geography fieldwork

physical geography question

how does the ash brook river change with distance downstream

human investigation question

what impact is tourism having on cwm idwal

give two reasons why the physical investigation was a suitable topic

good accessibility- get to car park and river and move around easily

easy to collect data all in one day

why was the human investigation a suitable topic 2 reasons

good location- able to collect all data on one day

350,000 visitors per year so data will be noticiable

why was the physical geography location suitable

had a car park in walking distance to the river (accessbility)

it was safe and the water was not above welly boot height (had no risks)

why’s as the human investigation location suitable

it was an easily accessible from the car park and had good footpaths

it was easy to collect data in one day

what data methods did we use for the physical geography

bedload size, bedload shape, river width and shape, river velocity

what were the data collection methods used in the human investigation

footpath erosion, pedestrian counts, environmental quality

why were the data collections techniques appropriate

they were simple , safe and could be completed without technology. and because the data points would demonstrate change over distance

what were the data presentations used in human geography

pedestrian counts, EQS score, bar charts of erosion

what were the data presentations used in physical geography

pie charts and dispersion graphs

what were the potential risks in the physical investigation and how did you manage them

animals-stayed away, weather-wore suitable wetproof and warm gear, slips and falls-wore suitable footwear and looked where going

what were the risks in the human geography investigation and how did you manage them

slips and falls-proper equipment on feet, weather- wet gear and extra layers, cars and car park- look where going, animals-stayed away

how did we collect data for footpath eorison

-measured 4m with a tape measure and made sure 2m was in the middle of the path. We then place the quadrat down at the start of the path. We then counted how many squares had: vegetation, bare ground and man made materials. Each square was worth 4% so we calculated the % of each material. We then moved the quadrat along the path.

give some data for footpath eroion

site 7: most erosion- 25% bare and only 5 % management material - 70% vegetation

Site 1: least eroded-40% management material 40% vegetation 20% bare

showed how tourists have negatively impacted the environment from erosion

How did we collect data for a pedestrian count

-Set a timer for 5 mins using a stopwatch, counted the number of people who walked past us.

-presented it on a GIS map with located proportional symbols

-most popular area= site 1- 10 ppl due to cafe

-least popular=site 10-3 people due to least accessibility

gave data of the popularity of the area+ no tourists

How did we collect data for the environmental quality

-we filled out a table rating: litter, noise pollution and natural beauty from 1-5

-presented it on a GIS map with located proportional symbols

highest score-site 10 it got 19/20 also lowest pedestrian count -least erosion +environmental impact

how did we investigate bedload size

at each 10 points acorssthe river(in the same location where the depth was measured) we pciked up a pebble-measured using calipers-longest axis of the pebble.

-systematic sampling-removes bias

How did we investigate bedload shape

-at each of the 10 points across the river-pick a pebble and compare it to the powers scale of index roundness.-subjective so ask for whole group opinion

site 1: upstream 50% rocks= va 0=subrounded

site 6: donwstream-50% subrounded

How did we investigate channel depth

divide the the width of the channel by 10 and measure evry 10th. Stick the measuring stick in with the 0 towards the floor. measure where the water reaches the ruler

site one: 0,05m

site five:0.2m

How did we investigate velocity downstream

-use a hydroprop and a timer. Place the hydroprop into the current and start the stop watch. When the propellor reaches the end, stop the stopwatch.

Explain how one data presentation technique used in your human geography enquiry helped you to interpret the data.

-measured 4m with a tape measure and made sure 2m was in the middle of the path. We then place the quadrat down at the start of the path. We then counted how many squares had: vegetation, bare ground and man made materials. Each square was worth 4% so we calculated the % of each material. We then moved the quadrat along the path.

-we used a bar chart to represent the data

Explain how one data presentation technique used in your physical geography enquiry helped you to interpret the data.

-at each of the 10 points across the river-pick a pebble and compare it to the powers scale of index roundness.-subjective so ask for whole group opinion

-we presented this with a pie chart

-site one was mostly very angular but as it got further downstream, the rocks became more rounded until at site 6, the rocks were mostly subrounded

Suggest why one set of data you collected in your physical fieldwork enquiry may not have been accurate.

• The river was in flood so it was not possible to accurately measure the width of the channel

what geographical concept were we proving when doing our physical geography

Bradshaw’s model

what geographical concept were we proving when doing our human geography

the honeypot site theory