AQA Geography Command Words

You can find a list of the AQA command words explained here:

http://www.aqa.org.uk/resources/geography/as-and-a-level/geography/teach/command-words

Year 8 Coastal fieldwork Report

The coastal fieldwork report guidelines can be accessed here

Y11 Timed Conditions information

Please click here.  This link is now public so there should be no problem downloading it.

Online Geography Courses

Online Geography courses can be found by doing a Google search. Some common ones are listed below.

Alison online Geography course

OpenLearn from the Open University Geography

A list of free online Geography courses can be found here

Geography Competitions

Trinity College, CambridgePlease note that this essay competition has not run since 2015. Please here to check for updates.

Please see below various competitions that you can enter,David W.Smith Memorial Prize 2017 (supported by Routledge Publishers)Essay Competition 

The Developing Areas Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) annual essay competition in memory of David W. Smith. David W Smith, who also published under the name of David Drakakis Smith, was an outstanding scholar committed to researching on Third World cities. He died in 1999.

A2 level students in England and Wales and Advanced Higher students in Scotland are invited to write an essay of up to 1500 words on the following title:With reference to one city in the Global South, discuss the key opportunities and challenges that cities post for sustainable development.Essays should be word processed and 1.5 spaced. The word count does not include the reference list.Essays must be received by Friday 9 March 2017. Please include your name, school and contact details with your essay. Your teacher must confirm that the essay is your own work. If you would like to acknowledge receipt of your essay please indicate this in your submission email.

Submit an electronic copy to the email address below:
Dr Jessica Hope
Jch84@cam.ac.uk

Any queries can be sent to Professor Nina Laurie (nina.laurie@st-andrews.ac.uk)
Royal Geographical Society (RGS)National Geographic Traveller's Photography Competition click here

Year Nine Fieldwork

Click here for the guidelines.
Click here for the fieldwork instructions
Click here for data entry

Click here for QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS. Open the document. Copy and paste the data into EXCEL spreadsheet, or your own Google Docs, or a One Drive spreadsheet

note -
Much of the data is NOT numerical so Excel struggles to create graphs.
Google docs will create graphs from non numerical data (see below)

Heathrow third runway

• follow this link from the Economist for the latest information on the Heathrow expansion controversy
• Economist article Heathrow
• Expanding Heathrow westwards
• This student’s essay
• Read the articles and make your own notes