OCR B – GCSE Geography

We understand the changing needs of schools to meet the requirements of the different exam boards, and we offer a range of courses that can be tailored to these needs.

Our centres are well-equipped to help schools carry out controlled assessment work, from schools who only wish to collect data to those who would prefer to complete the entire write-up while on site. We offer first-class ICT facilities providing excellent access for all students with 1:1 student/computer ratios. All staff are trained in the controlled assessment requirements and are ready to help teachers carry out assessments at every stage and if your school prefers to take a coursework-style approach, we’re more than happy to accommodate this, just as we have in the past.

Students focus on the ‘route to enquiry’, making predictions before going out into the field to collect data. We then carry out a follow-up session using the latest geographical information system technology, where students will analyse their results to find out whether their predictions were correct. We finish each module with a review of the study, encouraging students to question the study’s limitations and consider how they may have affected results.

	Geographical Enquiry	Geographical Investigation	Coasts	Rivers	Urban Settlement	Rural Settlement
Colomendy
Isle of Wight
Overstrand

Unit B562: Geographical Enquiry

Controlled Assessment fieldwork relating to themes 1 and 2 (Rivers, Coasts and Population & Settlement) may be carried out at local study sites. The exact content of these studies will vary depending on the tasks set by OCR each year.

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Unit B563: Coasts

Physical processes of erosion and transportation are investigated at a variety of study sites. Students are encouraged to consider the impacts of different coastal defence options and the implications for future management of coastal areas.

Unit B563: Urban Settlement

This study focuses on the changing patterns of land use in city centres and the impacts of development. Land use mapping and environmental quality surveys provide a snapshot of a constantly evolving environment.

Unit B562: Geographical Investigation

This research based task can be combined in a course with any of our environmental field studies or activity sessions. Students will have access to our excellent IT facilities to research and write up their work.
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Unit B563: Rivers

Erosion, transportation and deposition work together within a river system to form and reform the channel as it snakes its way through our landscape. Students consider these processes as they record data on river width, depth and velocity to identify key differences between two river profiles.

Unit B563: Rural settlement

Rural areas face a number of challenges such as ageing populations and declining in service provision. Students visit a selection of local settlements and link their findings to statistics on population and accessibility.

OCR B 2011 Controlled Assessment titles