4 - Environmental Systems & Societies (SL Only)

Assessment

External Assessment: Paper 1 – Students will be provided with a range of data in a variety of forms relating to a specific, previously unseen case study. Questions (35 marks) will be based on the analysis and evaluation of the data in the case study, which can be from any topics from the course. All of the questions are compulsory 25% Paper 2 - Section A (25 marks) is made up of short-answer and data-based questions. Section B (40 marks) requires students to answer two structured essay questions from a choice of four. Each question is worth 20 marks and will be marked using markbands (0-9) 50% Internal Assessment (Coursework) – 25% A written report (maximum 2,500 words) based on fieldwork. There will be a cost for this compulsory field trip.