Geographical enquiry and data Flashcards
What are the different ways to investigate places?
Location = Where are we?
What is our physical geography like ? Relief, natural features, climate.
What is our human geography like?
What is our environmental quality?
How might you investigate location?
compass directions
coordinates
grid references
How might you investigate physical geography?
Relief
Natural features
Climate
How might you investigate human geography?
Land use
Population density
ethnic diversity
How might you construct your geographical enquiry
construct an enquiry question e.g. what is the environmental quality of the Y7 playground?
Collect primary data e.g. environmental quality survey and questionnaire to answer the question
Once you have collected your primary data, what do you do?
Present the information (graphs, word clouds etc)
Analyse your findings e.g. what do your graphs tell you? What can you conclude?
Evaluate your enquiry - how reliable were your data collection methods? What other methods could you have used?
What statistics might you use to compare places? (human geography)
How might maps compare?
Population size
Population density
Mean age
Ethnic group distribution
Statistics
Numerical data or information
Population density
Number of people living in an area
Ethnic group
People who share the same culture
Diversity
People of different cultures and beliefs
Immigrant
Someone who moves to a country
Enquiry question
A question that defines / frames what you are going to study
Primary data
Data that you collect yourself
Place
places are characterised by the physical and human characteristics of a location
