Edexcel 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.
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Unit 1: Coastal Change and ConflictA soft rock coast is studied where beach profile and longshore drift measurements are taken. The costs and benefits of a variety of hard and soft engineering management strategies are examined allowing students to form their own opinions of potential future coastal management methodologies. Unit 1: Battle for the BiosphereWetland areas are of great conservation importance and RAMSAR designation aims to protect and preserve these areas. Students investigate what makes these areas important and how they are managed sustainably. |
Unit 1: River Processes and PressuresComparisons between key river features created by the processes of erosion and deposition in our local river sites are studied. Students record physical measurements of width, depth, velocity and gradient in order to compare study sites with varying amounts of human influence. Unit 2: Changing CountrysideDeclining service provision and increasing numbers of second homes both add to the problem of rural isolation. Students visit a number of settlements and link settlement characteristics with key demographic data. |
Unit 4: Researching GeographyProgrammes of study for this module will change each year in order to meet the criteria set by Edexcel. Local fieldwork sites are well suited to studies from all four of the possible topic areas: Coastal Environments, River Environments, Rural/Countryside Environments and Town/City Environments. |
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