Geography

Assessment

• Topic 1: PHYSICAL SYSTEMS: Landscape Systems (Coastal Landscapes) & Earth’s Life Support Systems (Carbon cycle & Water Cycle) (22%) • 1 hour & 30 minutes, 66 marks • How are coastal landforms developed? (Case studies of UK and global coastlines). How do coastal landforms evolve as climate changes? (Sea level rise – future challenges). How do humans change coastal landscapes? (Economic development in coastal areas, coastal management). Water & carbon cycles in the Tropical Rainforest & the Arctic Tundra. • Topic 2: HUMAN INTERACTIONS: Changing Spaces; Making Places & Global Connections (Option B: Migration & Option D: Power & Borders) (22%) • 1 hour & 30 minutes, 66 marks • How places are represented in the media? How place identities are created? Comparing contrasting places. Inequalities between places. Global changes in migration in the 21st century. Defining nations, states & sovereignty. Exploring global governance & conflict, including the role of the UN. • Topic 3: GEOGRAPHICAL DEBATES: Climate Change, Disease Dilemmas, Exploring Oceans, Future of Food, Hazardous Earth (36%) • Two of the above five options • Two hours & 30 minutes, 108 marks •E.g. Climate change: we will explore the evidence for climate change as well as the counter-arguments. Should the current predictions unfold, we will look at the potential consequences across the globe. We will also seek out stories of success. •Topic 4: INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION (20%) • Non-examined assessment (coursework), 60 marks • 3000-4000 word report. With guidance from their teachers, students will: •develop their questions to investigate, design and implement a fieldwork plan, collect primary & secondary data, present this data using a wide variety of maps, graphs and other appropriate techniques, analyse their findings, use statistics, draw conclusions, evaluate the success of their work and the sources/techniques they have selected