Fieldwork Write Up Booklet 20121

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Following the Year 9 Geography Field Trip to the North Coast – you must write up a Fieldwork report that explains what you did on the field trip and what it means.

AimThe Aim of this field trip is to enable students to learn and understand the maincomponents of the erosive and depositive power of the coast. We will also look

at how we may be destroying this fragile environment

What things did we measure on the field trip

There were 3 main activities/tasks that you carried out on the field trip -

1. Field sketches at beaches 1 - 4

2. each !uality surveys at beaches 1 " 4

2. Types of #uman and $conomic %ctivity alon& the 'orth (oast

3. $)tended each !uality $)ercise " Types of pollution on the beach

*ear + (oursework write up &uidance ,212 a&e 1

!lemish College Geography "epartment

Year 9 #$%&$'

The Coastal (n)ironment

(rosion* "eposition and +ollution at the North Coast


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,ow to write a fieldwork report

0n eo&raphy when we return from eo&raphy Field trips we always like to think about some ofthe discoveries that we have made when we were out in the field. The best way to think aboutthese thin&s and to put some sort of order to&ether is to produce a piece of eo&raphy

coursework. This is what we are &oin& to look at over the ne)t few lessons. *ou will then be&iven a deadline and you will have to produce your final neatly presented piece of work and&ive this in to your teacher. The more thou&ht detail and effort that you put in " the moremarks that you will be awarded.

*our fieldwork report should consist of 5 sections.

1. Title a&e2. 0ntroduction3. %ims ,#ypothesis4. 6ata (ollection

7. 6ata resentation8. 6ata %nalysis ,9ritin&5. (onclusion and $valuation

&. Title +age:n a plain piece of paper write out the title for the pro;ect your name and yourclass. *ou should include relevant photo&raphs or a drawin&/picture. The Title forthis pro;ect is


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0. 1ims #,ypothesis'The %im for the Fieldwork e)perience is stated on the first pa&e of this booklet.#owever the aims of what you are &oin& to look at in this report are sli&htlydifferent. For this fieldwork you are lookin& at 4 hypothesis or statements and youare &oin& to prove whether the statements are true or false ,this is done at the end

of the coursework " in the conclusions. These are the aims of your pro;ect@

1. arts of the beach alon& the 'orth (oast are of a different Auality.2. There is evidence of erosion and deposition in this area.3. There is evidence of many different types of economic activity.4. ollution is a bi& problem in this area.

Hint: $or this section all you need to do is take one page and to copy out the %aims&hypothesis. Make sure that you refer to these as you present and write yourcoursework. 'ou should answer true or false to each hypothesis in the (onclusionsection of your coursework.

2. "ata Colle/tion0n this section you must write about how you /olle/ted your results. *ou must&ive a well written account of what was done on the fieldwork visit that we made tothe 'orth (oast. This section must read well ,subheadin&s mi&ht help youor&anise this section. *ou need to make sure that you include the followin&information in your data collection section -

eneral information about collectin& your data

6escribe what happened on the fieldwork event e.&. 9hen did you

collect your resultsB / 9here did you collect themB / 9ho did you work withB etc each !uality surveys " where and how did you complete theseB

Field sketches " describe how these were completed

$vidence of economic activity - how did you &ather this informationB

ollution survey " where and how did you complete thisB

$rosion and deposition landforms " how did you find evidence of theseB

%ny other relevant information

Hint: )o try and make this into a piece of writing rather than *ust answering the +uestions.t might be a good idea to show pictures of the e+uipment used during the day. Thisshould be about - pages long. 'ou could divide this into different sections.



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3. "ata +resentationThis is the section where you will include any &raphs tables and pictures that havebeen collected and drawn to prove points in your coursework. *our datapresentation must include the followin& items "

3 table of results - each !uality $)amples of $conomic %ctivity and Type of

ollution 4 field sketches of the different stops alon& the route. These should be

coloured and labelled properly. *ou may want to include a photo of this sitetoo.

The followin& 3 &raphs must be drawn carefully and neatly

• Cine &raph comparin& the Auality totals for each site visited

• ar (hart comparin& the each !uality Totals for each site

•raph to show pollution totals

*ou may add to this list of you wish " e)tra marks will be &iven to students who

submit different types of &raph

Hint: Make sure that all drawings, tables and graphs are presented as neatly as possible. 'ou will loose marks if anything is not completed properly. !raphsshould be labelled properly, have titles and should be coloured when appropriate/.

