Geography Controlled Assessment Fieldwork.

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1 Geography Controlled Assessment Fieldwork

2 Getting Started: Thinking about Controlled Assessments Find someone who can tell you : one thing about controlled assessments one question they have about them tick when the question is answered where they last went on holiday

3 Overview of session Outline the structure of the Controlled Assessment and what topics are available for the fieldwork investigation Identify a range of different techniques which could be used to support GCSE students doing a fieldwork enquiry Consider the impact this might have on your GCSE fieldwork

4 25% Controlled Assessment: How many tasks? AQA A Edexcel A Edexcel B OCR A yes Only one task? no AQA B 15% fieldwork investigation & 10% issues research investigation OCR B fieldwork enquiry (1200 words) & geographical investigation focused on secondary data (800 words) WJEC A 10% fieldwork enquiry & 15% Geographical enquiry - DME WJEC B 15% fieldwork enquiry & 10% Geographical enquiry - Research

5 Fieldwork Enquiry Process Task set by Exam board Planning (2-5 hours): - Construct question/hypotheses - Locate study area - Identify key concepts and relate to the environment and enquiry Data collection (1 day + write up): - Describe and justify these methods, (collaborative data collection) - Collate and sort information collected Data Presentation (2-6 hours): - Different techniques - ICT and GIS (?) Analysis, Conclusions and Evaluation (4-8 hours) High Limited Limited Limited High

6 AQA A Rocks, Resources and Scenery Challenge of Weather & Climate Changing Urban Environments Changing Rural Environments Living World Water on the Land Ice on the Land The Coastal Zone Population Change Globalisation Tourism Notes: - Keeping individual planning data collection element to get full marks - ICT assessed - One hypothesis/key question

7 WJEC A Variations in the characteristics of a chosen stretch of river. Factors influencing how and why people s attitudes to climate change vary. The goods and/or services we receive from/sell to other countries. Variations in development in a local area using development indicators. Variations in the characteristics of a chosen stretch of coastline. Variations in weather characteristics within a chosen area. An investigation of the characteristics of an ecosystem. The impacts of tourism on a local area. Retail change in a local area. Patterns of employment in a specified area. Why people continue to live a hazard zone. Population change in a local area. Notes: - You create the titles (Must change each year) -Only one topic is focused on Wales (from an optional module) -Short Illustrated report (but range of mediums possible)

8 How this is impacting you? Similarities & differences between fieldwork you did last year & future fieldwork What fieldwork do you envisage doing in the future?

9 The write up: Locating the study Nested Maps and Aerial Photos Get a map: Google Earth:

10 The write up: Locating the study Geo-referenced PowerPoint

11 The write up: Locating the study Memory Map and Movie Maker

12 The write up: Locating the study Examples at: Google Earth Tours

13 Videos and Pictures pebbles velocity The write up: methods

14 The write up: thinking in the field Outside Graphs Grey time & AFL Mime explanations

15 Excel spreadsheets Different ways to Present Data Rose diagram showing orientation of clasts from Upper Till at Aberogwen

16 Different ways to Present Data Import layers onto Google Earth

17 Different ways to Present Data Free Easy to handle lots of data Easy to play and create a range of graphs Google Earth & GE Graphs

18 Different ways to Present Data

19 High level control Conclusions and Evaluations Limited ICT scope due to logistics (?) Easier to manage (work never goes home & short write-up) Range of marks are likely Will exam boards lower standards or will the high marks some cohorts have historically achieved decrease?

20 Outline the structure of the Controlled Assessment and what topics are available for the fieldwork investigation Identify a range of different techniques which could be used to support GCSE students doing a fieldwork enquiry Consider the impact this might have on your GCSE fieldwork Any Question?