Edexcel AS Unit 2 Global Investigations-Friday 20th May 2016

its 60% for paper 1 and 40% for 2

Reply 22

panda98

I have a list of case studies for crowded coasts ? :smile:

Reply 23

I'm doing Rebranding and Extreme Weather.

My Rural Rebranding Case Studies:
- Moors Valley Country Park (Leisure and Tourism)
- Eden Project (Environment and Science)
- Ludlow (Cittaslow Food Festival)

My Urban Rebranding Case Studies:
- Boscombe, Bournemouth (Sport - Surfing)
- Stratford (London Olympics)
- Liverpool (Culture and Heritage)

Rebranding Fieldwork:
Boscombe, Bournemouth

Extreme Weather:
Depression Case Studies:
- 1897 Great Storm, 2004 Boscastle, 2007 Severn Floods
Hurricane Case Studies:
- Katrina (2005)
- Typhoon Haiyan (2013)
Tornadoes Case Study:
- Birmingham (2005)
Drought Case Studies:
- East Africa (2011)
- California (2013)

Flooding Fieldwork:
Winchester, 2014

If anyone wants any info on these message me

(edited 7 years ago)

Reply 24

Does anyone know if we need to know about both rural and urban fieldwork?
I have only prepared for urban, even though my college did both urban and rural fieldwork - As both are in the specification.

All past paper questions say either rural OR urban.
What have you guys done your rebranding fieldwork on?

Reply 25

angelscity

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I'm doing Crowded Coasts and Rebranding! I feel kinda prepared because our geog department is SO good! Look at examiner reports since there are loads of examples of students answers that are good there, and loads of case studies there too!

Crowded Coasts is way harder for me, I feel better about Rebranding!! What types of fieldwork and research methods should I revise and be ready to apply for CC do you think??

Reply 26

angelscity

12

Original post by harryleavey

Does anyone know if we need to know about both rural and urban fieldwork?
I have only prepared for urban, even though my college did both urban and rural fieldwork - As both are in the specification.

All past paper questions say either rural OR urban.
What have you guys done your rebranding fieldwork on?

Our school just did mainly urban fieldwork in Boscombe! But that can be used for rural as well I suppose? In all my past papers and mocks I've only ever used Boscombe since they've said Rural OR Urban, I never specified which it was though.

Reply 27

zadrnaks

8

Guys!
I'm stuck on the structure of these answers?

How would you structure:

a) a 10 mark resource question
b) a 10 mark case study
c) a 15 mark fieldwork question

ALSO:
Is anyone re-taking this paper? If so, what did you get last year?

Reply 28

King Geedorah

9

For the Fieldwork and Research Question, is it advisable to separate paragraphs for each of my techniques? Or is it better to bunch them? i.e.
Intro
Para 1: 3 Fieldwork
Para 2: 3 Research
Conclusion

Reply 29

IRoranth

15

Can somebody tell me if this is ok?:

Cornwall- rural example
Liverpool- urban example
Surrey- more urban example just in case i need more to say.
Canary Wharf and/or Stratford- fieldwork and research/results and conclusions (urban example only).
Do you think I need another rural example for extra information?

Also- does anyone think sustainability is gonna come up in crowded coasts or rebranding?? D: thanks.

Reply 30

Yungfrogo

Original post by zadrnaks

Guys!
I'm stuck on the structure of these answers?

How would you structure:

a) a 10 mark resource question
b) a 10 mark case study
c) a 15 mark fieldwork question

ALSO:
Is anyone re-taking this paper? If so, what did you get last year?

The resource questions you need an introduction around 3 paragraphs and a conclusion. If you want full marks you need to give an example of a case study.For the case study questions you need at least 3 different case studies to get 7 or more marks. (Also need a intro and conclusion)For the fieldwork questions you still need an intro and conc but because it's 15 marks you need to write 4 paragraphs to get top marks.Good luck on your exam!!

Reply 31

King Geedorah

9

Original post by Yungfrogo

The resource questions you need an introduction around 3 paragraphs and a conclusion. If you want full marks you need to give an example of a case study.For the case study questions you need at least 3 different case studies to get 7 or more marks. (Also need a intro and conclusion)For the fieldwork questions you still need an intro and conc but because it's 15 marks you need to write 4 paragraphs to get top marks.Good luck on your exam!!

So for the 15 mark F&R question, is the structure simply:
Intro
Paragraph 1: 3 Research Techniques
Paragraph 2: 3 Fieldwork Techniques
Conclusion

Reply 32

Original post by angelscity

Our school just did mainly urban fieldwork in Boscombe! But that can be used for rural as well I suppose? In all my past papers and mocks I've only ever used Boscombe since they've said Rural OR Urban, I never specified which it was though.

We used it as urban fieldwork.

(edited 7 years ago)

Reply 33

angelscity

12

Original post by harryleavey

We used it as urban fieldwork.

I think it should be fine! Like hopefully the question won't specify one type- rural or urban- since they don't know where we carried out our fieldwork

Reply 34

kavanfallows

Original post by IRoranth

Can somebody tell me if this is ok?:

Cornwall- rural example
Liverpool- urban example
Surrey- more urban example just in case i need more to say.
Canary Wharf and/or Stratford- fieldwork and research/results and conclusions (urban example only).
Do you think I need another rural example for extra information?

Also- does anyone think sustainability is gonna come up in crowded coasts or rebranding?? D: thanks.

Probably not as there is a lot to write about Cornwall's rebranding:

- Jamie Oliver restaurants
- Eden Project
- Farm diversification
- Watergate Bay
- Super-fast broadband funding

As for sustainability, it'll probably come up because it's my weakest area in the topic!

Reply 35

Original post by angelscity

I think it should be fine! Like hopefully the question won't specify one type- rural or urban- since they don't know where we carried out our fieldwork

Yeah, some people would not have had the opportunity to do any fieldwork, let alone rural and urban.

(edited 7 years ago)

Reply 36

hadzyster99

2

What time is the exam tommorrow

Reply 37

samsimon28

Original post by hadzyster99

What time is the exam tommorrow

1.00pm

Reply 38

samsimon28