Enquiry Enquiry Skills Skills GEOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHY Malcolm McDonald Bathgate Academy
Mar 28, 2015
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Malcolm McDonald Bathgate Academy
EnquiryEnquiry Skills Why so Skills Why so important?important?Knowledge & Understanding = Knowledge & Understanding = 40%40%Enquiry Skills = 60%Enquiry Skills = 60%
KU - 1KU - 1 ES - 2ES - 2 Grade - 2Grade - 2
KU - 3KU - 3 ES - 4ES - 4 Grade - 4Grade - 4
EnquiryEnquiry Skills What are they Skills What are they ??
GatheriGatheringng
ProcessiProcessingngEvaluatingEvaluating
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GATHERING SKILLSGATHERING SKILLS ? ?Take Take photosphotos
QuestionnaQuestionnaireire
= Collecting= Collecting
Colour mapColour map
InterviewInterview
Traffic surveyTraffic survey
Use mapsUse maps
FieldsketchFieldsketchObservingObserving
MeasuringMeasuring
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Gathering Skills Gathering Skills JustificationJustification
Why would you use them ?Why would you use them ?
Drawing a mapDrawing a map
GoodGood source ofsource of information information
Can show land usesCan show land uses
JUSTIFICATIONJUSTIFICATION
Industry - Old
Housing -VictorianHousing 1900+
Industry -New
ANY TOWN
MAIN STREET
Can compare toCan compare toOlder mapsOlder maps
Can see distributionsCan see distributions
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Gathering Skills Gathering Skills JustificationJustification
Why would you use them ?Why would you use them ?
ObservingObserving
Accurate notes can be kept in a Accurate notes can be kept in a notebook notebook
Good source of up to date informationGood source of up to date informationJUSTIFICATIONJUSTIFICATION
Photos can be analysed Photos can be analysed later later Traffic or pedestrian figures to Traffic or pedestrian figures to process process
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CBD WHERE IS THE CBD ?
Walk along the main streetTake a note of the buildingsWhat height are they ?What type of shop/office ?How busy is the street ?Take some photographs ..
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Gathering Skills Gathering Skills JustificationJustification
Why would you use them ?Why would you use them ?
InterviewInterviewOr SurveyOr Survey
Way of collectingWay of collectinghistorical historical information information
Accurate Accurate informationinformationdirectly from directly from peoplepeople
JUSTIFICATIONJUSTIFICATION
Can do a sample to Can do a sample to process later-50 process later-50 peoplepeople
FACTORY LOCATIONWhy build here ?
Any grants available ?
Are the workers local?
Where are your suppliers?
INTERVIEW
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Easy to draw graphsEasy to draw graphsWith the resultsWith the results
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Gathering Skills Gathering Skills JustificationJustification
Why would you use them ?Why would you use them ?
FieldsketchFieldsketch
Sketch is more Sketch is more selective than selective than photophoto
JUSTIFICATIONJUSTIFICATION
Can pick out Can pick out Relevant featuresRelevant features
Can compare withCan compare withOld pictureOld picture
Stores informationStores informationinstantlyinstantly
limestoneis jointed
pavementlimestone
streamsmall
waterfallold
Simply Simply meansmeans
PROCESSING SKILLSPROCESSING SKILLS
What are What are they ?they ?
drawing a drawing a diagramdiagramputting figures in a putting figures in a tabletable
drawing a graphdrawing a graph
Easier to read Easier to read informationinformationEasy to make Easy to make comparisomcomparisomEasy to look at trendsEasy to look at trends
Processing SkillsProcessing Skills JustificationJustification
Why would you use them ?Why would you use them ?
Line GraphLine Graph
Relationship - 2 variablesRelationship - 2 variables
Shows trendsShows trends
JUSTIFICATIONJUSTIFICATIONShows amount of Shows amount of growthgrowth
Easy to Easy to drawdraw
20
15
10
0 c
July 1 - 14 th 2000
Temp
Easier to read than Easier to read than figuresfigures
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Processing Skills Processing Skills JustificationJustification
Why would you use them ?Why would you use them ?
