NATIONAL

AVU and ASSIGNMENT

ST. ANDREW’S HIGH SCHOOL

LUSS, LOCH LOMOND OCTOBER 2014

RESEARCH TOPIC QUESTION

Does Luss water fit the characteristics of a river in its course?

or To find out characteristics of Luss water

KEY FIGURES WIDTH OF THE RIVER = 10m

DEPTH OF THE RIVERLocation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Depth 8cm 19cm 28cm 31cm 35cm 35cm 43cm 49cm 57cm10

60cm

SPEED OF THE RIVER

Inside Bend Outside bend

Trial 1 2 3 4 5

Speed 21.25 27.00 19.43 19.48 17.71

AVERAGE SPEED = 25.09m/s

BEDLOAD – STONE CLASSIFICATION

STONE LONG AXIS RADIUS CLASSIFICATION1 9 7 Oval2 5 2 ½ Round / Jaggy3 6 3 Rounded / square4 3 1 ½ Circle5 15 7

LAYOUT OF YOUR AVU If you have any questions please see

your Geography teacher.

ASSIGNMENT

ST. ANDREW’S HIGH SCHOOL

KEY NOTESThe timed written assessment that you will complete for the NAT 5 ASSIGNMENT is worth 25%

You will submit your draft by:

ASSIGNMENT DATE:

QUESTION PAPER

ASSIGNMENT WRITE UP

The NAT 5 ASSINMENT – two pages of data.

The last task was to complete a poster about your study.

Now you must condense this information down to just two A4 pages for the final assignment.

TWO DATA PAGES The two pages of data should be made up of graphs, charts, maps, diagrams, pictures (with annotations) and other processed information.

It should not include any chucks of text. The reason for this is that when it comes to your final written assignment you can’t copy text straight from the two pages of data.

1. Write name at the top.2. You must include the research question. 3. There should be a range of different graphs used so that you can refer to

them in the write-up.4. Any maps, photographs, photocopied material must be annotated to

make it ‘your own’.5. Most, if not all two pages should include a map to show locations or

information relating to the fieldwork.6. Keep your processed data relatively small so that you can include more on

the two pages.7. All graphs, photos, maps, diagrams MUST be labelled i.e. Map 1, Diagram

2 so that you can refer to them in the write-up.8. Avoid too much writing as you cannot copy this in the write-up. Notes or

prompts are better.

RESEARCH TOPIC QUESTION

Does Luss water fit the characteristics of a river in its course?

or To find out characteristics of Luss water

RESEARCH METHODS Describe two research methods you used to collect

information about your topic or issue.

6 MARKS

NOTES Use outcome 1.2 from AVU (TOP LEFT CORNER) Use AVU booklets to help you

TWO RESEARCH METHODS

1) MEASURE 2)RECORD

What did you do? How did you do it? Materials used?

Give us a step by step guide of what you measured and recorded

RESEARCH FINDINGS

Describe and explain, in detail, the main findings of your research.

You must include reference to the Processed Information you have brought into the assessment.

14 MARKS

NOTES Use outcome 1.3, 1.3 and 1.5 from AVU

DESCRIBE AND EXPLAIN

DESCRIBE = SAY WHAT YOU SEE

EXPLAIN = SAY WHY SOMETHING HAPPENS / EXISTS

CONCLUSION

What conclusion have you reached about your topic or issue?

6 marks

KEY DATES TO REMEMBER

You will submit your draft by:

ASSIGNMENT DATE: