A full suite of revision resources has been created to support students and teachers in preparing for Paper 1 of the GCSE Geography exam, with a specific focus on topics that have not been examined in recent assessment cycles and are therefore more likely to reappear.
Resources include:

• Student workbook
• Teacher PowerPoints - Fully sequenced lessons aligned with each booklet, designed to support direct instruction and independent practice. Each lesson includes:
• step‑by‑step explanations of core physical geography processes
• clear case study exemplars
• retrieval starters and low‑stakes quizzes
• exam practice with model responses that students can annotate to show where different assessment objectives have been met

Topics covered (predictions for Summer 2026):

Section A – The Challenge of Natural Hazards

Definition of a natural hazard
Types of natural hazard
Factors affecting hazard risk
Processes at destructive plate margins
Strategies for reducing the risk of volcanic and seismic hazards
Relationship between the Global Atmospheric Circulation (GAC) and tropical storms
Causes and formation sequence of tropical storms
Structure and main features of a tropical storm
How climate change may influence tropical storms
Impacts of a tropical storm – Typhoon Haiyan
Evidence that UK weather is becoming more extreme
A recent extreme UK weather event – with management focus
Mitigation and adaptation strategies for climate change
Natural causes of climate change

Section B – The Living World & Hot Deserts

Example of a small‑scale ecosystem
Balance between components and nutrient cycling
Physical characteristics of tropical rainforests – including soils
Rainforest structure and layers
Animal adaptations in rainforests
Impacts of deforestation – Amazon Basin
Sustainable rainforest management strategies
Global distribution and climate characteristics of hot deserts
Development challenges in the Thar Desert
Desertification: management strategies

Section C – Physical Landscapes in the UK

Wave types and characteristics
Mass movement processes
River and coastal transportation
Influence of geological structure and rock type on landscapes
Depositional landforms – sand dunes
Example of a UK coastline to illustrate key landforms
Coastal management case study
Soft engineering: beach nourishment, reprofiling, dune regeneration
River depositional landforms – levees, estuaries, floodplains
Hydrographs and factors influencing storm hydrographs
Human causes of river flooding
Costs and benefits of river‑management strategies:

Hard engineering: dams and reservoirs, channel straightening, embankments, flood‑relief channels

Case study of a UK river valley