[Tjh93]

Hi everyone, just wondering if anyone who's doing AQA GENA4 on Monday morning has any info on the pre-release material we were supposed to receive for the exam. Like many others in my school, I didn't attend the GS lessons so wasn't aware of the case study until today. I suppose it is my own fault.

If anyone could send the case study as an attachment this would be ideal as I can't seem to find it on the AQA website. Or if anyone simply has any information ie. what the case study is about, then this would also be helpful.

Thanks!

[Rozi]

i will try and figure out how to scan the material into the computer and then send it to you asap.... Its about climate change if you didn't know

[trampolinist]

Please could you send me a copy as well? I've lost mine

[NatashaB5051]

I have it if anyone still needs it

[SJC]

(Original post by NatashaB5051)
I have it if anyone still needs it

Yes please

[Pipersdancing]

(Original post by NatashaB5051)
I have it if anyone still needs it

Could you send it to me too please? Thanks!

[BrightandShining]

Please could you send it to me too ? Thanks so much!

[keepitfresh]

(Original post by NatashaB5051)
I have it if anyone still needs it

can you please send it to me as well? cheers!

[minimonkeymouse]

(Original post by NatashaB5051)
I have it if anyone still needs it

could i have a copy too please? would be a great help! x

[NatashaB5051]

Send me your email addresses please its too big to upload

[NatashaB5051]

(Original post by minimonkeymouse)
could i have a copy too please? would be a great help! x

(Original post by keepitfresh)
can you please send it to me as well? cheers!

(Original post by BrightandShining)
Please could you send it to me too ? Thanks so much!

(Original post by Pipersdancing)
Could you send it to me too please? Thanks!

(Original post by SJC)
Yes please

Too big to upload but I just found it on the internet http://www.lrgs.org.uk/sites/default...-PMR-Jun12.pdf

[StitchMad]

Anyone done any further study other than read through the pre-release material? Not sure what else you could do! :P

[Aepyx]

(Original post by StitchMad)
Anyone done any further study other than read through the pre-release material? Not sure what else you could do! :P

This, I've just been researching a few forms of alternate energy and I'm gonna spend today reading through old news articles for the 25 mark question. Hopefully I get lucky.

[SRF]

Does anyone have any notes on the pre release material?

[StitchMad]

I'm guessing we'll have to discuss the extent to which global warning is actually happening. Any thoughts for what to include? Could discuss how it is being used as a political and marketing tool?

[Tjh93]

Thanks @NatashaB5051 for providing the link to the pre-release. Have just had a flick through it now but will be giving it a good read tonight. After the England match of course

The only thing that worried me is that the instructions on the front say that 3 hours of detailed study is recommended :/ wonder if that means 3 hours of studying the resources they've provided, or independent study? Like @Aepyx said, we're likely to be asked on alternative energy sources in one of the 11-12 mark questions so this is probably what I'll be focusing on.

Thanks everyone and good luck for tomorrow!

[Neon-Soldier32]

My teacher seems to think that the Durban 2011 Climate Change Conference might come up.

[fishfan01]

I've read through (am reading through) the sources, but am rather unsure as to where you're supposed to spend 3 hours 'detailed study' I think I might just look up a couple of things that I've heard of by name and read the top paragraph on wikipedia about them.

Our school doesn't do lessons for general studies (though wasn't a problem at AS, so hopefully won't be this year) but does anybody have any information on how to answer the questions? As in should they all be normal essays with an intro, middle paragraphs and a conclusion? The information I've found on the AQA website so far has all been balls about how to deal with the numbering system...(you write the number of the question you're answering in the little boxes at the left hand side of the answer booklet, as you do in every exam), not really all that helpful.

In the first paper, I just wrote about whatever I wanted to, really, in the style that I always do, but I felt like it was probably not exactly what they were looking for (especially with the compare and contrast the sources, it felt far too...prettied up? for the question)

Also, how long do we need to spend on each question??

So yes, any info on this exam would be very much appreciated

[StitchMad]

(Original post by fishfan01)
I've read through (am reading through) the sources, but am rather unsure as to where you're supposed to spend 3 hours 'detailed study' I think I might just look up a couple of things that I've heard of by name and read the top paragraph on wikipedia about them.

Our school doesn't do lessons for general studies (though wasn't a problem at AS, so hopefully won't be this year) but does anybody have any information on how to answer the questions? As in should they all be normal essays with an intro, middle paragraphs and a conclusion? The information I've found on the AQA website so far has all been balls about how to deal with the numbering system...(you write the number of the question you're answering in the little boxes at the left hand side of the answer booklet, as you do in every exam), not really all that helpful.

In the first paper, I just wrote about whatever I wanted to, really, in the style that I always do, but I felt like it was probably not exactly what they were looking for (especially with the compare and contrast the sources, it felt far too...prettied up? for the question)

Also, how long do we need to spend on each question??

So yes, any info on this exam would be very much appreciated

It seems to go...
11 marks
12 marks
11 marks
11 marks
25 marks

Would you say about 20 minutes per question for the first four, then 40 minutes for the 25 marker? Would that be a suitable allocation?

[fishfan01]

So, from my very basic calculations, it seems we should spend about 18 mins on first 4 questions (each), then 45 on the 25 marker?

These questions don't seem to be very conducive towards nicely written essays :L I can't really work out what they want from me. The first 4 don't seem to want to be essays, more just a few paragraphs of writing, probably with a conclusion of some kind...I'm not so sure where I stand with those kinds of questions

Also, oh lordy does the mark scheme make it complicated, with each of the different questions having different weightings with each of the AOs. No wonder our school didn't want us to look into it too much :L Blimey they don't half make it complicated for themselves.