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Welcome to the knowledge is power page. 

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If we get into the habit of learning key information as we go along, then it will eventually become embedded in our long term memory. If we practise learning, revisiting or retrieving knowledge five times over the space of a few weeks or months it should stick. This makes it easier to remember stuff for exams. If we get into this good habit now, then by the time we come to do our GCSEs we will be used to the process. You will have noticed that your lessons start with 'Knowledge Recall'. This usually covers topics from last lesson, last topic, last unit or last year. Practice makes perfect!

Get into the habit of reading through your books and picking out key words and learning them. No 'official' homework? Get your knowledge organiser and/or your core and powerful knowledge sheets and rehearse the key words and facts. Make crossword clues for them or even make a set of dominoes (template here). Once you are 'fluent' you will have this knowledge readily available, so in the exams you can focus upon applying the knowledge to the question.




Speak and write like an expert.....

Know your geo-lingo! If you can use key terminology accurately, and with confidence you will 'WRITE IMPRESSIVELY' and your answers will stand out from those who don't and immediately impress the examiners. I know there's lots of it but if you rehearse the words, their spellings and definitions they will eventually stick, just like those song lyrics you listened to endlessly so you could be word-perfect!!! See how you do on the 'Memory Geogger questions' [below]. Ideally, make flashcards of those that you can't remember then practice those. Get someone at home or a friend to test you again and again.

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Knowledge Memory Geoggers
Component 1: Our Natural World

Unit 1: Global Hazards here

Unit 2: Changing Climate here

Unit 3: Distinctive Environments here

Unit 4: Sustaining Ecosystems here

Unit 5: Urban Futures here

Unit 6: Dynamic Development here

Unit 7: UK in the 21st century here

Unit 8: Resource Reliance here
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Knowledge Memory Geoggers ANSWERS
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Component 1: Our Natural World

Unit 1: Global Hazards here

Unit 2: Changing Climate here

Unit 3: Distinctive Environments here

Unit 4: Sustaining Ecosystems here


Component 2: People and Society

Unit 5: Urban Futures here

Unit 6: Dynamic Development here

Unit 7: UK in the 21st century here

Unit 8: Resource Reliance here


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There's so much to learn .....

We know ..... but there are some great tools out there to help you.

Ultimately it is about rehearsing and practising to make things stick.

If we do this five times for each fact, over a period of time, it moves from our short term memory to our long term memory.

eg read the fact today, repeat tomorrow, repeat the week after, the week after and then a month later. This is called 'spaced retrieval' Think of it a bit like putting your knowledge in a filing cabinet, then re-visiting it to make sure it is still there and in the right order.

​There are some great tools out there on the internet to help us........ here's a few for starters.
Seneca Learning
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11H1 click here

10H/Gg2 click here

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Other students please click here      

Free to sign up to. 
Search for OCR B GCSE Geography


Quizlet
Quiz based/flash card learning.

​Search for AbDabGeography and your class. Invitation Link for 11H1 here

or search for 'Quizlet' in your web browser.



BBC Bitesize OCR B GCSE Revision materials here

Knowledge Organisers
Component 1: Our Natural World

Unit 1: Global Hazards here

Unit 2: Changing Climate here

Unit 3: Distinctive Environments here

Unit 4: Sustaining Ecosystems here

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Component 2: People and Society

Unit 5: Urban Futures here

Unit 6: Dynamic Development here

Unit 7: UK in the 21st century here

Unit 8: Resource Reliance here

Multi Unit Knowledge Organiser: Units 1, 3, 5 & 7 see pdf below



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Online revision lessons
tutor2u live revision sessions here

Useful topics:  water, food, coasts, rivers, glacial landscapes, TRFs, cold environments, weather hazards, tectonic hazards

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