The Pioneers Academy

The Pioneers Academy

    • Geography

    GCSE Geography B

    Examining Board: EdExcel (1GB0)

    Overview of the course

    The Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9–1) in Geography B is made up of three components:

    Component 1: Global Geographical Issues

    • Hazardous Earth
    • Development dynamics –
    • Challenges of an urbanising world

    Component 2: UK Geographical Issues

    • The UK's evolving physical landscape
    • The UK's evolving human landscape
    • Geographical investigations - two investigations, including fieldwork and research, carried out in contrasting environments, one from 'Coastal change and conflict' or 'River processes and pressures' and one of either 'Dynamic urban areas' or 'Changing rural areas

    Component 3: People and Environment Issues – Making Geographical Decisions

    • People and the biosphere
    • Forests under threat
    • Consuming energy resource

    Examination and Assessment Methods      

    Paper 1: Global Geographical Issues

    Paper 2: UK Geographical Issues

    An externally-assessed written exam with three 30-mark sections

     

    •   Topic 1: Hazardous Earth
    •   Topic 2: Development dynamics
    •   Topic 3: Challenges of an urbanising world

    An externally-assessed written exam with three sections

    •   Topic 4: The UK’s evolving physical landscape –
    •   Topic 5: The UK’s evolving human landscape – including a Case Study - Dynamic UK cities.
    •   Topic 6: Geographical investigations – including one physical fieldwork investigation and
    •   one human fieldwork investigation

    How it's assessed:

    •   Written exam: 1 hour 30 minutes
    •   94 marks
    •   37.5% of GCSE

     

    How it's assessed:

    •   Written exam: 1 hour 30 minutes
    •   94 marks
    •   37.5% of GCSE

    Paper 3 – People and Environment Issues

    An externally-assessed written exam with four sections

    •  Topic 7: People and the biosphere
    •   Topic 8: Forests under threat
    •   Topic 9: Consuming energy resources

    How it's assessed:

    •   Written exam: 1 hour 30 minutes
    •   64 marks

    25% of GCSE