1. Getting to grips with OCR Geography qualifications
Subject Specialists:
Abi Carter
Mark Smith
Shelley Monk
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2. OCR Geography Vision KS3 KS4 KS5 Clear route of progression
Genuine choice of exciting qualifications
Engaging and topical
Comprehensive package of quality support materials
Geographers
Critical thinkers
Independent learners
Confident in the use of practical skills
Team players
Decision makers
KS3
KS4
KS5
Clear route of progression

3. Developed by teachers for teachers
Teacher consultation
Student consultation
Dynamic developers
Consultation with the geography community including Employers, Subject Associations and Higher Education
Cambridge Assessment research

4. GCSE (9-1) Geography A (Geographical Themes)
Thematic study, with simple content layout – Key Ideas, Content, Scale

5. Assessment Overview GCSE (9-1) Geography A (Geographical Themes)
Living in the UK Today (01)
60 Marks
1 hour 15 minutes written paper
3 SPaG marks
30%
of total
GCSE
The World Around Us (02)
Geographical Skills (03)
80 Marks
1 hour 30 minutes written paper
40%
GCSE (9-1) Geography A (Geographical Themes)
Separate assessment and content
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6. Living in the UK Today (01) Geographical skills (03)
Landscapes of the UK
Two distinctive landscapes in the UK (river & one other)
People of the UK
Uneven development in the UK
Ways of life in a UK city
UK environmental challenges
UK climate and flood event
Energy in the UK
The World Around Us (02)
Ecosystems of the Planet
Ecosystems (focus on Tropical Rainforests and Coral Reefs)
People of the Planet
Uneven development
Ways of life in an LIDC or EDC city
Environmental threats to our Planet
Climate change
Extreme weather conditions (focus on Drought)
Geographical skills (03)
Synoptic assessment of topics linked to components Living in the UK today (01) and The World Around Us (02)
Geographical Skills
Fieldwork Assessment
10 case studies

7. GCSE (9-1) Geography B (Geography for Enquiring Minds)
Enquiry questions,
Sub-questions,
content
Enquiry focused study
UK content spread throughout
Links, connections and
relationships

8. GCSE (9-1) Geography B (Geography for Enquiring Minds)
Assessment Overview
Our Natural World (01)
70 Marks
1 hour 15 minutes written paper
3 SPaG marks
35%
of total
GCSE
People and Society (02)
Geographical Exploration (03)
60 Marks
1 hour 30 minutes written paper 3 SPaG marks
30%
GCSE (9-1) Geography B (Geography for Enquiring Minds)

9. Geographical Exploration (03)
Our Natural World (01)
Global Hazards
Weather and tectonic hazards
Changing Climate
Past climate changes
21st Century impacts worldwide and on the UK
Distinctive Landscapes
Coasts and one other (both must be UK landscapes)
Sustaining Ecosystems
Tropical rainforests and polar environments
Fieldwork and Geographical Skills
People and Society (02)
Urban Futures
Urbanisation
Ways of life in an AC city and an LIDC or EDC city
Dynamic Development
Uneven Development
UK in the 21st Century
Population and economic changes
Political and cultural influence
Resource Reliance
Food security
Fieldwork and Geographical Skills
Geographical Exploration (03)
Synoptic assessment of topics linked to components Our Natural World (01) and People and Society (02)
Geographical Skills
Decision Making Exercise
10 case studies

10. Examined fieldwork in GCSE Geography
Geography A
Fieldwork assessed as part of component (03)
Examined fieldwork in GCSE Geography
The world as your laboratory
Includes assessment of students’ own fieldwork experience
Six components to the enquiry process, at least two tested each year
Geography B
Fieldwork assessed within components (01) and (02)
15% of the total assessment weighting (5% skills and 10% application)
Simple form to provide evidence that
fieldwork has taken place

11. Investigative Geography
A Level Geography
Component
Physical Systems
Human Interactions
Geographical Debates
Investigative Geography
Weighting
25%
30%
20%
Time
1 hour 45 minutes
2 hours 30 minutes
35 hours
Marks 75 90 60
Key areas of Content
Landscape Systems
Earth’s Life Support Systems
Changing Spaces; Making Places,
Global Connections
Climate Change
Disease Dilemmas
Exploring Oceans
Future of Food
Hazardous Earth
From any unit
Skills/In content optionality
Choose any 2 of 5
Question styles
Short answer, extended response, essay questions
Short answer, extended response, essay questions
Extended response, essay questions
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12. What are my choices? Landscape Systems Glacial landscapes
Coastal landscapes
Dryland landscapes OR
Global systems
Global Population Migration
International trade
Global Governance
Human rights
AND
Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity
Geographical Debates
Disease Dilemmas
Climate Change
Future of Food
Exploring Oceans
Hazardous Earth

13. Factors affecting landscapes Landform development
LANDSCAPE SYSTEMS
Factors affecting landscapes
Landform development
Influence of climate change
Impact of human activity
CHANGING SPACES; MAKING PLACES
Two contrasting places at a local scale
How place is understood and represented
Economic change and social inequality, with players involved
Place making processes in creating places
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
An increasingly interconnected world with patterns, unequal flows, challenges and geopolitics
International trade or global population migration
Human rights or sovereignty and territorial integrity
EARTH’S LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS
Importance of water and carbon to life on earth
Case studies of Tropical Rainforest and Arctic Tundra
Change over time
Links and interdependence between the cycles

14. Investigative Geography (NEA)
20% of A Level assessment weighting
Total of 60 marks
Independent investigation linked to any area of the specification
Recommended word limit 4,000
Primary and secondary data collection

15. AS Geography Component Landscape and Place Geographical Debates
Weighting
60%
40%
Time
2 hours
1 hour 30 minutes
Marks 90 60
Key areas of Content
Landscape Systems
Changing Spaces; Making Places
Geographical skills
Fieldwork questions
Climate Change
Disease Dilemmas
Exploring Oceans
Future of Food
Hazardous Earth
In content optionality
Optionality: choose any 1 of 5
Question styles
Short answer, extended response, essay questions

16. How are we supporting you? Geography@ocr.org.uk
Mark Smith
@OCR_Geography
School visits
Geography Journey
Teaching and
learning resources
Abi Carter
Shelley Monk

17. In summary
New qualifications developed by teachers for teachers, with learners at the centre
Clear, explicit content allowing for flexible delivery
Fewer case studies, clearly outlined and contemporary
Wide range of CPD opportunities
Teaching and learning materials available and in development
Subject Specialists to support you and your schools
Collaboration and partnership with Hodder

18. Please send your feedback or any queries to our team of Geography Subject Specialists:
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