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Outline of the BGE S1-S3 course topics<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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S1<\/strong><\/td>\nS2<\/strong><\/td>\nS3<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1. Atlas Skills<\/td>\n1. The Empty lands – Rainforests, Hot Deserts and the Tundra.<\/td>\n1. From Mountains to the Sea – Glaciations, Rivers, Limestone and Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2. OS Map Skills<\/td>\n2. Rich World\/Poor World – Development, Population, Urbanisation, Aid and Trade<\/td>\n2. China<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3. Contrasting landscapes\u00a0– Kintyre and Glasgow<\/td>\n3. India<\/td>\n3. Advanced Weather – Synoptic charts and Forecasts.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4. Natural Hazards – Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Tropical Storms, Tornadoes and Floods<\/td>\n<\/td>\n4. Campbeltown Fieldwork Project – Traffic and Land-use.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Homework is issued when required.\u00a0 Depending on the topic and the skills being developed this may mean frequent homework or, for example, when working in groups or on poster work there may not be any homework issued at that time.<\/p>\n

N4 Course<\/strong><\/h2>\n

As well as passing the 3 internal units , students at N4 level must also pass an Added Value (AV) Unit. \u00a0This is an Assignment based on fieldwork which is conducted in Campbeltown. \u00a0This is presented in the form of a short piece of work with maps, graphs and text and is also assessed internally against the criteria issued by the SQA.<\/p>\n

N5 Course<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The students have to pass the 3 internal units\u00a0and<\/strong>\u00a0the Course Assessment involving an Assignment (25% of their final mark \u2013 20 marks) and an external exam (75% of their final mark \u2013 60 marks).\u00a0 Both of these parts of the Course Assessment are marked externally by the SQA.<\/p>\n

The Assignment write-up is completed under exam conditions in class before the end of March and the final exam is in May.\u00a0 They will also be required to sit a Prelim exam in January.<\/p>\n

Students will be issued with a\u00a0Bright Red N5 Revision Textbook<\/strong>\u00a0to help with their revision.<\/p>\n

Useful links for N5 Geography<\/strong><\/h3>\n

SQA Past Papers and Marking Schemes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

N5 Specimen Paper and Marking Scheme<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Specimen Paper uses 2 maps \u2013 Dingwall and Coventry.\u00a0 If you would like a paper copy of the maps to use when revising please ask your teacher or, you could access the relevant areas using the Digimap for Schools resource.<\/p>\n

Higher<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The students have to pass the 3 internal units\u00a0and<\/strong>\u00a0the Course Assessment involving an Assignment (marked out of 30 marks) and an external exam (marked out of 60 marks).\u00a0 Both of these parts of the Course Assessment are marked externally by the SQA.<\/p>\n

The Assignment write-up is completed under exam conditions in class before the end of March and the final exam is in May.\u00a0 They will also be required to sit a Prelim exam in January.<\/p>\n

Students will be issued with the\u00a0Leckie and Leckie Course Notes<\/strong>\u00a0textbook and a\u00a0Bright Red Higher Revision Textbook<\/strong>\u00a0to help with their classwork and revision.<\/p>\n

Higher reminder\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 In the exam, in the Global Issues section you only do Question 8 (Development and Health) and Question 9 (Global Climate Change).<\/p>\n

Useful links for Higher Geography<\/strong><\/h3>\n

SQA Past Papers and Marking Schemes<\/a><\/p>\n

Higher Specimen Paper and Marking Scheme<\/a><\/p>\n

Higher Specimen Paper Map<\/a>\u00a0(probably easier to ask for a paper copy to work with)<\/p>\n

Higher Exemplar Paper<\/a>\u00a0(Map available from the Geography Department)<\/p>\n

BBC on-line Higher revision materials<\/a><\/p>\n

(Make sure you are using the\u00a0\u2018New\u2019 Higher<\/strong>\u00a0Geography site)<\/p>\n

Global Issues \u2013 we only do Development and Health and Global Climate change.<\/p>\n

