Yr13 - Some useful websites for your research.

Below are a few links to websites which should have some interesting statistics on Tourism in NZ and Wellington.

Could be useful for your current Internal Assessment!

Stats NZ

Ministry of Business and Innovation NZ

Tourism New Zealand Stats

Yr12 - Possible topics for New Zealand Geographic Issue Internal. AS91245

 
Image from:  http://www.seafriends.org.nz/oceano/special.htm


Next term we will hopefully be completing two internal assessments one of which you will be able to choose the topic for.

Below is a series of links to recent news items concerning various topics we could look at. The topic has to be based in New Zealand and have a geographical element to it. It also has to be a topic where people have different viewpoints on the issue.

Please have a look at the news items below and add a comment (which you can do at the bottom of this post) stating which topic you are most interested in doing. If you have an idea for a topic that is not listed here please also comment below.

Fracking in NZ

Article in Stuff on Fracking

Controversial proposal to build at Dam in Hawkes Bay

Deep Sea Oil Drilling

Proposal for a cycle way in Island Bay

Refugee crisis in Europe

 
People running from poverty, political and religious persecution are causing huge problems for the countries of southern Europe.

The article linked to below has some great photos and descriptions of the conditions and risks people are willing to take when they are in search of a better life.

Article in the Guardian on Refugee crisis

Pacific Ring lights up!

This morning there has been a couple of large quakes around the Pacific Ring or fire. One not far from New Zealand.

The article linked to below describes what happened in more detail.

Article from Stuff News

Yr13 - Some advice on writing up your research.

Year 13 – Research – Things you need to complete!

1.       Complete all your fieldwork collection.

·         Collect surveys/questionnaires (you will need a reasonable amount – at least 25!)

·         Complete sketch maps/ sketches.

·         Take photographs

2.       Complete the collection of secondary data.

·         Research on the Internet.

·         Requesting information from people.

·         Newspaper/magazine articles.

3.       Writing up and presenting your results.

·         Produce graphs/maps (of questionnaire results or land use surveys)

·         Sketch maps. (of locations visited or land use surveys)

·         Annotated photos.

·         Tables.

4.       Writing your conclusion and summary of results.

·         What did you find out? Did you find the answer to your main aim or hypothesis?

5.       Writing your reflection and evaluation of results.

·         What did you do well and what would you do differently next time and why?

·         Are your results valid or trustworthy? Did you ask the right questions and to the right people?

·         What might have affected your results which may make them inaccurate?

Your Assessment is due in on Friday the 25th July

You will find some useful information to help on the student drive. Please look at the links in the PowerPoint below which will take you to a website with examples of completed and marked assessments. This will give you an idea of what is expected in order to get an Achieved, Merit and Excellence in this assessment.

The following PowerPoint may also be useful.

Research write up guidance from lavenderbongo

This PowerPoint give advice on writing the conclusion and evaluation which are very important!

 

Research – tidying up and finishing! from lavenderbongo

Yr12 - Urbanisation and the evolution of cities.

Great video explaining why we live in cities.

World Cup Geography

Ghana does not produce quite enough electricity to keep everything running in the country. They regularly have to shut down important facilities occasionally to make sure vital resources such as hospitals and water treatment works keep going.

However the World Cup is clearly far more important than anything else. The Government have made sure that everyone will be able to watch.

Read the article here at citylab

Where in the world has the worst air pollution?

 A great interactive map showing where in the world has the worst air pollution. Could be very useful for the internal assessment on global patterns at Level 3.

 

Interactive air pollution map from The Atlantic 

The growing impact of Global Warming

The great article below describes how global warming is affecting the lives of people living in Alaska. Their beliefs, way of life and traditions are being threatened.



Article in the Atlantic

Yr12 - How to present your data, Some Ideas!

Presenting your data! from lavenderbongo

Yr13 - Data Collection Ideas

Questionnaires in geography from lavenderbongo

Yr13 - How to design a questionnaire!

Below are a couple of links to websites with good advice on how to design your questionnaire and the types of questions you should avoid!

The Geography Site

BBC Geography site

Yr13 - Research - Have a look at what is expected!

Below is a link to examples of past student work produced by NZQA. They are all graded and have descriptions of why each sample of work was given a particular grade.

It is really worth looking at these so that you appreciate how much work is involved to gain each grade.

Link to NZQA annotated exemplars

Yr13 - Guidance on writing a research plan

Below is the PowerPoint from earlier in the week.

Intro to research from lavenderbongo

Yr12 - Photographs of people who live on just a dollar a day!

The link below goes to an article with photos and details about people who live on just $1 a day or less. The pictures really demonstrate the difference between living standards and lifestyles across the globe.

Article in the Guardian on people living on $1 a day

Yr11 - Basin Reserve Inquiry finishes!

The Basin Reserve Inquiry has finally finished so a decision should be made soon!


The two links below take you to some articles published yesterday about the inquiry. This could be useful in the assessment.
Stuff News article on Basin Flyover Inquiry completion.

Stuff News article on how the flyover could cause more crashes