Year 5 - Geography
Collecting our geographical data
Fieldwork: how can we investigate the sustainability of our school?
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Unit Summary
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.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to collect data in your school grounds that will help you answer your enquiry question.
Key Notes
- Data on different variables can be collected in our school grounds.
- Scores can be used to compare one variable with another or one place with another.
- Working together during fieldwork helps us to make better decisions and have clearer opinions.
Vocabulary To Learn
- 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 Mistakes To Avoid
- Numerical data is more valuable to geographers than text data.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.
Data on different variables can be collected in our school grounds. Scores can be used to compare one variable with another or one place with another.
2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'data'
information that geographers collect to help them answer their fieldwork enquiry.
3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.
Mistake: Numerical data is more valuable to geographers than text data. Correction: All data is valuable to geographers, providing it is fair and unbiased.
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