Eduqas GCSE Geography A
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Lessons and practice for this course
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- Rivers and flooding
- Coasts and coastal change
- Urban growth and change
- Tectonic hazards
- Weather hazards
- Climate change
- Ecosystems
- Tropical rainforests
- Development and inequality
- Water resources
- Energy resources
- Geographical enquiry
- River landforms
- Coastal landforms
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Official specification and assessment requirements
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Geography A is a separate specification from Geography B.
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2027 assessment route
| Component | Duration | Marks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Changing physical and human landscapes | 90 minutes | 88 | 35% |
| Environmental and development issues | 90 minutes | 88 | 35% |
| Applied fieldwork enquiry | 90 minutes | 76 | 30% |
Assessment objectives
- AO1: Location and process knowledge (15%)
- AO2: Geographical understanding (25%)
- AO3: Application, analysis and judgement (35%)
- AO4: Geographical and fieldwork skills (25%)
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Topic coverage by component
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Changing physical and human landscapes
- Landscapes and physical processes: Drainage basins as systems, Coastal processes and management — partial
- Rural–urban links: Urban transport and access — partial
- Tectonic landscapes and hazards (option): Plate motion and tectonic hazards, Hazard, exposure and vulnerability — partial
- Coastal hazards and management (option): Storm surge and coastal inundation, Coastal processes and management — partial
Four and six figure grid references · Map scale and distance · Bearings · Contours and relief · Gradient · Climate graphs · Population pyramids · Scatter plots · Choropleth maps · Percentage change · Mean, median and range · Source evaluation
Environmental and development issues
- Weather, climate and ecosystems: Hazard, exposure and vulnerability, Adaptation to changing conditions, Ecosystem interdependence — partial
- Development and resource issues: Measuring development, Water security and competing uses, Power, energy and reliable supply — partial
- Social development issues (option): no dedicated concept lesson yet
- Environmental challenges (option): Adaptation to changing conditions, Water security and competing uses — partial
Four and six figure grid references · Map scale and distance · Bearings · Contours and relief · Gradient · Climate graphs · Population pyramids · Scatter plots · Choropleth maps · Percentage change · Mean, median and range · Source evaluation
Applied fieldwork enquiry
- Methodology, conceptual framework and wider UK enquiry: Sampling and representativeness, Matching evidence to a claim — partial
Four and six figure grid references · Map scale and distance · Bearings · Contours and relief · Gradient · Climate graphs · Population pyramids · Scatter plots · Choropleth maps · Percentage change · Mean, median and range · Source evaluation
Fieldwork and independent assessment
Fieldwork must take place on at least two occasions in contrasting environments, with both physical and human geography addressed.
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Case and example requirement slots
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- HIC global city: Urban processes; Ways of life; Housing; Global connections
- NIC or LIC global city: Urban processes; Ways of life; Informal economy; Global connections
- Tropical rainforest: Interdependence; Nutrient, water and carbon cycles; Human impacts; Management
- One contrasting biome: Same biome across process and management studies; Interdependence; Human impacts; Management
- Coastal management enquiry (option): Hazards; Strategies; Conflicts
Marks include spelling, punctuation and grammar: 84+4, 84+4 and 72+4.
The social development extension lacks dedicated course teaching. The example-slot inventory is partial; follow the linked enquiry clauses for required exemplification.
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Mapped content areas
- Natural hazards
- Ecosystems
- Climate
- Rivers
- Coasts
- Development
- Urban change
- Resources
- Population
- Maps and data
- Fieldwork methods
- Evidence evaluation
Check your taught examples
- A country’s developmentUse the required national scale and income/development context.; Explain economic change, international connections and uneven social outcomes.; A city intervention alone cannot fulfil a national case.
- Urban growth and changeIdentify the city and its national context.; Connect opportunities and challenges to growth and migration.; A transport project covers only part of a whole-city case.
- A UK cityIdentify the city and its regional connections.; Explain social, economic and environmental change.; Add your taught evidence beyond the intervention shown here.
- Tropical rainforest use and managementIdentify the rainforest and country or region.; Explain causes, consequences and management of forest change.; An Indonesian Borneo example is not automatically a Malaysian case.
- A tectonic hazard eventName and date the event.; Separate the tectonic process from exposure and vulnerability.; Use contrasting examples where your specification requires them.
- A tropical stormName and date the storm.; Explain hazards, impacts and responses.; Identify whether a number is an estimate, observation or forecast.
- Coastal managementIdentify the defended or realigned coastal stretch.; Explain how the intervention changes risk and sediment or habitats.; Evaluate consequences for different people and timescales.
- River flooding and managementSeparate the catchment, affected settlement and intervention.; Explain rainfall, flows, exposure and response.; Assess residual risk and avoid promising complete protection.
- Water supply and securityDefine the supply area and period.; Connect physical availability, demand and infrastructure.; Evaluate financial, energy, ecological and distributional effects.
- Energy supply and transitionsDistinguish capacity from generation.; Identify the technology, location and time period.; Assess reliability, access and environmental consequences.
- An ecosystem and its managementIdentify the ecosystem’s scale and processes.; Explain interactions and human pressures.; Do not attribute every change to a single cause.