MultipleMultipleLine GraphLine Graph
JUSTIFICATIONJUSTIFICATION
Compares things Compares things at different at different placesplaces
Easy to Easy to drawdraw Similar Similar trends trends can be seencan be seen
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0
20
10
April 1st 2001 8 -8pm
Wind speed in mph
12
3
Wind risingin morning
Wind fallingin afternoon
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Processing Skills Processing Skills JustificationJustification
Why would you use them ?Why would you use them ?
Bar GraphBar Graph
JUSTIFICATIONJUSTIFICATION
Good way of Good way of showingshowing AmountsAmounts
Highs and Highs and lowslows
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250
200
150
100
50W B L A
Sunshine days in West Lothian
WhitburnBathgate
LivingstonArmadale
Increases or Increases or decreasesdecreases
Enhanced in Enhanced in colourcolour Enhanced in 3DEnhanced in 3D
Processing Skills Processing Skills JustificationJustification
Why would you use them ?Why would you use them ?
Pie ChartPie Chart
JUSTIFICATIONJUSTIFICATIONGood way of Good way of showingshowing PercentagePercentage
ss ProportionsProportions
Relative Relative importanceimportance Easy to readEasy to read
Don’t need a Don’t need a scalescale
Oilseed RapeWheatBarleyTurnips
Easy to compareEasy to comparedifferent different statisticsstatistics
FARM 2
Processing Skills Processing Skills JustificationJustification
Why would you use them ?Why would you use them ?
ProportionalProportionalBar GraphBar Graph
JUSTIFICATIONJUSTIFICATIONDivided bar graph is good Divided bar graph is good forfor showing showing
proportionsproportions Is easier to draw than Is easier to draw than piechart piechart
Easy to Easy to readread Easy to compareEasy to compare
different different statisticsstatistics
100%806040200
0 - 16 years 16-35 36-55 55+
Population Structure - Ghana
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Processing Skills Processing Skills JustificationJustification
Why would you use them ?Why would you use them ?
TransectTransect
JUSTIFICATIONJUSTIFICATIONTransect is good for Transect is good for showing showing relationship -height and relationship -height and landuselanduseLocations straight from Locations straight from map map Comments can go Comments can go underneathunderneathusing headings likeusing headings like
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Height
100200300400
sheepwoodland
arable urban country
park
golfcourse
river
Land useLand useSettlemenSettlementstsTransportTransport
Answering QuestionsAnswering QuestionsGENERAL QUESTION The information below was collected during an investigation of a local factory
PRODUCTION COSTS %PRODUCTION COSTS % Number of workersNumber of workersTransport 15Plant running 15 Office 30Council Rates 10 Manual 60Machinery / Buildings 25 Transport
20Wages 25 Managerial
6Materials 10For each table identify an appropriate technique For each table identify an appropriate technique ( you should have 2) which you would use to ( you should have 2) which you would use to process this information. In each case justify your process this information. In each case justify your choice of techniquechoice of technique
Answering QuestionsAnswering QuestionsPRODUCTION COSTS %PRODUCTION COSTS %Transport 15Plant running 15Council Rates 10Machinery / Buildings 25 Wages 25Materials 10
TransportPlant
Council RatesBuildingsWagesMaterials
PIE CHART ?
Answer 2+2 =4
The production costs could be shown by a pie chart. Each production cost could be shown clearly in segments so that they could be compared. The main categories can be easily identified. Colour or shading can bring out the differences.
2520151050
T P C B W M
BAR CHART ?The production costs could be shown by a bar graph. The graph could show the largest to the smallest in order.. This would make comparison easy. The scale chosen can bring out major differences. Colour or shading can make it easy to compare the different costs
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Grade 1Grade 1
Luck Luck
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