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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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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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