Eduqas A GCSE Geography Course Options For 2018 assessment has been an FSC Field Centre since 1957. It is ideally placed to provide access to the distinctive fluvial and post glacial landscapes of Shropshire and Wales as well as a wide range of contrasting human environments in Shropshire and the West Midlands. The Centre overlooks the River Severn and is located on a glacial moraine 8 kilometres to the west of Shrewsbury. The Centre grounds and surrounding catchments provide excellent opportunities for studying the physical interactions and processes that form distinctive ecosystems and landscapes. Within easy reach of are many settlements that are ideal for investigating contemporary issues that are shaping and changing people and places. The Centre campus includes a delightfully upgraded Queen Anne country house and two purpose-built teaching and accommodation buildings. The estate consists of 12 hectares of grassland, woodland and a specialist habitat area. The Centre has a full range of field work equipment, all classrooms have interactive whiteboards and ICT facilities to enable innovative GIS analysis of quantitative and qualitative fieldwork data. Our courses are designed to: Inspire and engage students to develop their geographical understanding and skills. Complete the physical and human enquiry fieldwork requirement for component 3. Exemplify the complete enquiry process. Provide engaging relevant opportunities for students to apply geographical knowledge, conceptual frameworks and methodologies. Incorporate a wide range of qualitative and quantitative geographical and fieldwork skills including the use of GIS using ArcGIS software. Cover a range of topics from the specification. FSC,, Shropshire, SY4 1DX
Eduqas A GCSE Geography Options Suggested Programmes 5 day Day 4 Day 5 Landscapes and geographical skills Transect enquiry (tourism, rivers, flooding, rural deprivation or microclimates) Sphere of influence enquiry (tourism, flooding, rural deprivation, sustainable community or retail change) Birmingham: UK city case study Further presentation/analysis skills 4 day Day 4 Further presentation/analysis skills Landscapes and geographical skills Transect enquiry Sphere of influence enquiry 3 day Flooding, sustainable community, microclimates or retail enquiry Tourism, river or rural deprivation enquiry Follow up to day 1 enquiry 2 day Follow up to day 1 enquiry Flooding, sustainable community, microclimates or retail enquiry part 1 1 day (10-6pm) with optional evening session Afternoon Evening (7-8pm) One enquiry of your choice Data presentation (Selecting, measuring and recording data) and analysis FSC,, Shropshire, SY4 1DX
Full Day Options (Some options can be split over two half days) Location Content Specification Links & The impacts of tourism Carding Mill Valley Students will investigate the impacts of visitors on this popular honey pot site. They will form questions and devise surveys to assess congestion, footpath erosion, litter and air pollution along a transect with distance from visitor facilities. The sphere of influence will be mapped using GIS with further analysis using kite diagrams. 1.1.2-1.1.3 How physical landscapes are affected by human activity. Downstream changes in fluvial processes and landforms Carding Mill Valley The influence of physical and human factors on flood risk Frankwell, Shrewsbury & Rural deprivation comparison Hanwood, Minsterley and Pontesbury Creating sustainable communities through brownfield redevelopment Southwater, Telford The impact of an out of town shopping centre on the high street Shrewsbury Students will form questions on how stream channel characteristics and processes of fluvial erosion change along a transect from the source and how this impacts on landforms such as waterfall height, river sinuosity or floodplain width. Analysis will involve measures of central tendency and interpreting bivariate data. Students will investigate the physical and human factors in the River Severn drainage basin that affect flood risk in Frankwell, Shrewsbury. Land use zoning, gradient, land cover and elevation will be surveyed along a transect. The impact of landuse cover will be simulated on storm plots and the sphere of influence extrapolated using GIS. A tour of the hard and soft engineering scheme that alleviates flood risk will also answer student s enquiry questions. Analysis includes the production and interpretation of hydrographs and valley cross profiles. Students will conduct a field study along a transect of three Shropshire villages to investigate the impact of the sphere of influence of Shrewsbury on rural deprivation. Students will form questions on deprivation indicators such as services, health, environment, income or