationships and land-use change — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Development and resource issues: Development: indicators, change and inequality, Water resources: reliable supply and competing uses, Energy resources: demand, generation and decisions — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Social development issues: No dedicated concept lesson yet
- Environmental challenges: Climate change: evidence, causes and responses, Water resources: reliable supply and competing uses — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
Applied fieldwork enquiry
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Eduqas GCSE Geography B
Investigating geographical issues
- Changing places and changing economies: Urban growth and change, Development: indicators, change and inequality — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Changing environments: Rivers and flooding, Coasts: sediment, change and management, Weather hazards and atmospheric circulation, Climate change: evidence, causes and responses, River landforms: erosion, transport and deposition, Coastal landforms: waves, geology and sediment — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Ecosystem function and threats: Ecosystems: energy, nutrients and disturbance — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
- Hot semi-arid grasslands and desertification: No dedicated concept lesson yet
- Water resource management: Water resources: reliable supply and competing uses — selected teaching sequence; incomplete topic coverage
Problem solving geography
Applied fieldwork enquiry
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Depth audit
Depth describes the selected material on this site. Every area remains incomplete against its full specification.
- deep
- Several developed teaching and evidence-evaluation tasks. This describes depth in selected material, not completion of the specification.
- useful
- Connected explanation, worked examples and practice, with selected case links. Important parts may still be missing.
- shallow
- Some explanation or practice, but limited named evidence or treatment of the whole area.
- mapped only
- Assessment or example requirements are mapped, without a dedicated teaching sequence.
- absent
- No dedicated teaching or mapped example support for this area.
AQA GCSE Geography
| Specification area | Depth | Next study |
|---|
| The challenge of natural hazards | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| The living world | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Physical landscapes in the UK: overview | mapped only | Dedicated explanation, worked data and contextual practice are missing. |
| Hot deserts | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Cold environments | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Coastal landscapes in the UK | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| River landscapes in the UK | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Glacial landscapes in the UK | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Urban issues and challenges | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| The changing economic world | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| The challenge of resource management: core | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Food | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Water | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Energy | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Issue evaluation | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Fieldwork | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
Pearson Edexcel GCSE Geography B
| Specification area | Depth | Next study |
|---|
| Hazardous Earth | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Development dynamics | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Challenges of an urbanising world | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| The UK’s evolving physical landscape | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| The UK’s evolving human landscape | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Geographical investigations | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| People and the biosphere | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Forests under threat | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Consuming energy resources | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Making a geographical decision | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
AQA A-level Geography
| Specification area | Depth | Next study |
|---|
| Water and carbon cycles | deep | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Hot desert systems and landscapes | shallow | Named landscape or ecosystem evidence, field data and full option detail remain missing. |
| Coastal systems and landscapes | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Glacial systems and landscapes | shallow | Named landscape or ecosystem evidence, field data and full option detail remain missing. |
| Hazards | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Ecosystems under stress | shallow | Named landscape or ecosystem evidence, field data and full option detail remain missing. |
| Global systems and global governance | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Changing places | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Contemporary urban environments | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Population and the environment | deep | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Resource security | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Individual fieldwork investigation | shallow | Concept exercises do not provide a connected course teaching sequence. |
Pearson Edexcel A-level Geography
| Specification area | Depth | Next study |
|---|
| Tectonic processes and hazards | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Glaciated landscapes and change | shallow | Named landscape or ecosystem evidence, field data and full option detail remain missing. |
| Coastal landscapes and change | deep | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| The water cycle and water insecurity | deep | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| The carbon cycle and energy security | deep | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Globalisation | deep | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Regenerating places | deep | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Diverse places | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Superpowers | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Health, human rights and intervention | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Migration, identity and sovereignty | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Players; attitudes and actions; futures and uncertainties | useful | Selected lessons and cases do not address every specification clause or taught example. |
| Individual investigation | shallow | Concept exercises do not provide a connected course teaching sequence. |