Make a Better Neighbourhood

What you'll make

A data table and graph, a GIS layer map, an annotated proposal and an explanation of evidence and gaps.

What you'll learn

• Planning fieldwork safely
• Land-use surveys and environmental quality scores
• Introductory GIS layers
• Drawing conclusions and knowing their limits

You'll need

Clipboard, pencil — or the supplied data

Fieldwork is planned and agreed with an adult. No talking to strangers, no photos of identifiable people, no public location sharing. Supplied or remote data is recorded as secondary data, not first-hand fieldwork. Locations stay private.

Curriculum links

• Use fieldwork in contrasting locations to collect, analyse and draw conclusions from geographical data
• Use geographical information systems (GIS) to view, analyse and interpret places and data
• Interpret and analyse a range of quantitative and qualitative data, including statistical data on trends and relationships between geographical phenomena
• Understand urbanisation, including the causes and geographical effects, at country and city scale, of urbanisation and megacities