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Year 10 - Geography

Urban fieldwork

Fieldwork investigation

Unit Summary

This unit teaches pupils about fieldwork, an important assessment component at GCSE. Pupils will learn about the six stages of enquiry (formulating a question; collecting, presenting and analysing data; and writing conclusions and an evaluation). Pupils will also consider four field study options.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to collect primary and secondary data in an urban area to help you answer a geographical enquiry question.

Key Notes

  • There are many geographical enquiry questions that you can investigate in urban areas such as towns and cities.
  • Data collection techniques in an urban area can investigate quality of life, sustainability and regeneration.
  • Secondary data can provide contextual information about urban populations and spaces and how these have changed.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • regeneration: changes made to a built environment to try to improve the area for residents and workers
  • bipolar scoring: a score scale that uses both positive and negative values
  • proxy indicator: a variable which indirectly suggests that another variable may be true

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Secondary crime data tells us about the economic prosperity of a place.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.

There are many geographical enquiry questions that you can investigate in urban areas such as towns and cities. Data collection techniques in an urban area can investigate quality of life, sustainability and regeneration.

2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'regeneration'

changes made to a built environment to try to improve the area for residents and workers.

3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.

Mistake: Secondary crime data tells us about the economic prosperity of a place. Correction: Crime data can be misinterpreted. The data does not give any details about the economic status of the victim or the perpetrator. It is also assumes that the perpetrator lives in the area where they committed the crime, for which there is no evidence.

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