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Year 4 - Geography

Active fieldwork

Local area: what needs changing?

Unit Summary

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.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to gather data and record it accurately through fieldwork.

Key Notes

  • Some data, like the location of local services, can remain the same for a period of time.
  • Some data, like traffic counts or temperature varies from hour to hour.
  • Geographers use maps in the field to know exactly where they are and to locate specific features.
  • Geographers note the time, location and conditions, such as weather, of a fieldwork enquiry.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • evidence: Evidence is a fact or piece of information that helps to prove that something is or is not true.
  • data: Data is a collection of facts or figures that can be analysed to provide information.
  • services: A service is a system that supplies a public need, for example waste collection.
  • varies: If something in a particular category or group varies it is different in some way to the other things in that category or group.

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Children might think these results will be permanent.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

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

Some data, like the location of local services, can remain the same for a period of time. Some data, like traffic counts or temperature varies from hour to hour.

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

Evidence is a fact or piece of information that helps to prove that something is or is not true.

3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.

Mistake: Children might think these results will be permanent. Correction: If time allowed you could repeat the fieldwork on a different day, or send groups out a different times then compare the results.

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