Students will investigate population change in a local area to develop an understanding of UK diversity. Students will discover how flows of migrants since 1900 has impacted on the local area, with a focus on migration over the last 50 years and in the 21st Century. Students will undertake primary…
Students will investigate the consequences of economic change in cities. East LondonFocussing on Stratford and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, students will investigate the change from industrial east London, to a retail and sporting hub. City of BirminghamStudents will identify varying economic functions of different areas within the city centre,…
Students will investigate sustainable urban communities and environments. Focussing on a sustainable development, the students will use the Egan wheel as a tool for assessing sustainability. Through primary data collection and secondary resources, students will assess the location against the 8 characteristics of a sustainable community.
Students will develop a case study of one major UK city. Within a day, we can only visit a small part of the city, giving an overview of the scale and structure of a major city. Students will investigate ways of life and contemporary challenges that affect urban change…
Students will investigate the causes of flooding on a named river basin considering the geology, land cover and shape of the drainage basin (the bification ratio). Students will visit the river and measure the impacts associated with flood events in the town. A visit to a Flood Alleviation Scheme will…
Students will undertake a geographical enquiry including collecting primary data. They will: 1. Identify a suitable question 2. Select, measure and record data 3. Select ways of processing and presenting data 4. Describe, analyse and explain collected data 5. Reach conclusions 6. Evaluate the enquiry On the day the focus…
Visit a weather station and take standard readings including temperature, rainfall, cloud cover and wind direction and speed. Compare microclimates in contrasting habitats using random sampling.
Investigate and compare environmental quality and deprivation in two contrasting areas. Undertake quantitative and qualitative fieldwork including land use surveys and environmental quality assessments.
Investigate the impact of counter-urbanisation in two contrasting settlements. Carry out quantitative and qualitative fieldwork to investigate the effects, including environmental quality surveys, questionnaires, service provision and observations.
Investigating how and why quality of life varies within urban areas. Students will have an opportunity to develop an understanding of the kinds of questions capable of being investigated through fieldwork in urban environments. Students will have an opportunity to develop a question(s) based on their location and the…