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About this course
This online course provides a series of sequenced, guided videos with supporting resource downloads - all with a clear focus on core knowledge and effective exam technique to help maximise performance in mocks, assessments and the final exams.
Who it's for
All students preparing for mock exams, other assessments and the summer exams for Edexcel A-Level Geography.
Course series
Course outline
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In this section students will get advice on how to get the most out of this online course, as well as understanding the assessment objectives, an overview of the papers, and some key takeaways from previous exams.
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1a - Getting the most of out Grade Booster
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1b - Understanding the assessment objectives and level-based mark schemes
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1c - Overview of the exam papers
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1d - Learning from the previous exams
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In this series of videos students will learn about the demands of the different command words, how to handle figures in questions, and how to maximise their exam technique on Paper 3.
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2a - Command words
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2b - Paper 3 technique and how to apply figures
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This series of videos will walk through how to answer each type of question on Papers 1 and 2
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3a - Tackling the short answer questions (3 and 4-markers)
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3b - Tackling the 6-markers
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3c - Tackling the 8-markers (Explain questions)
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3d - Tackling the 12-markers (Assess questions)
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3e - Tackling the 'Evaluate' questions (20-markers on Paper 1/2; 18 & 24-markers on Paper 3)
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These videos will outline and explain the threshold concepts and key themes that are core to the A-Level course, giving examples of where they feature and how they interact.
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4a - Threshold concepts
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4b - A-Level key themes
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These videos focus on some of the topics that students struggle with at A-Level - talking through them in detail and addressing misconceptions.
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5a - Tectonic mitigation and adaptation strategies
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5b - Short and long-term carbon cycles
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5c - Cultural diffusion vs cultural erosion
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The videos will walk students through various statistics skills and tests that are essential to master at A-Level.
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6a - Geography in the News
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6b - Measures of central tendency - mean, mode and median
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6c - Measures of dispersion - range and interquartile range
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6d - Measures of dispersion - standard deviation
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6e - Statistical tests - Chi-squared test
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6f - Statistical tests - T-test
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6g - Revision Blast for quantitative skills
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In the downloads section of this course you will find a selection of revision blast powerpoints to test your recall of topics through a series of interactive quizzes.
Hosts
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Kate Stockings
Kate is an experienced teacher and head of department. She is currently a Trust Lead, working across seven schools to improve their Geography provision. Kate is a resource writer, published author and regular speaker for many different organisations but particularly enjoys creating resources for A-Level Geography.
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Hayley Keeling
Hayley has taught Geography for fifteen years and is the Curriculum Leader in a large 11-18 school in the South West. She has also examined for many years. She is a keen advocate for fieldwork in schools and can be found on Instagram @kingdowngeography
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Tim Bilham
Tim is a passionate Geography teacher and leader with twenty years of experience in teaching, examining, and senior leadership. He excels at curriculum design, exam prep, and professional development, driving student and colleague improvement.
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Christian Goude
Christian has taught Geography for over twenty years, across a range of schools in Norfolk. He is a senior examiner, delivering training and has had a number of resources published. Now a senior leader in Suffolk, Geography remains a passion.
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Brendan Conway
Brendan has over thirty years’ experience as a teacher of Geography and head of department. He led his current department to become a Geographical Association Centre of Excellence. In addition to being an author of geographical texts and resources, he also works in Initial Teacher Training (ITT), Erasmus Plus projects and supports schools with GIS as an Esri Geomentor.