(A2) AQA geography unit 4B -

Yeah my teacher said afterwards we were right to only write about the disadvantages.
I basically wrote about what was causing all the conflict; socio-economic things like displacement of people and the indigenous tribes and disease, and the cost of it all, environmental things like methane and that the energy was mainly going to industry, and deforestation and loss of biodiversity and all that rubbish, then the physical thing about the 4 month dry season and it being inefficient.
Have absolutely no clue if that was the right sort of thing to write about though??


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1)figure 3, pie chart, how I would do the process (steps), advantages, why I dismissed other graphical tecniques

2) figure 6, comparative line graph, how I would do the process (steps), advantages, why I dismissed other graphical tecniques.

not sure if I did it right though!

How many marks was the exam out of? ..80?

I was just wondering whether anyone could comment on the trend of the magnitude 8-9 earthquakes in figure P3?

I did 4B in June and got full UMS - it is possible, you've just got to work really really hard!

A few tips:

Make sure you actually put in the work for 4A/4B and don't leave it right to the end. At our school, we only had three lessons on 4B, compared to the rest of the year for Unit 3. 40% of the A2 is based on Unit 4, and I did practically everything outside.

In terms of your decision, I didn't do 4A, but I heard that it is possible to prepare the same fieldwork for Unit 2 and Unit 4A. Additionally, as both papers use the same 'skillset' in effect, you can double up on your revision. As I've said, I didn't do this, so it is your choice, and it might be worth looking at the pre-release for 4B before you confirm your decision.

If you do decide to do 4B, remember this: outside research is key to a good grade. For the Nepal paper, I did stacks of extra research on demographic statistics, developmental statistics, projects other charities have done, etc etc. The pre-release is only a guide; you have to make sure you DON'T copy word for word from it. Knowing it thoroughly, understanding the main issues involved and having the ability to adapt your knowledge to the question, including your own analysis and facts in your exam essays, is the key to high marks.

You can get your own information from the sources suggested in the ZigZag, Wikipedia, books, anything which is related to the topic. Make a good set of notes structured around the ZigZag, answering all the questions in there as fully as you can, and make sure all your extras are included. This extra work is the one thing that differentiates you from other candidates. The ZigZag guide is useful to work through in order to bring your knowledge of the issue up to speed, but you MUST do more than just that. Having said that, there are usually questions on data presentation, stats or fieldwork too; these should be easier to identify as they are clearly referenced in the AIB itself. I would say this paper is more about geographical understanding than revision per se - in the exam because I'd gone over everything so much beforehand I knew exactly where everything was in the AIB, and it made life so much easier. I barely even used the AIB in the exam, to be honest!

Good luck