geography exam coming up

[jessica mo]

I've got a geography exam this thursday and i would like some tips on how to approach it.
My weakness is the multiple choice - skills..im just nto great at it.
how would you structure the last section with the essay?
Any help is appreciated...thanks!

[Potatohater]

I've got a geography exam this thursday and i would like some tips on how to approach it.
My weakness is the multiple choice - skills..im just nto great at it.
how would you structure the last section with the essay?
Any help is appreciated...thanks!

Hi!
Ok so;
Skills: go through the skills listed in the syllabus and try and find some practice questions or make your own that test these skills, or you can do section 1 of all the past papers and see how you go. If there's any speciffic skills you need help with you can ask on here and I'll give you more speciffic responses - also I think I have a PowerPoint on how to do all the different skills, just hopefully I didn't delete it, I'll try and find that for you.

Essay: with the essay question the structure depends on the question. Break the question down and see if you can come up with 4 or more main points you can discuss. Ecosystems at risk is easiest to structure because this basic scaffold can be applied to most questions
P1: 1st point, 1st ecosystem
P2: 1st point 2nd ecosystem
P3: 2nd point 1st ecosystem
P4: 2nd point 2nd ecosystem
For other topics it's harder to give a solid outline as it depends on the question, but as an example, if an urban places question asks for evidence of economic and cultural authority I would spend 2 paragraphs on economic and 2 on cultural, or if it was an economic activity question on factors then I'd pick 4 factors I'm most comfortable talking about.
Hope that made sense and that it helps you 

[jessica mo]

Hi!
Ok so;
Skills: go through the skills listed in the syllabus and try and find some practice questions or make your own that test these skills, or you can do section 1 of all the past papers and see how you go. If there's any speciffic skills you need help with you can ask on here and I'll give you more speciffic responses - also I think I have a PowerPoint on how to do all the different skills, just hopefully I didn't delete it, I'll try and find that for you.

Essay: with the essay question the structure depends on the question. Break the question down and see if you can come up with 4 or more main points you can discuss. Ecosystems at risk is easiest to structure because this basic scaffold can be applied to most questions
P1: 1st point, 1st ecosystem
P2: 1st point 2nd ecosystem
P3: 2nd point 1st ecosystem
P4: 2nd point 2nd ecosystem
For other topics it's harder to give a solid outline as it depends on the question, but as an example, if an urban places question asks for evidence of economic and cultural authority I would spend 2 paragraphs on economic and 2 on cultural, or if it was an economic activity question on factors then I'd pick 4 factors I'm most comfortable talking about.
Hope that made sense and that it helps you 

the essay is based on the great barrier reef for the ecosystems at risk so do i just write about the management strategies?

can i talk about volunteers killing crown of thorn starfish as a management strategy for the great barrier reef?

Mod edit: merged double post

[Potatohater]

the essay is based on the great barrier reef for the ecosystems at risk so do i just write about the management strategies?

can i talk about volunteers killing crown of thorn starfish as a management strategy for the great barrier reef?

Mod edit: merged double post

Well what you talk about is dependent on the exact question so yes, if if is about Managment strategies then you write about that. For a management strategy question I reccomend doing 2 paragraphs on contemporary and 2 on traditional. Also yes you can talk about killing COTS, and take this one step further by explaining the inefficiencies in this strategy and the consequent development of the COTSBot

[jessica mo]

Well what you talk about is dependent on the exact question so yes, if if is about Managment strategies then you write about that. For a management strategy question I reccomend doing 2 paragraphs on contemporary and 2 on traditional. Also yes you can talk about killing COTS, and take this one step further by explaining the inefficiencies in this strategy and the consequent development of the COTSBot

i have quite a few contemporary management strategies but barely any for traditional. Do you have information for traditional management strategies?

[Potatohater]

i have quite a few contemporary management strategies but barely any for traditional. Do you have information for traditional management strategies?

For sure!
So, traditional management strategies follow a few different values
- subsistence
- reciprocity
- sustainability
- custodianship
This results in, for the Great Barrier Reef in particular, management strategies such as
- traditional ecological knowledge
- controlled access to reefs
- traditional fishing techniques (eg. Using spears and fish traps rather than modern fishing techniques destined to catch too many fish)
- totems and taboos
- nomadic lifestyle