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GCSE fieldwork ideas

Written by Katy Jonas

  • Fieldwork,
  • Key Stage Four

The following series of lessons may be useful in preparation for undertaking GCSE fieldwork. Teachers should pick exercises that help them to achieve specification requirements. It is possible to use part of the resource package without necessarily following the whole series of lessons.

The following resources can be downloaded from the downloads box below:

Lesson 1 - Preparing to undertake fieldwork - The enquiry process

Worksheet

Lesson 2 - Preparing to undertake fieldwork - Collecting reliable fieldwork data

Worksheet

Lesson 3 - Processing and presenting fieldwork data

Worksheet

Supplementary data:

River data sets

Visitor questionnaire data

Environmental quality survey data

Ambleside traffic count

Supplementary figures:

Ambleside town map

Ambleside traffic flow

Ambleside traffic pictograms

Ambleside traffic survey points

Lesson 4 - Analysing and explaining fieldwork data

Worksheet

Supplementary data:

Coastal data

River data

Rural settlements data

Ambleside honeypot data

 

This project was funded by the Nuffield Foundation, but the views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Foundation

Downloads

  • Lesson 1 The enquiry process (.pdf)
  • Lesson 2 Collecting reliable fieldwork data (.pdf)
  • Lesson 3 Processing and presenting fieldwork data1 (.pdf)
  • Lesson 3 River Data Sets (.xls)
  • Lesson 3 Visitor Questionnaire Data (.xls)
  • Lesson 3 Environmental Quality Survey data (.xls)
  • Lesson 3 Ambleside Traffic Count (.xls)
  • Lesson 3 Ambleside town map (.pdf)
  • Lesson 3 Ambleside Traffic Flow (.pdf)
  • Lesson 3 Ambleside Traffic Pictograms (.pdf)
  • Lesson 3 Ambleside Traffic Survey points (.pdf)
  • Lesson 4 Analysing and explaining fieldwork data (.pdf)
  • Lesson 4 Coastal Data (.xls)
  • Lesson 4 Rivers Data (.xls)
  • Lesson 4 Rural Settlements Data (.xls)
  • Lesson 4 Ambleside Honeypot Data (.xls)
  • Download all

Downloads

  • Lesson 1 The enquiry process (.pdf)
  • Lesson 2 Collecting reliable fieldwork data (.pdf)
  • Lesson 3 Processing and presenting fieldwork data1 (.pdf)
  • Lesson 3 River Data Sets (.xls)
  • Lesson 3 Visitor Questionnaire Data (.xls)
  • Lesson 3 Environmental Quality Survey data (.xls)
  • Lesson 3 Ambleside Traffic Count (.xls)
  • Lesson 3 Ambleside town map (.pdf)
  • Lesson 3 Ambleside Traffic Flow (.pdf)
  • Lesson 3 Ambleside Traffic Pictograms (.pdf)
  • Lesson 3 Ambleside Traffic Survey points (.pdf)
  • Lesson 4 Analysing and explaining fieldwork data (.pdf)
  • Lesson 4 Coastal Data (.xls)
  • Lesson 4 Rivers Data (.xls)
  • Lesson 4 Rural Settlements Data (.xls)
  • Lesson 4 Ambleside Honeypot Data (.xls)
  • Download all

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