Geography in Everyday Life

Bite-sized fieldwork in school

A good trigger in SLS Activity A under Geographical Methods, prompting them to think of the research question and hypothesis which they can use in the fieldwork in school. This would get them to also relate to the topic of thinking geographically on how natural vegetation can lower ambient temperature. 

Based on the above activity in SLS - students craft the research question and hypothesis.

Students refer to the map of the school which has 5 sites marked out for the fieldwork.  (I have traced the outline using Google Earth)
Students guess the coolest/hottest site and give reasons for their choice. 

Students collaborated on the collection of data and input them on the spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j_gzexJXlQ6jx5Nv8yMS-lJB8JAcBIOw_VUokub0G14/edit#gid=406301954

Copy of the spreadsheet template - https://tinyurl.com/2mbttm48 

Each group is to record the data they measured and observed on the respective tab on the spreadsheet.
Analysis of data based on the presentation of the data on the bar graph

Conclude and evaluate the reliability of the data collected.
More details for teachers - https://geogshare.blogspot.com/2023/03/inquiry-based-learning-in-new-upper-sec.html

How safe are Singapore's towns?

Recall the hazards  faced and let's look at how safe Punggol town is.
Fire - https://youtu.be/7gIRQNa0Tm0

Air - https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/strong-gas-smell-monday-traced-industrial-facility-malaysia

Traffic  - Google search the traffic accidents in Punggol

Stage 1: Framing the questions

What are question frames?

Anyone planning to conduct a GI should start by asking questions in order to decide on the focus of the investigation. Although we could ask any question we like, using question frames will help to ensure that our questions are logical and relevant to the investigation.

A question frame is basically a set of related questions that we can use in order to better understand the issue or phenomenon that we want to investigate. Two common types of question frame are:

• 5W1H

• Neighbour's Core Questions

5W1 H

In this question frame, we ask questions beginning with the words what, where, why, when, who and how. The diagram below shows some examples of possible questions that can be asked using this question frame:

Neighbour's Core Questions
The second question frame is the 'Neighbour's Core Questions,' which comprises a set of 5 specific questions, which help to guide our investigation into an issue or phenomenon that we are interested in:

Description of Limitations 

Fieldwork duration - class only have 30 minutes to collect the fieldwork data 

Fieldwork study area - class can only collect data from the shopping mall near to the school 

Mental Map
The following is a map of Punggol. Using the following colors, shade different areas of the town to indicate their level of safety.

Green - very safe

Light green - quite safe

Orange - quite unsafe

Red - very unsafe

Sampling  
What sampling method have you decided on using?
What is your sample size?