4ine graph /omparing the 5uality totals for ea/h site )isited

#one or two sites to 6e drawn on ea/h graph'



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7ar Chart /omparing the 7ea/h 8uality Totals for ea/h site

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Total score(out of 36)

Site 1 Site 2 Site 3 Site 4

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Bar Chart to show the Beach Quality

Totals for all 4 sites

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Graph to show pollution totals'ou must think carefully about this graph yourself and come up with a suitablemethod of presenting it.

+hotos0f you have taken any pictures durin& the field trip on a di&ital camera or a

mobile phone " you should choose a few of these ,no more that 8 and youcan add them into this section of your work. *ou should always annotate thepictures ,add labels to them to e)plain what they are showin&

Hint: The more effort that you go to in this section 0 the better the mark that you get.Make sure that all drawn graphs and pictures are drawn as neatly as possible. t isgood to make sure that graphs and pictures are in full colour. 1ometimes a good wayto organise your work so that it is easier to talk about in the ne#t section is to give eachtable, graph and picture a number eg !raph 0 A bar chart . . . ., 1ketch 0 1ite . . . . etc



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. "ata 1nalysis #Writing'This section is the tou&hest part of any coursework. *ou must try to e)plain to thereader what you have learnt. For this coursework we su&&est that you split this

section into 4 sections " one section to talk about each of the different hypothesis.

*ou should refer to the tables &raphs sketches and photos in the 6ataresentation section to e)plain the differences between the 4 places visited alon&the coast.

Section A - Parts of the beach along the North Coast are of a different quality

9hat are the main differences between the 4 placesB9hat are the main similaritiesB

9hich place was the beach Auality bestB 9hich place was the worstB(an you think of any reasons why this is the caseB9hat did you think of each of the different places that we visitedB9hat was your favourite place and whyB

Section B - There is evidence of erosion and deposition in this area 6id you come across any erosion landforms on the fieldtripB 6escribe these andtry to e)plain how and why these were formed.6id you come across any deposition landforms on the fieldtripB 6escribe theseand try to e)plain how and why these were formed.9hich process is more important in this areaB " $rosion or 6eposition " &ivereasons for your answer

Section C - There is evidence of many different types of economic activity

9hat types of economic activity were found alon& the coastB$)plain the advanta&es and disadvanta&es there are for any industry that mayhave located alon& the coastB

0s there any evidence of the stru&&les that these industries may have had to &othrou&hB

Section D - Pollution is a big problem in this area

9hat evidence was there that pollution takes place hereB0s pollution a ma;or problem in this areaB9here and who does most of the pollution come fromB9hat su&&estions can you make to stop pollution in this areaB

Hint: Make sure that when you are writing up the points for each section that youdo not *ust answer the +uestions 0 try to think of +uestions yourself. Also do try to



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make sure that you refer to your tables, pictures and graphs in this section. t isessential that you e#plain to the reader what each graph shows.

:. Con/lusion and ()aluationThis is the last section of your pro;ect and is divided into 2 sections. $ach sectionshould be about > pa&e in len&th.

Conclusion $)plain what you have learnt by completin& this coursework

9hat thin&s about coasts pollution beach Auality etc have you learntB

o back to your 4 aims and state them a&ain and this time answer whether

you have found each hypothesis to be true or false

valuation 9hat have you en;oyed about this fieldworkB

9hat thin&s have you not en;oyedB

9hat thin&s would you do differently if you had to do this piece of work a&ainB

9hat aspects of this fieldwork did you find difficultB

Hint: You must reflect on your own feelings and opinions about the

coursework in this section. Be honest, but do try to be constructive with

your ideas to change the coursework and do try to be realistic.

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;ther useful information

0f you have access to a computer " do try to type and present as much of your coursework

as possible on computer " it looks neater and more professionalD

Eome useful information and photos of the local area are found on the eo&raphy

department web site ,click on the *ear + link and &o to the *ear + coastal work section Theaddress is http@//www.think&eo&raphy.or&.uk

roof read your work to make sure that all pa&es are free from spellin& mistakes and

errors.

0t is a &ood idea to put your completed coursework into some form of folder or binder when

you hand it in.

Finally take pride in your work and try to do your very best. The mark that you &et for this

piece of work will &o towards your final eo&raphy mark at the end of the year ,and will &oonto your summer reportD

Finally finally " make sure that you have your finished report ready to hand in for the

coursework deadline.

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