IB Geography HL study plan

Build a one-page concept map linking population change (natural increase, migration, demographic transition model) to climate and resource themes, annotating three explicit cross-links

Interpret and calculate crude birth rate, crude death rate, natural increase rate, and total fertility rate from a supplied data table without reference notes

Explain two limitations of the demographic transition model using named counter-examples (e.g. a country with rapid fertility decline and one stalled mid-transition)

Draw and label population pyramids for a high-income and a low-income country, then write two sentences per pyramid on dependency ratio implications

Distinguish climate change mitigation from adaptation and classify eight named strategies into each category with a one-line justification

Analyse a resource-consumption case (energy or water) using the ecological footprint concept and identify two data limitations of that measure

Construct a causal chain diagram from a named resource extraction activity through environmental and social impacts to a management response

Evaluate one national climate policy against two criteria: effectiveness and equity

Select your optional theme and map its syllabus sub-topics into a checklist of every content point you must be able to explain

Explain the physical processes behind two characteristic landforms or systems in that theme using correct terminology

Compare two named case studies within the theme, tabulating three similarities and three differences in causes and outcomes

Summarise two contrasting management strategies for the theme and state the criteria on which each succeeds or fails

Define globalisation and trace three measurable indicators of global interaction (trade flows, FDI, migration or data flows) over time

Explain how one transnational corporation or global production network redistributes costs and benefits between core and periphery

Analyse one anti-globalisation argument and one pro-globalisation counter-argument using named evidence

Assess how global interactions affect a named place's identity, economy or environment

Interpret six unfamiliar graphs, maps and tables (choropleth, scatter, triangular, radar, flow line, climate graph) and state one strength and one weakness of each technique

Compute and correctly interpret measures of central tendency, dispersion and correlation coefficients from raw fieldwork-style data

Draft your internal assessment research question, hypothesis, and a justified sampling strategy with sample size and site selection

Design a data-recording sheet and a risk assessment for your chosen fieldwork method

Apply two appropriate statistical or graphical techniques to your own data set and interpret the output in relation to your hypothesis

Critique your own methodology by identifying two sources of error or bias and proposing one improvement for each

Practise the fieldwork paper format by answering two short data-response questions under timed conditions, then mark them against mark-scheme style criteria

Build a glossary of 20 command terms and match each to the level of response it demands

Deconstruct four extended-response questions by identifying command term, theme, and required case-study evidence before writing

Write two full extended responses under timed conditions and self-assess against a checklist of knowledge, application, synthesis and evaluation

Synthesise evidence across two domains into one argument that moves beyond description into judgement

Identify and correct your three most frequent weaknesses from previous written work

Consolidate all case studies into a single retrieval sheet of 12 named examples with key facts and figures

Complete two full mock papers or section equivalents under strict timing and mark them honestly

Review every error from the mocks and convert each into a one-line revision prompt

Rehearse the internal assessment criteria so you can state what each criterion rewards