Year 5 - Geography
Writing a fieldwork enquiry question
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 write a fieldwork enquiry question about solar power and your school.
Key Notes
- A good geographical question can help us to learn more about solar power and our school.
- Fieldwork enquiry questions can start with one of the 'W' question words.
- Geographers often try to predict or estimate what the answer to their enquiry question might be.
Vocabulary To Learn
- enquiry question: a geographical question that helps us to focus our investigation
- answerable: a question is answerable if it is possible for us to find the answer by doing a fieldwork enquiry
- hypothesis: a prediction that geographers make about the results of their enquiry
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- All geographical questions make good fieldwork enquiry questions.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.
A good geographical question can help us to learn more about solar power and our school. Fieldwork enquiry questions can start with one of the 'W' question words.
2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'enquiry question'
a geographical question that helps us to focus our investigation.
3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.
Mistake: All geographical questions make good fieldwork enquiry questions. Correction: Fieldwork enquiry questions have to be answerable within the practical realms of data collection. Therefore some brilliant geographical questions might not be good fieldwork enquiry questions.
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