Course overview
We will begin the GCSE course by exploring the Global Hazards unit of our OCR B Geography course. This unit is split into 2 sections; 1.1 How can weather be hazardous? and 1.2 How do plate tectonics shape our world?
We begin with unit 1.2 as this builds directly on from Primary School learning.
The Key Questions for this unit are ; How do plate tectonics shape our world? What processes occur at plate boundaries? How can tectonic movement be hazardous? How does technology have the potential to save lives in hazard zones? We will take a deeper look at the 2010 Haiti Earthquake as a CASE STUDY to discover its causes, impacts and how the world responded to this disaster.
The second part of the GCSE unit is focussed on hazardous weather. The Key Questions for this unit are; How can weather be hazardous? Why do we have weather extremes? When does extreme weather become a hazard?
This will include investigating Typhoon Haiyan and The UK Drought as a CASE STUDY.
Key Concept:
Tectonic Processes, Effects of Earthquakes, How to mitigate hazards, Global Atmospheric Circulation System, Tropical Storms, Drought and El Nino/La Nina
Assessment Points:
A summative assessment will take place at the end of the unit. Throughout the unit learners will also experience Progress Checks- short assessments to check progress, key pieces of work will be marked and feedback provided as well as spelling and definition assessments. The following pieces of work will be assessed with feedback provided:
Haiti Earthquake Case Study double page and 6 mark question
Typhoon Haiyan Case Study double page and 6 mark question
The UK Drought Case Study double page and 6 mark question
13 mark Global Hazards section of a past paper for the whole unit
Guidance:
Learners will receive guidance in a variety of ways. These include marked assessments, reports, whole class and individual feedback and Closing the Gap activities.
Key Vocabulary:
Hazard
Mitigation
Tectonics
Convection Currents
Atmospheric Circulation
Atmospheric Pressure
Extremes
Depression
Drought
Anomaly (La Nina/El Nino)
Impact
Early Warning Systems