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  • Year 5

Collecting our geographical data

I can collect data in my school grounds that will help me answer my enquiry question.

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  • Year 5

Collecting our geographical data

I can collect data in my school grounds that will help me answer my enquiry question.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Data on different variables can be collected in our school grounds.
  2. Scores can be used to compare one variable with another or one place with another.
  3. Working together during fieldwork helps us to make better decisions and have clearer opinions.

Keywords

  • Data - information that geographers collect to help them answer their fieldwork enquiry

  • Variable - a geographical factor that has a big impact on the results of our enquiry

  • Biased data - data that has been unfairly influenced by someone's personal opinion or actions

Common misconception

Numerical data is more valuable to geographers than text data.

All data is valuable to geographers, providing it is fair and unbiased.


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To find a map of your school grounds, you can use online software such as Digimap.
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Equipment

clipboards; data collection sheet; map of the school grounds

Content guidance

  • Risk assessment required - outdoor learning

Supervision

Adult supervision required

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2026), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

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Prior knowledge starter quiz

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6 Questions

Q1.
A good fieldwork enquiry question is …

uninteresting.
Correct answer: answerable.
easy to answer.
about the whole world.

Q2.
Which element of the fieldwork cycle drives the whole enquiry?

Correct answer: our enquiry question
the data collection
our hypothesis
reflecting on the results

Q3.
What happens after we create a question in our enquiry cycle?

We present the data.
We answer the question.
Correct answer: We collect some data.
We evaluate our fieldwork.

Q4.
Which of these are criteria that can be measured in our fieldwork?

the impact on climate change
how a solar panel works
how much energy a school uses
Correct answer: how large an area is

Q5.
When do we find out if our hypothesis is correct?

Correct answer: once we have completed the fieldwork and answered the enquiry question
during the data collection
when we present the results
once we have evaluated the fieldwork enquiry

Q6.
Where is the collection of data most likely to take place?

at home
in the library
online
Correct answer: outside

Assessment exit quiz

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4 Questions

Q1.
is information that geographers collect during fieldwork.

Correct Answer: data

Q2.
All data, whether it is numbers or words, is __________ to geographers.

biased
Correct answer: valuable
boring
identical

Q3.
Why should our data collection locations be spread out?

to make sure we don’t copy each other
to cover a larger area
Correct answer: to get a variety of places
to make sure we work in teams

Q4.
In our scoring system, the location with the score is most suitable for solar panels.

Correct Answer: highest, largest, biggest, greatest