Dwight Schrute Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Hi,Was everyone aware of the new structure in the geography exam?I just did the paper 1 and told my teacher of the changes, my paper 2 is tomorrow and supposedly i must answer a question of two of my themes rather than 1. i prepared to choose between lithospherics or coasts and my second question going to be about topographical mapping. is it the same way this year or is it different cause i dont know. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhearts Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Hi,Was everyone aware of the new structure in the geography exam?I just did the paper 1 and told my teacher of the changes, my paper 2 is tomorrow and supposedly i must answer a question of two of my themes rather than 1. i prepared to choose between lithospherics or coasts and my second question going to be about topographical mapping. is it the same way this year or is it different cause i dont know. Hey! It's a lot different. The old syllabus had option with different names.The options in the new syllabus include:1. A: Freshwater - Issues and Conflicts2. B: Oceans and their Coastal Margins3. C: Extreme Environments4. Hazards and Disasters - Risk Assessment and Response5. E: Leisure, Sport and Tourism6. F: The Geography of Food and Health7. G: Urban EnvironmentsHopefully this helps? I'm surprised you or your teacher were not aware of the changes. At least that is how I interpret your situation. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwight Schrute Posted May 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Thank you!This really helps, so I know now not to waste my time with mapping and just concentrate on hazards and coasts.My teacher only found out when i told him after doing the exam lol - hes an awesome teacher but sucks wioth the whole IB stuff, you have no idea how long it took to sort out the internal assessment to fit the requirements Well if youre also doing Geo P2 tomorrow then i wish you the best of luck, I know ill need it Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhearts Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Best of Luck to you, too! Might I suggest a website with the assessment criteria? It'll really help you. I do not know if you are HL, but it also has the HL topics and their assessment criteria. If you can answer those questions, you have nothing to fear for tomorrow. As far as I know, we'll get all the Options. Each Option has 2 questions (with parts) and we have to answer 2 (SL) or 3 (HL) in total. Remember to take each question from a different option. I know it sucks to be reviewing on the last day, but do not panic. I'm pretty sure you'll be fine! So without further ado, here's the IB Geo Wiki for the new syllabus: http://ibgeog2009.wikispaces.com/On the left, you'll see the Core and then the Options and then the HL Extensions! I'm SL, so I'm super happy that I am only taking one Paper tomorrow! Good Luck! 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwight Schrute Posted May 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Best of Luck to you, too! Might I suggest a website with the assessment criteria? It'll really help you. I do not know if you are HL, but it also has the HL topics and their assessment criteria. If you can answer those questions, you have nothing to fear for tomorrow. As far as I know, we'll get all the Options. Each Option has 2 questions (with parts) and we have to answer 2 (SL) or 3 (HL) in total. Remember to take each question from a different option. I know it sucks to be reviewing on the last day, but do not panic. I'm pretty sure you'll be fine! So without further ado, here's the IB Geo Wiki for the new syllabus: http://ibgeog2009.wikispaces.com/On the left, you'll see the Core and then the Options and then the HL Extensions! I'm SL, so I'm super happy that I am only taking one Paper tomorrow! Good Luck! Im SL too You are an absolute saint!!You might just about have taught more than the 2 years my teacher did.thanks a lot! and good luck again you and me will conqour that paper Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhearts Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 No worries! I'm glad I could help a fellow IB-sufferer! The 7s are in the bag! 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwight Schrute Posted May 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Hey again, Im really sorry but is there by any chance some kind of sites that can help with some of these topics.Cause now i really AM panicking - soo much of this **** was not included in what i learnt! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhearts Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 I do not know of any website with notes for the new syllabus. What books do you use? And take a deep breath. IB students will always find a way. I mean we procrastinate when it comes to everything and manage to survive. This is just another pebble you have to jump over! Don't make it a boulder! Okay, so again, what books do you use? Any study guides? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwight Schrute Posted May 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 well the text book which i have is the planet geography, last updated 2007. thats the only one i havei have this other book but its for A levels Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhearts Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Oh! That means you have the 4th edition. I have the 5th edition and the Oxford Study Guide. What options do you plan to answer? For Hazards and Disasters, for example, you need to be familiar with the following disasters:1. Either Earthquakes or Volcanoes2. Droughts3. Hurricanes4. Any one recent human-induced (technological) hazard resulting in an explosion or escape of hazardous material (Recent = year 2000 onwards)Perhaps you could start making case studies? At least that will get you somewhere. Try to be familiar with definitions and their distribution. Also, why do people live in these hazardous areas (demographic and socio-economic factors). Perhaps, also mention that the poor, women, elderly and children are at high risk. Also, how to predict a disaster and measures that can be taken to deal with disasters. If you take this option that is. What's the other one? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwight Schrute Posted May 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Well what I learnt was technically this option cause i studied lithospherics which involved earthquakes, volcanoes and mass movement, i havent studied hurricanes, droughts or the other.My other option is coasts Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhearts Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Have a look at this website perhaps: http://www.geographyalltheway.com/ib_geography/ib-hazards/hazards-disasters.htmThe have revision material for only three options, but apparently you have to register and pay. I am not sure if the website has enough resources though. I could not find any other online resources. Maybe Planet Geography has online resources you can buy/ download? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwight Schrute Posted May 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Ill see what i can do,Youve been great help thank you soo much fellow ib student Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhearts Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 No problem! I do hope what I said will help you tomorrow. My exam is at 8 am and since you live in Poland I assume your exam starts at around the same time (ie no time difference). Do let me know how your exam went (in a message or something) since we won't be allowed to discuss the exam until Saturday. Just a general message. Good Luck! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwight Schrute Posted May 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Absolutely Ill write once Im back homethanks again so muchand good luck to you too !!xx Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abu Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Please continue any discussion in the Exam Discussion forum when your 24 hours are up. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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