Welcome to the blog....

This will be a place for me to post my progress towards preparing for the new EDEXCEL specification for AS/A2 Geography.

Further information will also be available at my website: GEOGRAPHYPAGES where you can also contact me.

If you want to share resources that you have produced, or have a website or other recommendation please get in touch, so that we can indulge in a little co-construction of the curriculum.

Also check out the NING network where discussions have already been taking place, and some useful resources are available for download. Join us there !

The Specification and other documents are available from the EDEXCEL website - check out the LAUNCH PRESENTATION movie with Cameron Dunn explaining the new specification.

Course content

Unit 1: Global Challenges
The meaning, causes, impacts and management of global challenges, and how we can influence global challenges through our own lives. There are two compulsory topics: World at risk and Going global.

Unit 2: Geographical Investigations
A closer look at how physical and human issues influence lives and can be managed. Students choose two topics from the four offered, one physical and one human.

We will be going for CROWDED COASTS and REBRANDING PLACES at my current school.

Unit 3: Contested Planet
The use and management of resources is a key issue for geography and today’s world. This area is explored through six compulsory topics: Energy Security; Water Conflicts; Biodiversity Under Threat; Superpower Geographies; Bridging the Development Gap; and The Technological Fix?

Unit 4: Geographical Research
Options range from those with a strong physical geography focus, to those concerned more with environmental, social and cultural geographies. Students select and study one from six research options: Tectonic Activity and Hazards; Cold Environments - landscapes and change; Life on the Margins - the food supply problem; The World of Cultural Diversity; Pollution and Human Health at Risk; Consuming the Rural Landscape - leisure and tourism.

We will be doing COLD ENVIRONMENTS - Landscapes and Change at my current school