Geography tutoring
Online Geography tutoring with every topic taught step by step by GradesPal tutors. Every Grade 12 Geography topic, taught step by step: climate and weather, geomorphology, rural and urban settlement, the economic geography of South Africa and mapwork and GIS, with labelled diagrams, worked examples, quizzes, real past-paper questions with memos and an exam preparation module.
What this subject covers
The GradesPal Grade 12 Geography subject follows the CAPS annual teaching plan across the five examination themes: Climate and Weather, Geomorphology, Rural and Urban Settlement, the Economic Geography of South Africa and Geographical Skills and Techniques (mapwork and GIS). Each module explains the topic from first principles with labelled diagrams, shows how the examiners word their questions, and gives you worked examples, a quiz and real questions from the National Senior Certificate papers on GradesPal with the official memos. The last module teaches you how to write the eight-mark paragraphs, data responses and mapwork calculations that earn full marks.
- Modules
- 6
- Lessons
- 57
- Study time
- 46h 5m
- Learners
- 1
- Explain tropical and mid-latitude cyclones, valley and urban climates and read a synoptic weather map
- Describe drainage basins, river processes, landforms, rejuvenation and river capture, and manage a catchment
- Analyse rural and urban settlement patterns, land use and the issues cities face
- Do every mapwork calculation and answer GIS questions with confidence
- Write paragraph answers that follow the memo structure and earn the marks
Subject content
01Module 1 · Climatology
Climatology50 min · Free preview Tropical cyclonesClimatology45 min Mid-latitude cyclones and cold frontsClimatology45 min Anticyclones, ridging, berg winds and synoptic mapsClimatology50 min Line thunderstormsClimatology30 min Valley climates and slope aspectClimatology40 min Urban climates: heat islands and pollutionClimatology40 min Quiz: ClimatologyClimatology20 min Past-paper questions: climatology (set 1 of 4)Climatology60 min Past-paper questions: climatology (set 2 of 4)Climatology60 min Past-paper questions: climatology (set 3 of 4)Climatology60 min Past-paper questions: climatology (set 4 of 4)Climatology60 min
02Module 2 · Geomorphology
Geomorphology55 min · Free preview Drainage basins and drainage patternsGeomorphology45 min River processes, profiles and landformsGeomorphology55 min River rejuvenation and river captureGeomorphology45 min Catchment and river managementGeomorphology40 min Quiz: GeomorphologyGeomorphology20 min Past-paper questions: geomorphology (set 1 of 4)Geomorphology60 min Past-paper questions: geomorphology (set 2 of 4)Geomorphology60 min Past-paper questions: geomorphology (set 3 of 4)Geomorphology60 min Past-paper questions: geomorphology (set 4 of 4)Geomorphology60 min
03Module 3 · Rural and Urban Settlement
Rural and Urban Settlement40 min · Free preview Rural depopulation, land reform and food securityRural and Urban Settlement50 min Urbanisation and the urban hierarchyRural and Urban Settlement45 min Urban land-use zones and the CBDRural and Urban Settlement45 min Urban profile and street patternsRural and Urban Settlement45 min Urban issues: informal settlements, traffic and social injusticesRural and Urban Settlement50 min Quiz: Rural and Urban SettlementRural and Urban Settlement20 min Past-paper questions: rural and urban settlement (set 1 of 5)Rural and Urban Settlement60 min Past-paper questions: rural and urban settlement (set 2 of 5)Rural and Urban Settlement60 min Past-paper questions: rural and urban settlement (set 3 of 5)Rural and Urban Settlement60 min Past-paper questions: rural and urban settlement (set 4 of 5)Rural and Urban Settlement60 min Past-paper questions: rural and urban settlement (set 5 of 5)Rural and Urban Settlement60 min
04Module 4 · Economic Geography of South Africa
Economic Geography of South Africa45 min · Free preview Industries and the factors that locate themEconomic Geography of South Africa50 min South Africa's core industrial regionsEconomic Geography of South Africa50 min Spatial Development Initiatives and Industrial Development ZonesEconomic Geography of South Africa45 min Agriculture and mining: sugar, beef, gold and platinumEconomic Geography of South Africa50 min Reading graphs and tables, and the key economic termsEconomic Geography of South Africa45 min Quiz: Economic GeographyEconomic Geography of South Africa20 min Past-paper questions: economic geography (set 1 of 5)Economic Geography of South Africa60 min Past-paper questions: economic geography (set 2 of 5)Economic Geography of South Africa60 min Past-paper questions: economic geography (set 3 of 5)Economic Geography of South Africa60 min Past-paper questions: economic geography (set 4 of 5)Economic Geography of South Africa60 min Past-paper questions: economic geography (set 5 of 5)Economic Geography of South Africa60 min
05Module 5 · Geographical Skills and Techniques: Mapwork and GIS
Geographical Skills and Techniques (Mapwork and GIS)45 min · Free preview Gradient, bearing, magnetic declination and cross-sectionsGeographical Skills and Techniques (Mapwork and GIS)55 min Map interpretation: relief, drainage, settlement and land useGeographical Skills and Techniques (Mapwork and GIS)50 min GIS, data types and remote sensingGeographical Skills and Techniques (Mapwork and GIS)45 min Quiz: Mapwork and GISGeographical Skills and Techniques (Mapwork and GIS)20 min
06Module 6 · Exam Preparation
Climatology30 min · Free preview Command words and the eight-mark paragraphClimatology45 min A revision plan using past papersClimatology35 min Eight-mark paragraph practice (set 1 of 3)Climatology60 min Eight-mark paragraph practice (set 2 of 3)Climatology60 min Eight-mark paragraph practice (set 3 of 3)Climatology60 min
Frequently asked questions
Who is my tutor?
When you join you are matched with one of the subject's GradesPal tutors, who guides you through the modules and marks your work.
Are the past-paper questions real?
Yes. The practice sets use actual questions from the National Senior Certificate Geography papers on GradesPal, each with the official memorandum. Worked examples and quiz questions are written by GradesPal.
Why is the mapwork in the papers not included?
The topographic and orthophoto maps are printed separately for the exam, so the practice papers on GradesPal contain Section A only. The mapwork module teaches every calculation and skill with worked examples you can try on any 1:50 000 map.