Starter quiz
- What is the purpose of fieldwork in geography?
- To determine the type of data to be collected.
- To ensure the safety of individuals.
- To gather information about a real environment. ✓
- To decide what type of transport to use.
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- Starting at the beginning, put the stages of fieldwork in the correct order.
- 1⇔Create an enquiry question to investigate.
- 2⇔Plan a route to follow
- 3⇔Do a risk assessment
- 4⇔Collect the equipment needed
- 5⇔Carry out the fieldwork
- 6⇔Analyse the results
- Certain jobs that people do can ______ the local area.
- 'change' ✓
- What are some methods used to collect data in fieldwork studies?
- guesswork
- observations ✓
- surveys ✓
- interviews ✓
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- ______ is a fact or piece of information that helps to prove that something is or is not true.
- 'Evidence' ✓
- __________ is an evaluation of the positive and negative qualities of the locality.
- An environmental assessment ✓
- A risk assessment
- Fieldwork
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Exit quiz
- Why do we present data as graphs in geography?
- To make our work look more professional.
- To make our work more colourful and interesting.
- To fill up space in our fieldwork report.
- To communicate findings and support analysis and conclusions. ✓
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- What should all graphs in geography have?
- a title ✓
- labelled axis ✓
- colour
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- Put the steps of a geographical enquiry in the correct order.
- 1⇔create an enquiry question to investigate
- 2⇔decide what data to collect
- 3⇔collect data
- 4⇔analyse data
- 5⇔make conclusions
- __________ show the links between where things are located.
- Spatial patterns ✓
- Risk assessments
- Environmental assessments
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- What do geographers use to allow spatial patterns to be easily spotted?
- photographs
- maps ✓
- surveys
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- ______ is a collection of facts or figures that can be analysed to provide information.
- 'data' ✓
Worksheet
Presentation
Video
Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Facts and opinions can be added to a map along with supporting evidence such as photographs
- Using a map enables spatial patterns to be spotted more easily
- Responses to surveys and interviews can be interpreted and presented as graphs, charts or emoticons with or on a map
- Simple grid references can be used to identify locations on a map
Common misconception
Children may think that older parts of a place have not changed since they have been built.
Use the photographs and evidence from fieldwork to challenge these misconceptions.
Keywords
Data - Data is a collection of facts or figures that can be analysed to provide information.
Graph - A graph is a diagram or picture that displays data.
Interpret - To interpret is to decide on the meaning of something.
Spatial patterns - Spatial patterns show the links between where things are located.
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