Geography B Edexcel GCSE Unit 3 (DME) June 6th 2014 Discussion

here's the tip- our teacher said unit 3 is probably going to be about physical geography because the last two years was based on human geography. Good luck to you all!

Oh really? What stuff have you been revising?

can someone tell me whats physical geography i dont have a clue

Physical geography was all that you did for the first exam: dynamic planet, water world...

Human geography is the second exam paper we did: development dilemmas...

You need to have a strong understanding of the compulsory topics in these as you need it in tomorrows exam. DO NOT LEARN THE CHOICE ONES IE. CHALLENGES OF URBAN WORLD.

So u answer the first part by analysing data which is easy.
The hard part is at the end when you chose the option you think is best and argue why (give adv and disadv)

Hope this helps... I'm really excited to finish this god-forsaken-subject XD XD XD

How is everyone going to pace their time?
Will you spend 30 mins on reading/highlighting key bits in the reading booklet & spend an hour on answering the Qs?

Probably not that long just going to read through it and make small notes and see how long it takes but I'm guessing that won't be 30 mins but the paper (if its anything like the sample assessment ) will be quite short compared to the other two

What do you guys predict will come up this year? I think it will be 'Restless Earth' with all the volcanoes and earthquakes etc

Are we allowed to make notes on the booklet?

Answering questions
Always refer to parts of the booklet where possible, e.g. 'Figure 3a shows us that...'
Use geographical terms e.g. Desertification, oceanic crust, biome etc
If you can't think of what to write, try to think 'economic, environmental, social' as this will help with any questions asking about sustainability or problems that an area faces.

2 marks- One valid statement+explanation e.g 'to increase the number of births (1 mark) due to their ageing population (1 mark).

3 marks- 1 mark per statement+ up to 2 marks for booklet evidence or explanation (question depending)

4 marks- 3 basic points+1 extended point/2 extended points

6 marks- (point+ booklet evidence+explanation)x3

12 marks- 3 or more positive aspects of option with PEE paragraphs and evidence from booklet+ 1 counter argument stating a negative aspect of your option+ compare to 2 other options. You can get six 2 mark answers to make 12 marks

I also chose 1, but it doesnt matter too much. What was the cause and consequence of university graduates emigrating? that didn't seem to be on the page it told you to look at, and I thought every answer was in the booklet...

For the uni graduates - you had to use ur own knowledge - I said: reason was cuz of better jobs and better quality of life. Consequence: the country would lose it's most skilful population resulting in a negative multiplier effect.