Year 7 - Geography
Fieldwork: Analysing, concluding and evaluating survey data
Geography: what makes a geographer?
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Unit Summary
Pupils will use atlases, maps and globes to develop their locational knowledge of the world. Pupils will focus in on specific places to develop an awareness of how geographers examine place. OS maps and GIS will be used alongside fieldwork to build pupils' procedural knowledge.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to analyse and reflect on your survey data to create meaningful conclusions and an evaluation.
Key Notes
- Analysis is the process which makes sense of the data that has been collected.
- Analysis can involve looking for patterns and relationships in the data.
- Conclusions aim to answer the key questions or disprove hypotheses.
- Geographers evaluate their fieldwork to learn lessons for future studies.
Vocabulary To Learn
- Analysis: Analysis is the process which makes sense of the data that was collected.
- Conclusion: A conclusion summarises your main findings in an investigation.
- Evaluation: An evaluation is a judgement on your fieldwork and the accuracy and reliability of your results.
- Subjective data: Subjective data is data that is based on opinion rather than facts.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Subjective data is automatically invalid and should be ignored.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.
Analysis is the process which makes sense of the data that has been collected. Analysis can involve looking for patterns and relationships in the data.
2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'Analysis'
Analysis is the process which makes sense of the data that was collected.
3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.
Mistake: Subjective data is automatically invalid and should be ignored. Correction: Geographers use subjective data a lot as they value people's, and their own, opinion about something.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Different map projections Study Guide
- Features of an OS map Study Guide
- Fieldwork: Planning and collecting survey data Study Guide
- Fieldwork: Presenting survey data Study Guide
- Four and Six Figure Grid References Study Guide
- Geography in secondary school Study Guide
- Latitude and longitude Study Guide
- Locational knowledge of the world Study Guide
- Scale and distance on OS maps Study Guide
- Showing height and relief on OS maps Study Guide
- Using a GIS to locate and analyse places around the world Study Guide
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