Geographical Investigation - Stage 6 Geography

This session can be run as an incursion or excursion for Year 11 Geography, and explores the requirements of completing a Geographical Investigation and how to plan and undertake fieldwork independently.

Students will be led through how to iterate ideas for research, develop a plan for inquiry, consider ethical issues, collect primary data, process secondary data and present findings and propose recommendations. This is an ideal session to run at the beginning of Year 11 to assit students as they begin planning their Geographic Inquiry.

Syllabus Content

Geographical Investigation

• Identify an area for geographical inquiry
• Develop geographical questions and formulate a plan
• Identify and observe relevant ethical practices when conducting the investigation
• Collect, record and process relevant primary data
• Organise and process relevant secondary information
• Present and communicate findings
• Propose recommendations for individual and/or collective action as appropriate
• Critically review the plan, process and findings of the investigation

Geographical Tools

Fieldwork

• Formulate geographical questions for investigation
• Identify, collect and record geographical data and information
• Construct a log of events and activities that records the development of a fieldwork activity
• Synthesise and interpret fieldwork data
• Evaluate a fieldwork activity

Cost

$35 per student + GST (38.50)

Minimum booking size

Excursions need a minimum of 15 students to run. 
Please contact us if you have a class smaller than 15 and we can try to combine with a second school.