Specification points
OCR GCSE Geography B (Geography for Enquiring Minds) J384
61 points in 9 topics, with OCR's codes and titles.
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1 Global Hazards
2 Changing Climate
3 Distinctive Landscapes
4 Sustaining Ecosystems
5 Urban Futures
6 Dynamic Development
7 UK in the 21st Century
8 Resource Reliance
9 Geographical Skills
- 9.1 Cartographic skills
- 9.1.1 Selecting and constructing maps
- 9.1.2 Cross sections and transects
- 9.1.3 Coordinates, scale and distance
- 9.1.4 Extract, interpret, analyse and evaluate information
- 9.1.5 Gradient, contours and spot heights
- 9.1.6 Geo-spatial data in GIS
- 9.2 Graphical skills
- 9.2.1 Selecting and constructing graphs and charts
- 9.2.2 Communicating data through graphs
- 9.2.3 Extract, interpret, analyse and evaluate information
- 9.3 Numerical and statistical skills
- 9.3.1 Number, area and scale
- 9.3.2 Relationships between units
- 9.3.3 Proportion, ratio, magnitude and frequency
- 9.3.4 Central tendency, spread and cumulative frequency
- 9.3.5 Percentages and percentiles
- 9.3.6 Designing fieldwork data collection
- 9.3.7 Interpreting tables of data
- 9.3.8 Relationships in bivariate data
- 9.3.9 Trend lines on scatter plots
- 9.3.10 Lines of best fit
- 9.3.11 Interpolation and extrapolation
- 9.3.12 Weaknesses in statistical presentations
- 9.3.13 Conclusions from numerical data
- 9.4 Enquiry and argument skills
- 9.4.1 Analysing visual images
- 9.4.2 Analysing written articles and bias
- 9.4.3 Improving use of maps, graphs and sources
- 9.5 Fieldwork skills
- 9.5.i Questions suited to fieldwork enquiry
- 9.5.ii Fieldwork techniques and methods
- 9.5.iii Presenting fieldwork data in maps, graphs and diagrams
- 9.5.iv Analysing fieldwork data with theory
- 9.5.v Drawing conclusions from fieldwork
- 9.5.vi Reflecting critically on fieldwork