crime. Fieldwork will include bipolar surveys, placecheck surveys, questionnaires and service mapping. Analysis will involve GIS mapping, calculation of interquartile ranges and coding. Students will investigate the extent to which the brownfield redevelopment of the town centre has created a sustainable community, using Egan s wheel for success criteria. Fieldwork will involve the creation of bipolar surveys, placecheck surveys and questionnaires. Analysis of the sphere of influence will be mapped using GIS and interquartile ranges will be calculated. Students will investigate the impact of Meole Brace shopping centre on the high street of Shrewsbury CBD. Fieldwork will use GOAD maps to compare land use change. Students will devise questionnaires and bipolar surveys. The sphere of influence of both shopping hubs will be analysed using GIS and interquartile ranges will be calculated. 1.2.1 River landforms and processes. 1.3.1-1.3.3 Processes, flooding and management. 2.2.1-2.2.2 Urban and rural links and spheres of influence. 2.2.2 Contemporary urban challenges. 2.2.3 Retail changes in the UK. FSC,, Shropshire, SY4 1DX
Major city case study Birmingham Factors affecting microclimates Telford Town Park To complement a UK city case study, students will assess the success of a regeneration project in the UK s second largest city. Students decide to what extent urban challenges have been overcome. Fieldwork will involve placecheck surveys, questionnaires and bipolar surveys. Analysis will include using range, inter-quartile ranges and coding. Research materials of secondary data for a global case study will be provided as pre and post course resources. Using the diverse landscape of Telford Town Park, students will use a range of meteorological equipment to collect data such as humidity, wind speed and temperature. Sampling will take place along a line transect of increasing gradient from tree cover to open grassland. Analysis will include using GE graphs to look for relationships and interpreting bivariate data. 2.3.2 Case study of consequences of urbanisation in a UK city. 5.2.2 Factors that influence microclimate. Half Day Options Location Content Specification Links Distinctive landscapes and geographical skills Lyth Hill An introduction to the enquiry process. Students will connect to the geography of their new surroundings by interpreting Shropshire s distinctive landscape. Landform formation will be explained via a combination of human and physical processes before students undertake a fieldsketch with analysis. Students will learn to generate geographical enquiry questions and select appropriate ways of collecting primary data to answer their questions. Follow up will involve locating their studies using a range of GIS layers and maps, including Ordnance Survey maps. 1.1, Component 3 Physical landscapes, cartographic skills. Further data analysis and presentation skills An extended range of data presentation techniques and analysis will be carried out to prepare students for exam questions on their fieldwork enquiries. Appendix A Mathematics and statistics in geography. What is included in the fee? Expert tuition, from fully trained staff, providing up to 10 hours of tuition a day Fully catered accommodation including cooked breakfast, packed lunch, afternoon cake and evening meal Access to Centre grounds, workrooms, ICT network and recreational spaces Use of specialist equipment and resources Support before and after the course Established health and safety procedures, including 24-hour emergency cover FSC,, Shropshire, SY4 1DX
Tuition is delivered by talented teachers, with an expert knowledge of their subject and field work locations and a passion for the subject being taught. All staff undertake Safeguarding training and all key personnel including the education team are DBS checked. Our education team have regular first aid, risk assessment and water safety training and undertake regular, ongoing development work to keep them up to date with subject, specification and curriculum knowledge. Course options listed in this booklet can be combined to form a programme which will meet the requirements of your specification. However, if you would like to develop a unique fieldwork course for your group please contact us to discuss possible alternatives. External Recognition of Quality has been awarded the Quality Badge by The Council for Learning Outside the Classroom. The badge is awarded to organisations that have demonstrated that they consistently deliver high quality teaching and learning experiences and manage risk effectively. This means that you will have to complete less paperwork when visiting our centre. Email us at: enquiries.pm@field-studies-council.org FSC,, Shropshire, SY4 1DX