A questionnaire is a set of questions used to collect information or data.

An interview means talking to people to gather information.

An enquiry is an investigation of a geographical question or issue.

Techniques are the particular ways of doing things.

Fieldwork tools and techniques

Geography

Change in a local area

Risk assessment and staying safe

Active fieldwork

Presenting data

Future changes

Using digital maps to explore changes in our local area

This Unit links directly to 'Local area: Why are trees and forests important?', where pupils will continue to evaluate the local area by investigating green spaces and trees.

This unit builds on 'UK region: Why is the Lake District a National Park?' in which pupils learnt about issues at a regional scale in the Lake District, and it develops 'Local area: How is it changing?' in which local area change was identified and recorded. This unit is about evaluating change with a futures’ perspective.  

This unit develops pupils’ fieldwork and enquiry skills through a local investigation into change. Pupils use maps, tools and data to explore how their area is changing, collect and present information, and reflect on possible changes in the future.

Local area: what needs changing?

{{}} means talking to people to gather information.

a set of questions used to collect information or data

an investigation of a geographical question or issue

questions that are clear and easy to understand

long questions with lots of technical words

questions with a selection of responses to choose from

Good questionnaires could include these features:

When collecting local opinions through interviewing, we should try to ask {{}}.

to remember the location of data collected

Why do geographers annotate maps with fieldwork data?

When would you use a questionnaire in an enquiry?

What would be included in the term 'media'?

An {{}} is an investigation of a geographical question or issue.

What evidence could be used to identify a local issue?

Starter Quiz

When would you use a questionnaire in an enquiry?