GeographyYears 10–11Geographical Skills

Fieldwork

Design and carry out geographical fieldwork including hypothesis, methodology, data collection, presentation and evaluation

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Fieldwork means going outside to collect real data — like counting cars, measuring river depth, or asking people questions!

  2. 2

    What is fieldwork?

  3. 3

    Let's practise a simple survey. Count how many of each type of transport you see in this street scene!

  4. 4

    Here's how to do a tally chart — counting cars, bikes, and buses.

  5. 5

    Now you try! Use the tally chart to count 7 cars, 4 bikes, and 2 buses.

  6. 6

    In our survey, how many more cars than bikes are there?

  7. 7

    What do you call the marks you make when counting? (One line = one thing)

Practise Fieldwork with Whizlo

Free AI-tutored lessons, unlimited practice questions, and progress tracking for ages 14–16. Aligned to the UK National Curriculum.