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.

This book is part of a book series called Wjg .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 144 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Hodder Education .

Jacqui Owen is a postgraduate earth science student at the University of Lancaster. Andy Leeder is a senior examiner and Principal Moderator for Controlled Assessment for the WJEC B Specification. Glyn Owen is Head of Geography at Ysgol Morgan Llwyd, Wrexham and Principal Examiner for the WJEC A Specification. Cathie Brooks is a former Assistant Secretary at WJEC, whose responsibilities included the GCSE Geography A Specification. Dirk Sykes is Head of Geography at Y Pant Comprehensive School, in South Wales with a wealth of teaching experience.