Geography Revision?

Original post by Lozzylouise

Is it just me or do you find Geography the hardest subject to revise for? For some reason compared to the other subjects I take, Geography seems to be the hardest, maybe because it has so many topics... Any tips on how to revise for it? Maybe youtube channels or websites? because I haven't found any other than bitesize. Thanks in advance :smile:

Nope, if it is GCSE I can help you with it.

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OP

Original post by TheAlchemistress

Nope, if it is GCSE I can help you with it.

Yes, it is GCSE, AQA. Can you recomend any good websites or youtube, channels to help? Thanks :smile:

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Original post by Lozzylouise

Yes, it is GCSE, AQA. Can you recomend any good websites or youtube, channels to help? Thanks :smile:

I done OCR and I used a CPG book, I would first find a textbook that outlines everything and go over the notes you make, plus draw diagrams.

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simaxo

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I find it hard to revise only because I find it extremely boring, and I’m doing Igcse edexcel geography, the exam is 3 HOURS so it’s pretty dreadful

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lucilletea

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Hey, I got an A* at GCSE geography and am now taking it for A level so listen up!
I hate revision with a burning passion and did barely anything for any of my subjects, so I feel your pain, but this is what I did for geography:
- Grab a load of A3 paper, whack out the Sharpies and put a topic on each page; don't worry too much about presentation and put on some music to prevent boredom from killing you, just get all the info down
- Use a different colour for stuff you don't know; this makes life easier later as you can just read over the stuff in that colour
- Get someone else to test you on any key words you're not sure of

There are obviously loads more things you can do and I would recommend you do as many as you can tolerate - good luck! :smile:

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Original post by TheAlchemistress

I done OCR and I used a CPG book, I would first find a textbook that outlines everything and go over the notes you make, plus draw diagrams.

What did you get in Geography at GCSE?
Is the CGP guide enough?

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Original post by lucilletea

Hey, I got an A* at GCSE geography and am now taking it for A level so listen up!
I hate revision with a burning passion and did barely anything for any of my subjects, so I feel your pain, but this is what I did for geography:
- Grab a load of A3 paper, whack out the Sharpies and put a topic on each page; don't worry too much about presentation and put on some music to prevent boredom from killing you, just get all the info down
- Use a different colour for stuff you don't know; this makes life easier later as you can just read over the stuff in that colour
- Get someone else to test you on any key words you're not sure of

There are obviously loads more things you can do and I would recommend you do as many as you can tolerate - good luck! :smile:

Is the CGP guide enough?

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Original post by Ihatelife2

What did you get in Geography at GCSE?
Is the CGP guide enough?

B, not CPG sorry OCR. You might have to get AQA.

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Original post by TheAlchemistress

B, not CPG sorry OCR. You might have to get AQA.

I'm a bit confused. So is the CGP guide enough for Edexcel?

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Original post by Ihatelife2

I'm a bit confused. So is the CGP guide enough for Edexcel?

Alright, so I used the OCR book because I done OCR. My mistake I didn’t use CPG, so if you are doing Edexcel you would have to get Edexcel.

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Original post by TheAlchemistress

Alright, so I used the OCR book because I done OCR. My mistake I didn’t use CPG, so if you are doing Edexcel you would have to get Edexcel.

Ohhh. Thanks.

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lucilletea

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Original post by Ihatelife2

Is the CGP guide enough?

The CGP guide is good, just make sure you go through the exam specification to check it hasn't missed anything :smile:

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OP

Original post by simajabri

I find it hard to revise only because I find it extremely boring, and I’m doing Igcse edexcel geography, the exam is 3 HOURS so it’s pretty dreadful

3 hours?! That’s awful. I have 3 geography exams and each one is 1hr 30 so I feel your pain

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OP

Original post by lucilletea

Hey, I got an A* at GCSE geography and am now taking it for A level so listen up!
I hate revision with a burning passion and did barely anything for any of my subjects, so I feel your pain, but this is what I did for geography:
- Grab a load of A3 paper, whack out the Sharpies and put a topic on each page; don't worry too much about presentation and put on some music to prevent boredom from killing you, just get all the info down
- Use a different colour for stuff you don't know; this makes life easier later as you can just read over the stuff in that colour
- Get someone else to test you on any key words you're not sure of

There are obviously loads more things you can do and I would recommend you do as many as you can tolerate - good luck! :smile:

A* is amazing, congrats! Thanks for the advice 🙂
I am also doing Geography for A level (hopefully) so I have to get at least a B in the exams so it’s a lot of pressure

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OP

I am using the AQA textbook, it’s quite good for knowing all the topics but it doesn’t go into much detail so I usually look everything up online to get more detail.

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