Yr12 - Writing your research plan

The PowerPoint below has some guidance on how to write your research plan. This does not have to be written up in the table provided in your assessment. You can write it up yourself in a Google Doc.

Make sure you describe;

• You aim (what it is you are trying to find out!).
• What information you will collect.
• Why you want to collect it (how it will help you answer the aim).
• How you will collect it.
• Why you will collect it in this way.

Yr13 - Research guidance

Some useful information describing how to plan your research.



Think carefully about your methodology - how will you find the answer to the questions you have asked?

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

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 - 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 - Writing a Research Plan

The slideshow below takes you through the basics of writing a research plan.

As91244 intro to research plan from lavenderbongo

Yr12 - Urban Heat Islands and Microclimates

PowerPoint from last lesson on Urban Heat Islands.

Urbanmicroclimates and Urban Heat Islands from lavenderbongo

Useful links on Heat Islands and Microclimates

Urban Heat Islands 

Article on why cities are warmer than their surroundings 

More on what causes urban heat islands 

A whole website on heat islands! 

Stuff News Article 

Encyclopedia link