Welcome to the Worldlywise Wiki

This Wiki is primarily for GCSE Geography students at Chesterton Community College, Cambridge. It is to support our study of the AQA(B) GCSE course. Geography teachers and students at other schools are welcome to view the pages.

Key dates for your diary

Year 10 and Year 11 resits - Natural Hazards Exam (Unit 2) - Tuesday 24th January

Year 11 resit - Coasts Exam (Unit 1) - Friday 20th January

We have chosen to study the course in a modular way - so you will study a topic, revise it in class and then sit your exam in it before moving onto a new topic. We've done this because it is what you - our students - told us you wanted to do when we surveyed you in Year 9.

Click here to go to the section on how to improve your exam technique.

Revision sessions for Year 11 students who are re-sitting the Coasts exam on Friday 20th January or the Hazards exam on Tuesday 24th January

The following teachers will be managing the revision programmes for this exam:

Unit 1 Coasts - Foundation - Dr Hutchinson

Unit 1 Coasts - Higher - Mr Gordon

Unit 2 Natural Hazards - Foundation and Higher - Miss Gardiner

If you have any questions about these exams please contact Dr Hutchinson.

Unit 1 - Managing places in the 21st century - Coasts

We have divided the course for Unit 1 into four sections - A, B, C and D. The learning objectives, key words, key questions and study and revision materials (including weblinks) have been uploaded for each lesson. Click below to access the resources for each section.

Section A     How have physical processes created the coastal landforms we see today?

Section B     Why are decisions made to manage coastal areas?

Section C     How can the management of coastal areas be increasingly sustainable?

Section D     Why are coastal areas a valuable economic and environmental resource?

Unit 2 - Hostile World - Natural Hazards

We have divided the course for Unit 2 into four sections - A, B, C and D. The learning objectives, key words, key questions and study and revision materials (inlcuding weblinks) have been uploaded for each lesson. Click below to access the resources for each section.

Section A     What are the causes and effects of earthquakes and how do people prepare for and respond to them?

Section B     What are the causes and effects of volcanic eruptions and how do people prepare for and respond to them?

Section C     What are the causes and effects of tropical storms and how do people prepare for and respond to them?

Section D     What are the causes and effects of wildfires and how do people prepare for and respond to them?

Click here to download the revision booklet.

Unit 3 - Global Tourism

We are still in the process of writing the materials for this part of the course. In the meantime, Chesterton students can download useful resources for this unit by clicking on this link.