Geography

OCR

The A Level in geography aims to encourage you to develop a range of essential skills for higher education and the world of work through content which is relevant to any citizen of the planet in the 21st century. Through exciting topics, you will understand the nature of physical and human geography whilst unpicking the debates surrounding contemporary challenges facing the world today. Individual fieldwork is also part of the course and, in order to prepare for this, you will visit a Field Studies Council Centre in the UK.

Requirements: 6 in Geography and Mathematics at GCSE

Unit 1 Physical Systems (H481/01) Written exam 1 hour 30 minutes 22% of A Level

Unit 2 Human Interactions (H481/02) Written exam 1 hour 30 minutes 22% of A Level

Unit 3 Geographical Debates (H481/03) Written exam 2 hours 30 minutes 36% of A Level

Unit 4 Investigative Geography (H481/04,05) Non-examination assessment 20% of A Level Landscape Systems Earth’s Life Support Systems Geographical Skills

Changing Spaces; Making Places Global Connections Geographical Skills

Hazardous Earth Future of Food Geographical Skills

Choice of independent investigation based on any topic studied

On our Geography trip to Iceland our most memorable visit was to one of the glaciers. There was a sign planted at the site where the glacier’s snout had been in 2010, and we were shocked to see just how much it had shrunk back as a result of global warming. You do not realise just how pressing climate change is until you can see it for yourself. Isabella