1. Geographical
Investigation
Worth 10% of your final grade

4. How will I present my work?
• You will be creating a 5 minute
(NO LONGER) oral presentation.
• You should have a PowerPoint to
go with your presentation.
• You may have notes with you,
but no fully detailed scripts
allowed.
• You will be recorded.

5. Who will I present my work to?
• You will be presenting your
speeches in front of either Miss
Hamer or Mr Brodhurst.
• They will record you.
• There will be no other person in
the room.
• You will have an allotted
appointment time, which you
must attend.

6. When?

7. What to expect from us
• Guidance about structuring your
presentation and how to get
started.
• Provision of certain case study
material you can include.
• Help understanding the mark
scheme.
• ICT support

8. What we expect from you
• Productive use of all lessons.
• Part of your homework time
devoted to your presentation and
research.
• Responsibility for your own work
load.
• A presentation that is worth 10%
of your final grade, that justifies 6
hours of lessons and homework
time.

9. Mark Scheme

10. How has Solar
energy developed
across the world?

11. Location/Background
• What is solar energy?
• Are there different types?
• How does it work?
• Where was it invented and by
who?
• Is it expensive? What does it
cost?
• Why was it invented? Why is it
needed? What’s its purpose?

12. Analysis/Investigative
• Which countries use it?
• How have they used it?
• Which countries have not used
it?
• Why have they not used it?
• How has it helped/hindered
people? Advantages?
• How has it helped/hindered the
environment? Disadvantages?

13. Evaluation/effects
• What do different
stakeholders feel about solar
energy? Why?
• Where is it most
successful/unsuccessful?
Why?
• Is solar energy sustainable?
• Are there negatives of solar
energy?

14. Conclusion
• What are my views on solar
energy?
• What will the future be like
for solar energy? OR What
will the future be like without
it?
• What conclusion have a I
made?

15. How you structure your presentation
• I suggest that you follow the
vague outline on the
planning grid.
• You should try to address
the enquiry questions in the
relevant places.

16. How you structure your presentation
• You can answer some questions
within a particular case study:
• Where has it been
successful, why?
• How has it helped
people/environment?
• What do stakeholders think
about it?

17. How will I choose my case studies?
• We will certainly provide you with
some solar energy real examples.
• You should aim to include at least 2
case studies and no more than 4 (you
only have 5 minutes!)
• They should compliment each other
and help you address your questions –
small vs. large scale/top down vs.
bottom up/high cost vs. low cost.

18. Converted to
Can be used to heat:

19. Solar power is the conversion of
sunlight into electricity.
Concentrated solar power systems
Uses lenses or mirrors and tracking systems to focus a large area of
sunlight into a small beam.

20. Photovoltaic Systems
Photovoltaics are best known as a method for generating electric
power by using solar cells to convert energy from the sun into a
flow of electrons.

23. • http://cartertongeography.blogspot.co.uk/