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Advanced Higher<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The students have to pass 2 internal units\u00a0and<\/strong>\u00a0the Course Assessment.<\/p>\n

The 2 internal units are based on Geographical Methods and Techniques and a Geographical Issue.<\/p>\n

The Course Assessment involves a Project or Folio, consisting of a Geographical Study of no more than 3,000 words (marked out of 60 marks) and a Geographical Issue (marked out of 40 marks).\u00a0 Both of these parts of the Course Assessment are marked externally by the SQA along with the exam which is marked out of 50 marks.<\/p>\n

The Folio is required to be completed by the end of April.<\/p>\n

There is limited teaching in this course which is very good preparation for Higher or Further Education.\u00a0 Students are essentially guided through the requirements of the course.<\/p>\n

Useful links for Advanced Higher Geography:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

SQA Old AH Past Papers and Marking Schemes<\/a>\u00a0(some sections of these are still useful)<\/p>\n

SQA New AH Past Papers and Marking Schemes<\/p>\n

To be added when available.<\/p>\n

SQA AH Specimen Paper<\/a><\/p>\n

SQA AH Exemplar Paper<\/a><\/p>\n

SQA Exemplar Paper \u2013 Guidance on its construction<\/a><\/p>\n

All NQ Courses\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Senior Phase National Qualification (NQ) Courses<\/strong><\/p>\n

For all NQ courses a useful OS map tool is:<\/p>\n

Digimaps for Schools<\/strong>\u00a0(this is for pupils only \u2013 the Licence does not allow printing of maps for parents or carers):<\/p>\n

Link:\u00a0<\/strong>http:\/\/digimapforschools.edina.ac.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Username and password:<\/strong>\u00a0(note that the password is\u00a0case sensitive\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 lower case letters only).\u00a0 The\u00a0password\u00a0<\/em>changes every September.<\/p>\n

Username<\/em>: PA286JS<\/p>\n

Password<\/em>: wrulls45\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [This password is valid from September 2016]<\/p>\n

All NQ courses in Geography require students to complete 3\u00a0internal units\u00a0<\/strong>based on :<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Physical Environments<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Human Environments<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Global Issues<\/p>\n

The content and depth of the units varies between the levels of study.<\/p>\n

There is an internal assessment required to be passed at the end of each of these units.\u00a0 The internal assessments are all on a Pass or Fail basis, the standard for a pass being set by the SQA.<\/p>\n

All courses will have homework set on a regular basis.\u00a0 For N5, Higher and Advanced Higher students this will often involve the use of Past Paper questions.<\/p>\n

Pupil Information about studying Geography<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I choose to study geography because I felt it would benefit my university application as it\u2019s a literacy based subject. I sat national 5 before sitting the higher course and I would recommend doing this as it would be very challenging to crash higher, however it is not impossible.<\/p>\n

In national 5 and higher the sections are the same \u2013 physical environments, human environments and global issues however the topics within each of these sections differ. In national 5 you study things like rivers, within the physical environments section whereas in the higher physical environments section you study atmosphere, lithosphere, biosphere and hydrosphere. Out of these topics I enjoyed atmosphere and lithosphere the best out of the physical environments however the other two topics are much shorter therefore you can pass them quickly.<\/p>\n

The human environments section was my favourite section of the course as you learn about population and urban and rural environments. When I sat the higher we studied Glasgow and Rio de Janeiro. Within the rural section you also cover the impact and management of rural land degradation, this didn\u2019t interest me as much however it is easy information to pick up and learn.<\/p>\n

In the last section you study health, which covers Malaria and development indicators as well as primary health care strategies. The Malaria and primary health care topics interested me the most out of everything you learn in the health section.<\/p>\n

In the higher for geography you also have to sit an assignment which is 30% of your overall grade. For my assignment we went up sand dunes and gathered information on them such as the pH levels in the sand at different point in a sand dune and the variety of speci3es on the sand dune at different points. I can\u2019t say I enjoyed this much however it is definitely worth making an effort with it as in the overall exam I got an A and my assignment was 28\/30.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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