Assessment tasks for this unit are: effectiveness of strategies for managing recording and reporting of data collected tourism in the field data processing and presentation maps, Assessment – graphs, annotated visual display, etc. Assessment tasks for this unit are: research reports recording and reporting of data collected written responses in the tests data processing and presentation maps, – graphs, annotated visual display, etc. research reports written responses tests Unit 3 & 4 Unit 3: Changing the Land Unit 4: Human Population – Trends and Issues This unit focuses on two investigations of geographical change: change to land cover In this unit students investigate the and change to land use. Land cover includes geography of populations. They explore biomes such as forest, grassland, tundra and the patterns of population change, wetlands, as well as land covered by ice and movement and distribution, and how water. Land cover is the natural state of the governments, organisations and individuals biophysical environment developed over have responded to those changes in time as a result of the interconnection different parts of the world. between climate, soils, landforms, flora and Areas of Study fauna and, increasingly, interconnections Population dynamics with human activity. Population issues and challenges Areas of study Outcomes Land use change On completion of this unit students should Land cover change be able to: Analyse, describe and explain population Outcomes dynamics on a global scale On completion of this unit students should Analyse, describe and explain the nature be able to: of significant population issues and Analyse, describe and explain land use challenges in selected locations and change and assess its impacts evaluate responses Analyse, describe and explain processes that result in changes to land cover and discuss the impacts and responses resulting from these changes Assessment Unit 3 School-assessed coursework: fieldwork report and structured questions (25%) Outcomes 1 and 2. Unit 4 School-assessed coursework: fieldwork report and structured questions (25%) Outcomes 1 and 2. End-of-year written examination (50%) Students will be required to respond to a series of questions related to Units 3 and 4
Assessment tasks for this unit are: recording and reporting of data collected in the field data processing and presentation – maps, graphs, annotated visual display, etc. research reports written responses tests effectiveness of strategies for managing tourism Assessment Assessment tasks for this unit are: recording and reporting of data collected in the data processing and presentation – maps, graphs, annotated visual display, etc. research reports written responses tests Unit 3 & 4 Unit 3: Changing the Land This unit focuses on two investigations of geographical change: change to land cover and change to land use. Land cover includes biomes such as forest, grassland, tundra and wetlands, as well as land covered by ice and water. Land cover is the natural state of the biophysical environment developed over time as a result of the interconnection between climate, soils, landforms, flora and fauna and, increasingly, interconnections with human activity. Areas of study Land use change Land cover change Outcomes On completion of this unit students should be able to: Analyse, describe and explain land use change and assess its impacts Analyse, describe and explain processes that result in changes to land cover and discuss the impacts and responses resulting from these changes Unit 4: Human Population – Trends and Issues In this unit students investigate the geography of populations. They explore the patterns of population change, movement and distribution, and how governments, organisations and individuals have responded to those changes in different parts of the world. Areas of Study Population dynamics Population issues and challenges Outcomes On completion of this unit students should be able to: Analyse, describe and explain population dynamics on a global scale Analyse, describe and explain the nature of significant population issues and challenges in selected locations and evaluate responses Assessment Unit 3 School-assessed coursework: fieldwork report and structured questions (25%) Outcomes 1 and 2. Unit 4 School-assessed coursework: fieldwork report and structured questions (25%) Outcomes 1 and 2. End-of-year written examination (50%) Students will be required to respond to a series of questions related to Units 3 and 4
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