We are delighted to have worked together with the OCR to develop the following resources to support this specification:
Extreme Weather Activities
A) Classroom Activities
Extreme weather – worksheet for classroom activity
Extreme weather – Excel data sheet
Extreme weather – Answer sheet for teachers
B) Excel Exercises
1) Activities to develop basic Excel skills: Excel basics.
2) Graphs in Excel:
a) Exploring Extreme Weather – Exploring extreme weather graphs in Excel – student worksheet with Exploring extreme weather graphs in Excel – Excel sheet and Exploring extreme weather graphs in Excel – solutions for teachers;
b) Task 1 with Task 1 – Answers for teachers ;
c) Task 2 with Task 2 – Answers for teachers;
d) Guidance on choosing the right graph in Excel Choosing the right graph.
3) Climate graphs in Excel:
Exploring extreme weather – making a climate graph student worksheet with Exploring extreme weather – making a climate graph – Excel sheet, Exploring extreme weather – making a climate graph – Excel solutions for teachers and Exploring extreme weather – making a climate graph – solution summary sheet.
4) Measures of data dispersion:
Exploring extreme weather – measures of dispersion – student worksheet with Exploring extreme weather – measures of dispersion – background information and Exploring extreme weather – measures of dispersion – Excel spreadsheet.
C) Homework Activity
Extreme weather – homework activity – student worksheet
Extreme weather – homework activity – Resource sheet
Extreme weather – homework activity – Solutions for teachers
2003 Heatwave
Background information: Heatwave case study
Isoline mapping Exercise
St Jude’s Storm
Background information: St Jude’s storm case study.
Other recommended resources for OCR GCSE Geography A and OCR GCSE Geography B
