This revised course is designed to help your students develop the abilities required to achieve exam success for the new WJEC GCSE Geography
Specification B. Develop students' geographical investigative & analytical skills with activities that use real-place data maps photographs & ICT resources Provides case studies of real places at different scales & at different levels of development Extends students' learning & helps them to research geography in greater depth with ' Going Further' information & activities Encourages students to use their understanding of geographical processes & patterns to predict what might happen in the future with ' Geography Futures' WJEC
Specification B is a direct development of the popular Avery Hill course & retains its issue-based investigative approach to geography. It is based around three themes: 1. Challenges of living in a built environment 2. Physical processes & relationships between people & environment 3. Uneven development & sustainable environments. Contents Theme 1
- Challenges of Living in a Built Environment Chapter 1: Variation in quality of life & access to housing Chapter 2: Access to services & changing service provision Chapter 3: Urbanisation Chapter 4: Planning issues in built environments Chapter 5: Rural change & planning issues Theme 2
- Physical Processes & Relationships between People & Environments Chapter 1: Weather & climate Chapter 2: Ecosystems Chapter 3: The issue of desertification Chapter 4: River processes & landforms Chapter 5: Coastal processes & coastal management Theme 3
- Uneven Development & Sustainable Environments Chapter 1: Employment structures & opportunities Chapter 2: The location of economic activities Chapter 3: Economic activity & the environment Chapter 4: Development Chapter 5: Development issues & water Chapter 6: Interdependence Glossaries also available online at Vocab Express an interactive learning application. Visit www.vocabexpress.co.uk/hodder for more information.