Opportunity to research the ICZM plan for a local coastline. Opportunities to assess all aspects with a full range of exam style questions, including peer assessment – also skills and fieldwork assessment. 8-9 Collect, analyse and Students could either study a local An opportunity to create a Many of the accompanying textbooks will interpret a range of coastal landscape through the use fieldwork have illustrative examples of possible Case study 1 ‘virtual Case study(ies) of coastal qualitative and of secondary data sources investigation’ and provide a coastal fieldwork opportunities and other environment(s) at a local quantitative data (including online digital mapping, of data relating to a local guidance may be found below. scale to illustrate and from a range of secondary data, local authority coastal environment for analyse fundamental coastal primary and websites and text book resources) students to investigate and RGS guidance on coastal investigation processes, their landscape secondary sources or engage first hand or complete address the themes of the – outcomes as set out above this could include fieldwork to collect primary data, enquiry. and engage with field data discursive/creative or a combination of both. Or, an opportunity for and challenges represented material when The aims of such work are to: students to conduct a short in their sustainable looking at the illustrate how the coastal fieldwork enquiry of a local management. experiences of landscape is distinctive and is coastal environment to people in place. the unique combination of the investigate the main themes Present, analyse, processes and environmental of the lesson. Students could draw conclusions and characteristics that created it at write-up a mini-fieldwork evaluate those a local scale enquiry to act as a case study findings using a range to investigate and understand of a local coastal of geographical how the combination of environment. techniques (see skills coastal processes and landscape (This feed into the checklist). features present specific completion of coursework for challenges for sustainable the Non-examination management. assessment element of the If students complete a fieldwork specification). investigation, they will be able to follow through a complete geographical investigation and route to enquiry.
Opportunity to research the ICZM plan for a local coastline. Opportunities to assess all aspects with a full range of exam style questions, including peer assessment – also skills and fieldwork assessment. 8-9 Case study 1 Case study(ies) of coastal environment(s) at a local scale to illustrate and analyse fundamental coastal processes, their landscape outcomes as set out above and engage with field data and challenges represented in their sustainable management. Collect, analyse and interpret a range of qualitative and quantitative data from a range of primary and secondary sources – this could include discursive/creative material when looking at the experiences of people in place. Present, analyse, draw conclusions and evaluate those findings using a range of geographical techniques (see skills checklist). Students could either study a local coastal landscape through the use of secondary data sources (including online digital mapping, secondary data, local authority websites and text book resources) or engage first hand or complete fieldwork to collect primary data, or a combination of both. The aims of such work are to: illustrate how the coastal landscape is distinctive and is the unique combination of the processes and environmental characteristics that created it at a local scale to investigate and understand how the combination of coastal processes and landscape features present specific challenges for sustainable management. If students complete a fieldwork investigation, they will be able to follow through a complete geographical investigation and route to enquiry. An opportunity to create a ‘virtual fieldwork investigation’ and provide a of data relating to a local coastal environment for students to investigate and address the themes of the enquiry. Or, an opportunity for students to conduct a short fieldwork enquiry of a local coastal environment to investigate the main themes of the lesson. Students could write-up a mini-fieldwork enquiry to act as a case study of a local coastal environment. (This feed into the completion of coursework for the Non-examination assessment element of the specification). Many of the accompanying textbooks will have illustrative examples of possible coastal fieldwork opportunities and other guidance may be found below. RGS guidance on coastal investigation