YEAR 12 TO 13 TRANSITION TASK

Newly updated for 2007-8

Thanks to Dr. Stuart Hitch, colleague on the GA's SPC,  for the inspiration for switching to this task.

Feel free to adapt further in your own school / situation and adapt the issues that suit your specification. This avoids the usual problems of missing students due to University open days, student conferences and work experience as they work on a series of tasks which develop their confidence in using a range of resources.

The idea is that students think about the key enquiry questions - need to have access to ICT / library resources as well as a range of presentation techniques. It's also worth assembling a folder of current and past newspaper resources as well as other online sources. A list of useful websites will be added to this page by the time the section starts.

Date

Topic

Reporting Style / Outcome

June 18th - June 22nd

The Olympics 2012 – good for London ? Good for the country ?

Investigative reporting presented in the form of a Powerpoint (a maximum of 8-10 slides) or another presentation media e.g. WMV, Photo Story, Photo Jam, Podcast - choose your media and we will provide the rest of the resources.

Possible Questions
  • What will be the social / economic and environmental challenges and opportunities provided by the games ?
  • What will the legacy of the game be ? - how successful have other games been ?
  • Enquiry questions go here...

Data required:

Bid Movie - Agitate Films plus Videos from official site (can be downloaded)

Excellent site of LONDON 2012

Folder of images of site and plans

News archive: articles / BizEd site

Printouts of material

Comparisons with plans for Beijing 2008, and the experiences of Athens in 2004.

LONDON 2012 page of the website

June 25th – 29th

 

Climate Change: Feeling hot ?

A2 Poster complete with illustrations and sources quoted for any information.

Needs to be based on principles of discursive writing: trying to put across an argument.

Remember what we are able to say about Global Warming...

Possible Questions
  • What is the evidence for global warming ?
  • What are the arguments for holding the view that global warming is not caused by human activity ?
 DVD: An Inconvenient Truth

Teachers materials from the Teachernet site, written by Simon Oakes.

Global Warming page of website.

Great Global Warming Swindle website

London Site: effect of Global Warming

Newspaper articles, particularly on the Heatwave of 2003

Phenology

http://www.liveearth.msn.com/ - very useful site - lots of multimedia content - ready for the concerts later in July

July 2nd - 6th

The issues facing an Ageing Population  “When I’m 64” or 68 ?

Newspaper Supplement (Broadsheet or Tabloid) - need to discuss the approach used by different newspapers in terms of layout, reading ages etc.

Possible Questions
  •  What are the issues facing the present population ?
  •  The Pensions Crisis
  •  Enquiry questions go here...

 

"If I'd known I was gonna live this long, I'd have taken more care of myself"

Eubie Blake, musician - when he reached the age of 100

Data required:

Mr. Bilbie's excellent booklet (with thanks to Mrs. Steward)

Tony Cassidy's WMV

Trevor McDonald "When I'm 64" - surviving on a pension

News archive / articles

Using the NEWSEUM site, you can browse through the front pages of newspapers around the world.

Consider some other issues:

  • Viagra sales

  • Medication sales

  • Medical insurance

  • Loneliness

  • Ageism

  • Winter Fuel Allowance

  • Eusthanasia

  • Employment - Asda / B&Q

  • Japan - sending elderly out of the country

 

July 9th - 13th

Final week of term before the

Hurricane Katrina 2005: a natural disaster or a man-made disaster ?

IWB activity - can be completed using Smart Notebook software, or PPT (along with worksheets) or other resources ready for presentation.

Possible Questions
  • How was New Orleans affected by the hurricane ?
  •  
  •  
  •  Enquiry questions go here...

Data required:

PPT produced by Val Vannet - hard times for the big easy

Video of approach and impact.

News archive / articles

Websites - relating to naming of hurricanes and tracking.

Sound files of Roy Nagle and others at the time of the hurricane.

Need to have a PEER ASSESSMENT sheet, and set aside a lesson for presenting the resources.

Download a WORD DOCUMENT which contains the task as presented to the students in Summer 2007 - Updated

Level
Grade
%
Mark
Criteria
1
-
0
0
1
2
3
Very little accurate description or factual content.  Many errors and significant gaps in knowledge.  Relevance to the question is tenuous.  Limited length and/or quality of English make it difficult to assess.  Errors in grammar, punctuation and spelling may be intrusive.
2
-
N
20
30
4
5
6
7
Mainly descriptive account.  Most points are generalised and supported by only a few generalised examples.  Some simplistic cause and effect understanding but only partial coverage of the topic.  Weak presentation of argument and text lacks fluency.  May be errors in grammar, punctuation and spelling.
3
E
D
40
50
8
9
10
11
Effective description and some accurate examination of main aspects of question.  Appreciation of cause and effect but the ideas are limited in range and depth.  May reach sensible but simple conclusion.  Has basic descriptive knowledge of some conceptual ideas.  Partial exemplification by location, diagram or data.  Linked sentences and paragraphs, though occasional lapses in grammar and punctuation.
4
C
B
60
70
12
13
14
15
Accurate knowledge and sound understanding of most aspects of the question.  Clear and relevant explanation and analysis supported by a range of appropriate and detailed exemplifications.  Integrates diagrams and maps into discussion.  Has confident grasp of relevant concepts and can categorize information and draw conclusions.  Quality of English is consistently sound and the work well structured.
5
A
80
16
17
18
19
20
Wide ranging and accurate descriptive knowledge. Thorough explanation and balanced discussion of all dimensions of the question.  Concepts are understood and used to support the arguments. Exemplification is detailed, together with a range of diagrams, maps and data used appropriately. Comparisons of scale, in space and time, support the discussion.  English is fluent expressing complex ideas clearly and few, if any, errors in grammar, punctuation and spelling.
 

