Edexcel A. Edexcel B. OCR A. AQA B 15% fieldwork investigation &. 10% issues
research investigation. OCR B fieldwork enquiry (1200 words) & geographical ...
Geography Controlled Assessment Fieldwork
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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
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
25% Controlled Assessment: How many tasks? AQA A Edexcel A Edexcel B OCR A
Only one task? yes
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
Fieldwork Enquiry Process Task set by Exam board
High
Planning (2-5 hours): - Construct question/hypotheses - Locate study area - Identify key concepts and relate to the environment and enquiry
Limited
Data collection (1 day + write up): Limited - Describe and justify these methods, (collaborative data collection) - Collate and sort information collected Data Presentation (2-6 hours): - Different techniques - ICT and GIS (?)
Limited
Analysis , Conclusions and Evaluation (4-8 hours)
High
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 Notes: • Population Change - Keeping individual planning data • Globalisation collection element to get full marks • Tourism - ICT assessed - One hypothesis/key question
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)
How this is impacting you? • Similarities & differences between fieldwork you did last year & future fieldwork • What fieldwork do you envisage doing in the future?
The write up: Locating the study Nested Maps and Aerial Photos
Get a map: http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap/ Google Earth: http://earth.google.co.uk
The write up: Locating the study
Geo-referenced PowerPoint
The write up: Locating the study
Memory Map and Movie Maker
The write up: Locating the study
Examples at: http://www.field-studiescouncil.org/rhydycreuau/
Google Earth Tours
The write up: methods Videos and Pictures • pebbles • velocity
The write up: thinking in the field • Outside Graphs
• ‘Grey’ time & AFL • Mime explanations
Different ways to Present Data Rose diagram showing orientation of clasts from Upper Till at Aberogwen
351-360 18 341-350 331-340 15 321-330 311-320 301-310 291-300
1-10
12 9
11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71-80
6
281-290
3
271-280
0
81-90 91-100
261-270
101-110
251-260
111-120
241-250
121-130
231-240 221-230 211-220 201-210 191-200
131-140
181-190
141-150 151-160 161-170 171-180
Excel spreadsheets
Different ways to Present Data
http://maps.environment-agency.gov.uk
Import layers onto Google Earth
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 http://www.sgrillo.net/googleearth/gegraph.htm
Different ways to Present Data
http://www.wordle.net
Conclusions and Evaluations • • • •
High level control 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?
• 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?