Collecting our geographical data

Geography

Planning to do fieldwork

Writing a fieldwork enquiry question

Presenting our geographical data

Examining our geographical data

Reflecting on our fieldwork enquiry

This unit teaches pupils about the fieldwork enquiry process. Each lesson guides pupils through a stage of a fieldwork enquiry to help them investigate the sustainability of their school.

Fieldwork: how can we investigate the sustainability of our school?

Physical activity and equipment requiring safe use

Risk assessment required - outdoor learning

{{}} is information that geographers collect during fieldwork.

All data, whether it is numbers or words, is __________ to geographers.

Why should our data collection locations be spread out?

In our scoring system, the location with the {{}} score is most suitable for solar panels.

Which element of the fieldwork cycle drives the whole enquiry?

What happens after we create a question in our enquiry cycle?

Which of these are criteria that can be measured in our fieldwork?

once we have completed the fieldwork and answered the enquiry question

once we have evaluated the fieldwork enquiry

When do we find out if our hypothesis is correct?

Where is the collection of data most likely to take place?

Starter Quiz

A good fieldwork enquiry question is …