From Nottingham High School Geography Site - thanks for the mention !

I have booked the library or B1/B2/C10 for the labelled sessions. On the other sessions there may be a chance for laptop trolley / textbook / newspaper research and use of IWB in classroom.  

Date

12/4 (AP / LEM)

12/5 (CHB / GN)

Mon 18th Period 2

* B1

                

Mon 18th Period 3

 

* B2

Tue 19th Period 3

* B2

                

Tue 19th Period 4

 

*

Wed 20th Period 4

* B1

 

Wed 20th Period 5

 

* C10

Thu 21st Period 1

 

* LIBRARY

Thu 21st Period 5

* B2

 

Fri 22nd Period 1

* NORMAL ROOM

 

Fri 22nd Period 2

 

* NORMAL ROOM

Mon 25th Period 2

* B1

                

Mon 25th Period 3

 

* B2

Tue 26th Period 3

* B2

                

Tue 26th Period 4

 

* LIBRARY

Wed 27th Period 4

* B1

 

Wed 27th Period 5

 

* C1O

Thu 28th Period 1

 

* LIBRARY

Thu 28th Period 5

* B2

 

Fri 29th  Period 1

* NORMAL ROOM

 

Fri 29th Period 2

 

* NORMAL ROOM

Mon 2nd Period 2

* LIBRARY

                

Mon 2nd Period 3

 

*

Tue 3rd Period 3

* LIBRARY

                

Tue 3rd Period 4

 

*

Wed 4th Period 4

* LIBRARY

 

Wed 4th Period 5

 

* LIBRARY

Thu 5th Period 1

 

* LIBRARY

Thu 5th  Period 5

* LIBRARY

 

Fri 6th Period 1

* NORMAL ROOM

 

Fri 6th Period 2

 

* NORMAL ROOM

Mon 9th Period 2

* LIBRARY

                

Mon 9th Period 3

 

*

Tue 10th Period 3

* LIBRARY

                

Tue 10th Period 4

 

* LIBRARY

Wed 11th Period 4

* LIBRARY

 

Wed 11th Period 5

 

* LIBRARY

Thu 12th Period 1

 

* LIBRARY

Thu 12th  Period 5

* LIBRARY

 

Fri 13th Period 1

* NORMAL ROOM

 

Fri 13th Period 2

 

* NORMAL ROOM

 

SUMMER PREPARATION TASKS

For both groups, from Mr. Parkinson

  1. Over the summer, you will be expected to start a CLIPPINGS FILE of newspaper and magazine articles. This needs to be related to the major themes of Yr 13: Cold Environments, Ecosystems, Atmosphere, Economic Systems and Globalisation, Rural-Urban relationships and changes in both, plus the various Synoptic themes. This should add to your existing resources.

 

  1. Also check the old favourite: http://www.geographypages.co.uk over the summer for new content ready for the new year.

 

  1. Oganise your Year 12 notes, you WILL need the Synoptic sections from these in Year 13, as well as some of the case studies that we covered this year.

 

4. The new NING !

I have set up an area called a NING on the internet – this is ‘state of the art’…

This is called KESGEOGRAPHERS, and is available at the following address:

http://kesgeographers.ning.com/ - send me an e-mail to geoblogs@europe.com and I will send an invitation which allow you to log in and to add content, photos, comments etc. with the aim that we produce a study support resource that will build collaboratively

 

5. The Royal Geographical Society’s GEOGRAPHY IN THE NEWS site contains a range of resources written by Simon Oakes, the chief Human Geography examiner for Edexcel ‘A’ – ask us for the User name and password for free access

 

6. If you go to New Scientist website, you can also access the last 15 years of articles – again, ask a teacher for the user name and password

 

7. Check out the NEW INTERNATIONALIST magazine: http://www.newint.org – another magazine which has a lot of geographical content, as well as the regular sweep of the broadsheet newspaper websites:

http://www.independent.co.uk

http://www.timesonline.co.uk

http://www.guardian.co.uk/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

8 You’ll be given a sticker – wherever you go this summer, stick the sticker (and a stamp!) on a postcard and send it to us. Each one we receive will go into a prize draw.

9. Have a nice holiday !

A. PARKINSON

MAY 2007

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