New OCR 'A' Level Geography for 2008

A place for those teaching the new spec to discuss & share ideas and resources.

From September 2008, many schools have chosen the OCR Geography specification. Why not join, share resources & contribute to discussions.

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Has any one attempted the specimen questions for the skills paper ?
yesterday
I am using lots of Hazard videos at A2 - e.g. tsunamis stuff that i recorded off the tv at the time. Like the Power of the Planet videos and used Blue planet dvd - bit on corals at AS. Anything Iain Stewart goes down well with my lot!!
on Monday
FIONA LUNNEY added a discussion
can anyone suggest any good dvd's or videos that they've used to support any of the as/a2 topics....we don't really use anything (apart from the odd countryfile on i-player and some of coast!) but would like to!
on Monday
Charlotte Speidel is now a member of New OCR 'A' Level Geography for 2008
November 21
YEs Tim I misread your SOW. It looked so extensive that I thought you were doing all three. We're doing the same units are you are. I've not done as amany case studies in ecosystems though - just been through all the theory and looked at a couple....
November 16
There are some useful video clips on GIS here http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/.
November 15
We're using Google Earth as our GIS program and use GE Graph for layers and graphs as they are both free and relatively simple to use. Took a while for our IT support to get them both to work. I don't know much about networks so don't have any sug...
November 15
We're doing Earth Hazards and ecosystems, but not climatic hazards. Is this what you mean? Always happy to receive advice.
November 15
 

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AS
Unit F761: Managing Physical Environments

• River environments
• Coastal environments
• Cold environments
• Hot arid / semi-arid environments
Unit F762: Managing Change in Human Environments
• Managing urban change
• Managing rural change
• The energy issue
• The growth of tourism

A2
Unit F763: Global Issues

Environmental issues:
Earth hazards (Option A1)
Ecosystems and environments under threat (Option A2)
Climatic hazards (Option A3)

Economic issues:
Population and resources (Option B1)
Globalisation (Option B2)
Development and inequalities (Option B3)

Unit F764: Geographical Skills
Geographical skills:
– Identifying a suitable geographical question or hypothesis for investigation
– Developing a plan and strategy for conducting the investigation
– Collecting and recording appropriate data
– Presenting the data collected in appropriate forms
– Analysing and interpreting the data

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FIONA LUNNEY

use of dvd's or videos 1 Reply

Started by FIONA LUNNEY. Last reply by Sarah Hack Nov 23.

FIONA LUNNEY

ecosystems 4 Replies

Started by FIONA LUNNEY. Last reply by Alison Ainsworth Nov 16.

Tim Andrews

GIS and Remote Sensing 6 Replies

Started by Tim Andrews. Last reply by Tim Andrews Nov 15.

simon haveron

A2 Geographical Skills 4 Replies

Started by simon haveron. Last reply by Sarah Hack Oct 14.

Tim Andrews

Getting hold of the subject officer 1 Reply

Started by Tim Andrews. Last reply by Tim Andrews Sep 27.

Rick

AS Growth of Tourism and Eco Dev

Started by Rick Sep 16.

jon newton

it's my first time! 3 Replies

Started by jon newton. Last reply by Alan Parkinson Sep 16.

Annette Barnes

AS A2 Geographical Skills 3 Replies

Started by Annette Barnes. Last reply by ALISON RICHARDSON Sep 5.

Melanie J Collins

How can I make AS exciting? 2 Replies

Started by Melanie J Collins. Last reply by Alan Parkinson Aug 16.

FIONA LUNNEY

OXFORDSHIRE CASE STUDY & Counterurbanisation 2 Replies

Started by FIONA LUNNEY. Last reply by FIONA LUNNEY Jul 27.

Alexandra Hall

A2 Level topic choices 5 Replies

Started by Alexandra Hall. Last reply by Alexandra Hall Jun 26.

Alison Ainsworth

introductory ppt for Hot arid areas 9 Replies

Started by Alison Ainsworth. Last reply by Eva Tellick May 18.

FIONA LUNNEY

revision guides

Started by FIONA LUNNEY Apr 16.

Hannah

Tourism powerpoints 2 Replies

Started by Hannah. Last reply by Mark OLLIS Jan 29.

Tim Jowitt

Detail 1 Reply

Started by Tim Jowitt. Last reply by Alison Ainsworth Oct. 12, 2008.

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