Marking mock exams 6 Replies

Hi thereJust wanted to check - were currently marking mock exams for Similarities and differences - I just wanted to check how to work out the gradesStudent x (higher paper) achieved 38/50 but OCR…Continue

Started by Andy Grant in General. Last reply by Tracy Taylor yesterday.

2013 CA task planning 12 Replies

Just completed 2013 CA task 1 with year 10, mobile phone investigation and can share resources. But need inspiration for planning task 2, thinking of doing Public tasport or 'buy local'Any ideas?Nice…Continue

Started by Helen Corner in General. Last reply by Piers Miller on Wednesday.

resits 2 Replies

Hi there Just a quick question - if year 11 are doing a resit this summer (2012) do they keep the better mark?  I heard from next summer (2013) they will keep the resit mark whether it is better or…Continue

Started by Andy Grant in General. Last reply by Lottie Corri on Tuesday.

Tourism Hot deserts 1 Reply

Hi,Here's a link to a youtube montage that I put together for tourism in hot deserts.The purpose of the lesson is to familiarise the students with different types of tourism in deserts and also to…Continue

Tags: tourism, deserts

Started by Matthew in General. Last reply by Alan Parkinson on Tuesday.

Web Based GIS for CA 1 Reply

Hi I was just looking at a GA course on using web based GIS for CA. Was wondering if anyone was using any software/web based GIS thats working particularly well for them, and what the kind of thing…Continue

Started by Corrie Walker in General. Last reply by Alan Parkinson on Tuesday.

Moving over 4 Replies

We are currently doing WJEC after previously studying the Pilot. After a short relationship we are moving quite possibly to OCR AIf anyone has any advice or comments regarding the syllabus/ exam…Continue

Started by Maz in General. Last reply by Matthew Jan 11.

East London fieldwork for Controlled Assessment

John Widdowson, respected author and Series Editor of the OUP book, is offering fieldwork opportunities to support the CA element of the spec. I attach some further information - please contact him…Continue

Started by Justin Woolliscroft in General Jan 5.

CA 2012 13 Replies

Hi all,I understand 'electrical items' are the issue for one of the CA 2012 titles - thought stuff below might be relevant... (PPT from David Rayner originally I believe)Continue

Started by Kevin Cooper in General. Last reply by Alan Parkinson Jan 2.

Hot desert mind map 2 Replies

We were approaching the end of our hot desert unit with Y10 and completed a mind map for revision purposes. This was work that one student completed... Must try harder!  Continue

Tags: revision, map, mind, desert

Started by Simon Renshaw in General. Last reply by Pete Flaxman Dec 15, 2011.

Grade boundaries 1 Reply

As a department, whenever we set and mark possible exam questions we calculate percentages and then award grades based on 90% for A*, 80% for A, 70% for B etc.The grade boundaries for the real exam…Continue

Started by Alice Ward in General. Last reply by Pete Flaxman Dec 13, 2011.

2011 exam series 20 Replies

Hello all! As we are now into the second exam series for this spec, had you any thoughts on the papers students have sat so far? Likes / dislikes you have or feedback from students? My initial…Continue

Started by Simon Renshaw in General. Last reply by Tracy Taylor Dec 10, 2011.

Mock Exam- 2010 vs 2011 papers?

Hi everyone,Here to canvas opinion on which paper to set as the mock for the extreme environments unit (well and for all the others too I guess!) I am looking to set my Year 11s a mock paper for Jan…Continue

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Started by Tracy Taylor in General Dec 6, 2011.

Linear Exams 17 Replies

Hello All Suprisingly this hasnt been discussed yet. What are peoples views towards this proposal and what are your schools proposing to do about it? We have the 'big debate' about it tonight so i am…Continue

Started by West Bridgford Geography Dept in General. Last reply by Tracy Taylor Dec 4, 2011.

Fast changing world idea 4 Replies

Hi all, New course at new school for new teacher so go easy... In trying to get this course on its feet, one idea that I am toying with is to have the pupils keep online blogs about current events…Continue

Started by Adam Cooke in General. Last reply by Matthew Nov 17, 2011.

2012 Controlled Assessment Titles 7 Replies

Has anyone started the 2012 contolled assessment part 2. I'm wondering how to approach the one about 'to what extend do you consider a local retail area to be environmentally friendly'. Has anyone…Continue

Started by John Cannon in A672 Controlled Assessment - You as a Global Citizen. Last reply by Gem Bailey Nov 2, 2011.

Frozen Planet 2 Replies

Looks set to be a really good series which will hopefully capture students imagination and fit nicely with those teaching polar environments... …Continue

Tags: Planet, BBC, Frozen, Polar, Environments

Started by Simon Renshaw in General. Last reply by Catherine Nov 2, 2011.

Numbers for GCSE 10 Replies

Hello all, It seems very quiet on here at the moment but i hope that does not mean that people are avoiding the site. Every so often when my line manager cant think of any other targets for me i get…Continue

Started by West Bridgford Geography Dept in General. Last reply by West Bridgford Geography Dept Oct 30, 2011.

Curriculum consultation

Just wanted to remind people to look at the GA curriculum consultation documents at…Continue

Started by Catherine in General Oct 27, 2011.

New to the group 4 Replies

Hello all,It's great to finally be able to join thank you.My query is for the similarities unit. I am not a geography teacher by training and have found myself reintroducing this spec to our school…Continue

Started by Mrs Lee Thatcher in General. Last reply by Simon Renshaw Oct 21, 2011.

Revision guides 6 Replies

Hello fellow Geographers! Just wondered if anyone has come across a usedul revision guide for Spec A? I ordered one from Amazon "A new introduction to Geog for OCR GCSE Spec A" however  the content…Continue

Started by Chris Seymour in General. Last reply by Chris Seymour Oct 20, 2011.