Overview
Brief case study of the Exxon Valdez oil spill
Student achieved a grade 9 in GCSE Geography, 2018
Structure
Location and overview of spill
Causes
Long and short term responses
Impacts, including annotated diagram of various impacts
Overview
Brief case study on the High Force waterfall
Student achieved grade 9 in GCSE Geography, 2018
Structure
Map of location
Some specific details of the waterfall
Annotated diagram of the waterfall, describing various fluvial processes involved in the waterfall
Overview
One and a half pages of A4, with pictures and diagrams, which informs of the different evidence for continental drift
Student achieved grade 9 in GCSE geography in 2018
Structure
Introduction to continental drift
Describes evidence #1 - a jigsaw puzzle
Describes evidence #2 - coal deposits
Describes evidence #3 - plate boundaries
Conclusion
Includes relevant diagrams and pictures
Overview
Informative one-page document outlining the 15 fair trade policies and exemplifying them with case study detail from the Small Organic Farmers’ Association (SOFA), based in Sri Lanka
Student achieved grade 9 in GCSE geography in 2018
Overview
One A4 page outlining the European Union Emission Trading Scheme (EUETS)
Student achieved grade 9 in GCSE geography in 2018
Structure
Description of the scheme
Includes a brief analysis of a greenhouse gas emission line graph
Ends with a summary
Overview
Four pages of A4
Structure
Analysis of 2015 energy mix with stats using a pie chart
Analysis of energy consumption per capita from 1960 to 2015 using a line graph
Explanation of energy consumption changes from 1960 to 2015
Description of UK energy sourcing and imports with key figures and an infographic
Description of issues arising from the current energy mix of the UK
Some description of renewable energy source options
Bibliography with all sources listed
Overview
Notes and diagrams of permafrost, including a brief case study
Student achieved a grade 9 in GCSE Geography, in 2018
Structure
Definition of permafrost
Differentiation of continuous and discontinuous permafrost, illustrated with a diagram
Location and extent of permafrost regions, illustrated with a map
Permafrost demographics of Alaska
Summer and winter differences in permafrost
Brief case study of trans-Alaskan oil pipeline
Brief case study of the Sami indigenous people
Permafrost vegetation
Overview
Case study of Birmingham’s Big City Plan - an urban regeneration scheme
Student achieved grade 9 in GCSE Geography, 2018
Structure
Annotated diagram of the scheme, describing various districts and their plans
Specific costings of specific projects
Minor examples of transport systems and industrial heritage
In-depth examples and statistics (case-study detail) for various Birmingham quarters
Table of economic, social and environmental benefits, with case-study detail and statistics
Overview
Five pages of A4
Detailed case study of both the Haiti and Japan earthquakes, linking the two together
Student achieved grade 9 in GCSE geography in 2018
Structure
Key stats about Haiti, with map - comparison with Japan
Causes of the 2010 earthquake
Fact file of the earthquake
Table of immediate, long-term, social and economic impacts
List of short-term and long-term responses with some stats
Annotated diagram illustrating impacts
Annotated diagram illustrating responses
Key stats about Japan, with map - comparison with Haiti
Causes of the 2011 earthquake, with diagram
Fact file of the earthquake
Table of immediate, long-term, social and economic impacts
List of short-term and long-term responses with some stats
Annotated diagram illustrating impacts
Annotated diagram illustrating responses