AQA GCE Geography Unit 3- 7th June 2013

Hi, is anyone doing the Conflict section in this exam and if so do you have any predictions for the 40 marker?

Crammed it in about 3 or 4 days, i'd say my revision was about:

10% AQA case study paper
30% Zigzag materials
60% Internet research

I think the bottom one is very important here, the examiner will be impressed with the more you know about the topic. I included as many facts as I could about the case study, in some cases where it probably wasn't even relevant. My point is, you have more time than you need in this exam (compared with the others which are rushed as hell) so make your answers more developed than you necessarily would on the other paper, with key facts and figures where possible to bung them in!

I didn't actually try to guess the questions, but if it is anything like last years then they are left pretty open for discussion, which allows everything i've mentioned about to flourish!

I'm thinking associated landforms question with tectonics!

did your teacher supply you with the zigzag material?

Yep, make sure you get the teacher's notes too, as they are very useful!

HIII GUYS!!
Ive decided not to revise Ecosystems because it is well and truly ...tedious. Doing Tectonics, Cities and D&G. May revise ecosystems enough for a structured set of questions if the tectonics is rubbish, but logic tells me if I were to revise each 3 topics inside out, the structured wont be rubbish, right?
Anyone doing Geography next year for uni?!?!

I'm so confused on the "security without development and development without security" do you think they could ask this on the short questions?

I'm doing Afghanistan; I'm trying to divide it up:

1)conflict

2) impacts on developments (demographics of afghan)

3) development without security - economic, political, military, social and agriculture (opium) security needed to increase development...
4) security without development - roads, hospitals, employment in other industries ie. not drugs.

somebody help me I'm so confused need to find a simple way of referring to it...

It came up a couple of years ago so very unlikely gonna come up again. just bundle your international conflict one with the security one to avoid having to learn 2, E.g. im doing israel?palestine for both

what's your international conflict case study?

I'm so confused on the "security without development and development without security" do you think they could ask this on the short questions?

I'm doing Afghanistan; I'm trying to divide it up:

1)conflict

2) impacts on developments (demographics of afghan)

3) development without security - economic, political, military, social and agriculture (opium) security needed to increase development...
4) security without development - roads, hospitals, employment in other industries ie. not drugs.

somebody help me I'm so confused need to find a simple way of referring to it...

I did this on my mock. They way I structured it was:
1. Introduction. Define key terms, outline where Afghanistan is with a very brief history of the conflict.
2. Development without security
Essentially just argue this statement, back up points, try and achieve synopticity etc. You can bring in other case studies like piracy in Somalia.
3. Security without development
Same again here. Try and factor in some points about scale in terms of time and distance.
4. Conclusion
Decide which is more important/comes first, or whether they're equal and occur in tandem. Are they the same thing? Can they happen independently?

Hey i'm hoping to study BSc Geography at uni in September Need ABB overall to go to Exeter's cornwall campus!

I'm doing tectonics, world cities and weather. I've learnt development too but prefer the others. It's good to learn all 4 because then you have more to write about in the longer essay to include the synopticity element.

thanks dude! I might revise this all tonight - I might just crack through the whole conflicts revision this afternoon!

Oh, I got my mock results and I got a B, but like 19 on my tectonic essay! arghhhhh what the? sorry my teacher just emailed me - I'm freaking now...

Genuinely mate, like I'm doing you're better off learning 25% more content so your Israel/palestine conflict becomes applicable for secutiy/development rather than learning a whole other case study just for security/development. Lets face it, there is no chance both will come up so no danger of overlap!

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thanks dude! I might revise this all tonight - I might just crack through the whole conflicts revision this afternoon!

Oh, I got my mock results and I got a B, but like 19 on my tectonic essay! arghhhhh what the? sorry my teacher just emailed me - I'm freaking now...

you're right man, it means I have to reorganise my notes...