Pre-Fieldwork

Lesson
•Do Now: List characteristics of an
urban area that you could
investigate if carrying out fieldwork.

•Never Finished: Suggest why it is

important for Geographers to
conduct fieldwork.
 Task: Read through pages 2-3 and highlight or underline any words you
do not understand and we will go through these afterwards.

•Purpose of
Fieldwork

Never Finished: Summarise why it is

important to conduct fieldwork in
Geography.
 Location of Fieldwork Investigation

Task: Use the both maps on page 4 of the booklet to describe the location of
London Bridge.
Description must include: Compass points, regions, which part of London it is in.

• Task 2: Use the OS Map on page 15 of the booklet to describe what they think
the area of London Bridge is like.
• Include:
• What the land use is used for? Tourism, Business, agricultural, residential
• Whether its Urban or Rural?
• The amount of infrastructure: Roads, footpaths, airports, ports.
• The relief: How high the land is
• What you can do here..
• What issues do you think residents may face?
How is scale shown on a map?

The scale on a map can be written in different ways:

1. A scale line 0 1km

2. Use ‘:’ which means ‘represents’ 1 : 25000

This means 1 centimetre/metre/kilometre on the map represents 25000

centimetres/metres/kilometres on land.
 Location of Fieldwork Investigation

Task: Complete the questions on page 4 and annotate the OS Map with at least 3
annotations e.g. an arrow to the Globe might say ‘ this is a tourist attraction and suggests
some of the GDP in the area may be dependent on tourism’.

Never Finished: Suggest why this area of London is popular with tourists in the UK.
Urban Issues and Challenges Theory

Task 1: Read through pages 6-7, underline any words you do not understand and we will go through these afterwards.
Task 2:
Complete the key terms using the reading and your memory.

Never Finished: Suggest why we need to understand geographical theory before conducting geographical fieldwork
 Regeneration at London Bridge
London Bridge station and the surrounding area underwent a £700 million
regeneration project from 2012-2018.
 The Fieldwork Enquiry Process
Task: Add the description of each stage
to your enquiry model on page 9 of Location and creation of
your booklet. 1. Planning
hypotheses and questions

Value of investigation and

Strengths and Limitations Time period of data
2. Data
of Data Collection
6. Evaluation
Collection collection, sampling and
Techniques. data collection techniques

Linking the results back to

enquiry question and 5. Conclusion
3. Data Graphs, Images, Statistics
Presentation
hypotheses and Maps

4. Analysis
Never Finished: Which stage do
Explaining the results found you think is the most important
in the investigation to have a successful fieldwork
enquiry? Explain your choice.
 Stage 1: Asking geographical questions
Overall Investigation Question: To what extent has the regeneration of London Bridge
impacted the area?
Task: Using the booklet and your own knowledge write your predictions for the 3 sub-questions for this
fieldwork investigation.
Stage 1 questions: Planning
a)State the title of your fieldwork enquiry in which physical
geography data were collected. Title of fieldwork enquiry:
____________________ Explain the advantage(s) of the
location(s) used for your fieldwork enquiry. (2 marks)

b)Explain the suitability of one key question or hypothesis that

you chose to help answer your fieldwork question for
investigation. Key question/hypothesis:
……………………………………………………………………………. (4 marks)
 Site 1: Borough Street (A3) Data Collection Sites Site 2: Tooley Street (A200)

Site 3: St Thomas
Site 4: Bermondsey
Street
Street
 Stage 2: Primary and Secondary data collection methods

Task: You will be presented with images and keywords, these are
based on the primary methods we will use to collect data on the trip.

- In pairs you need to talk for about the picture you have been given
for 3 minutes.
- You will then swap sheets with another pair and begin the process
again.

1. The name of the method

2. What we will do on the trip (a step by step account)
3. What sampling method you will use and why
4. The advantages and disadvantages of the method
 Primary Data Collection Methods
Complete page 9 of your fieldwork booklet, your teacher will
complete your first one with you.
Environmental Quality Survey Helpful Words
Bi-polar
positive &
negative
statements
subjective
bias
quick
quantitative data
accurate
reliable
human error
Stratified sample
Pedestrian Survey

Helpful Words
Observation
Characteristics
Pedestrian
Subjective
Footfall
Impact of
Regeneration
Random or
Systematic Sample
Clone Town Survey

Helpful Words
Clone Town
Home Town
Stratified Sample
Transect
Independent Store
Chain Store
Quantitative Data
Correlation
Emotional Mapping

Helpful Words
Stratified Sample
Transect
Subjective
Bias
Perception
Reliability
Quick
Qualitative Data
Secondary Data Collection Methods
 Stage 2 questions: Data Collection
a) Justify one of the primary data collection techniques that you used (3 marks)

b) Outline one limitation of the primary data collected (1 mark)

Key Terms:
c) Describe one primary data collection technique you used and explain why you Reliable: Data methods
used would be able to
used it (3 marks)
be repeated and collect
d) Outline one way in which your data collection methods could have been the same results.

improved (2 marks) Accurate: Data collected

is precise.
 Stage 2 questions: Data Collection
e)Evaluate to what extent one method you used to collect your primary fieldwork
data was a success. (6 marks)

Structure:
• Outline the primary data collection method
• Evaluate the successes of the primary data collection
method-reliable/accurate/testable
• Evaluate the weaknesses of the primary data collection method-ease of
collection, errors in collection..
• Make a judgement as to whether the method was a success.
 Answers
d)
a)

e)

b)

c)