GCSE Geography for Wjec a Option Topics

By Glyn Owen, Dirk Sykes, Andy Leeder, et al.

GCSE Geography for WJEC A Option Topics brings geography to life for students and covers all the optional human and physical units for this new specification. Each of these contemporary themes allows understanding to be developed to a greater depth: Our Changing Coastline Weather and Climate Living Things Tourism Retail and Urban Change Economic Change and Wales The content is explored through: - Data research questions for each chapter to develop students' decision-making skills - 'Geography Futures' feature to encourage students to use their understanding of geographical processes and patterns to predict what might happen in the future - Examination-style questions and exam tips written by the Senior Principal Examiner for the WJEC A Specification - Activities to enable students to develop their geographical skills of enquiry, to analyse and interpret evidence - Case studies of real places to illustrate concepts such as tropical storms and drought - GIS activities that explain how digital technology is used to store and retrieve geographical information. GCSE Geography for WJEC A Option Topics accompanies GCSE Geography for WJEC A Core to provide students with a motivating and dynamic course for twenty-first century geography.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0340983752
• ISBN13: 9780340983751
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Hodder Education
• Length: 144 Pages
• Grade Range: Grades 10 to 12