so how is it going?

Some common errors being picked up through marking your coursework

• Touchwood and High Street - note the use of capital letters.
• Remember to give all maps, graphs and photos a title and label both axes on graphs.
• Avoid crossing over arrows when annotating pictures - it just makes it look messy and confusing. Best to consider the layout before you start.
• When doing your scattergraphs - give the number of the location alongside the cross or dot on the graph - it will aid in analysis.
• Give % information when producing pie charts.
• when analysing graphs, maps etc, remember to put into words what the graphs show, quote figures or percentages (L3), give 'most', 'least' and highlight any anomalies. Suggest several reasons to explain the trend
• ALWAYS link back to your hypothesis
• Where possible make link between different sets of data. A good example of a link is pedestrian count and quality of environment / shopping survey. You get most people where there is a high score on the SQSA survey.
• LOOK at the marking grids that I gave to you. These are from the board and unless I can find the evidence under the criteria - you don't get the marks.

Have fun!!!

Mezzogiorno or rivers next week ???? Can't decide!

enquiry C help line

I can't believe how quickly the end of term has come. Thank you so much for all your efforts in completing enquiry A and B, I'm really impressed with the quality of the work that you have produced.
As promised here's the helpline for enquiry c
tudorgeography@hotmail.co.uk

Hope you all enjoy the opportunities offered at your work experience placement.

Have a fantastic summer

Mrs N

p.s. remember to take your 'geosquish' photo wherever you go. There's a £10 Touchwood voucher for the best entry.

Enquiry C – Comparative study of neighbourhood shopping centre to Solihull CBD

Aim:
In Enquiry A you looked at the ground floor land use of the CBD. To what extent would you expect a study of a neighbourhood shopping centre to be similar or different? In what ways?

Hypothesis
You might want to consider:
Type of goods purchased – convenience goods (low order) or comparison goods (high order)
Ownership – large organisation of family business
Area of shop
Shopping patterns of customers
Advantages / disadvantages of neighbourhood centre over CBD

Methods
Questionnaire
Map of ground floor land use
Photo analysis – types of shops / goods bought, quality of shopping environment

ENQUIRY C - IMPACT OF TOUCHWOOD

Aim:
To investigate the impact of Touchwood shopping centre on the rest of the CBD
To investigate what shoppers think of the new centre?

Hypothesis
1. Do you think that the rest of the CBD will have benefited from the development of Touchwood? Why?
Number of customers, marketing or advertising, increasing size of the CBD and number of businesses within it
2. Will there be a negative impact on businesses in the rest of CBD. Touchwood is new and modern and so will attract more people perhaps. Do you think the shopping quality or environment is likely to be better and thus attract more people?
3. How do people view the facilities offered by Touchwood in comparison to CBD?
4. Are people attracted to Solihull CBD more due to the development of Touchwood?
5. Does Touchwood attract larger crowds than Mell Square?
6. Has crime increased in Solihull as a result of the development of Touchwood?

Background information on Touchwood
Collect leaflets
Location
Description
Shops, leisure provision, environment- gardens, seating, lighting, sculptures etc, services, information, security
Number of shops, categorise into types of goods
Car parking provision

Table of possible positive and negative factors on other shops and impact on people in Solihull:
Shops +ve no of customers, advertising
People +ve choice of shops, better leisure provision, new jobs available, better quality shopping environment
Shops –ve less customers, more competition, lower profits, higher rents
People –ve more noise, more busy, more congestion, closure of stores / facilities

Table to show similarities and differences between Mell Square and Touchwood
Seating
cafes
pedestrianised
lighting
plants
window displays
information points
signposts,
litter bins

Methods
Questionnaires – either to shoppers or retailers?
Do you compare Touchwood to the whole of CBD or Mell Square?

1. Shoppers Questionnaire:
Distance to home?
Is Touchwood easily accessible?
Do you visit Solihull more since Touchwood has opened
On average how often do you visit Touchwood shopping centre?
Do you prefer to shop in Touchwood or elsewhere in CBD?
When you are shopping within Solihull how much time do you spend in Touchwood, Rest of Solihull
Where do you think quality of shopping is higher – Touchwood or rest of Solihull
Do you find Touchwood is a pleasant environment in which to shop?
Has Touchwood got sufficient facilities?
In your opinion has Touchwood had a positive / negative impact on the rest of Solihull?
Business Questionnaire
Has business suffered from competition in Touchwood
How has business suffered – less customers, loss of interest, business closed down
Has business improved -In what way
Has Touchwood had a positive / negative impact
Has the problem of traffic congestion in Solihull increased since Touchwood was built
Has Touchwood got a wider variety of shops
Is Touchwood visually attractive
Has the maintenance of Solihull improved as a result of Touchwood
Has Touchwood increased the number of visitors to Solihull
Is Touchwood easily accessible?
(Remember to focus questionnaire to aims and link to hypothesis)

2. Quotes from people / Newspaper articles

3. Annotated photos

4. Ground floor land use – number of shops
Are you going to use the same categories as in Enquiry A or devise other?
sports and outdoors
health and beauty
fashions
children’s toys, nursery equipment etc
books, gifts, cards etc
services
electrical and communications
jewellery
shoes and accessories
other specialist

ENQUIRY C - CAR PARKING PROVISION

Aim:
To investigate where the parking restrictions are in Solihull CBD
To investigate the various size, location and costs of car parking in Solihull
To determine whether customers perceive that the car parking facilities provided are adequate for their needs

Hypotheses
Cars will not be allowed in the centre of Solihull CBD. The main shopping area – High St will be pedestrianised. This is because the functions that are situated in these main shopping areas want to make the place as attractive to customers as possible so that they can generate as much money as possible. If no cars are allowed then the shopping area is a safer area.
There is restricted access to and within the centre of the CBD. This is because the CBD is the busiest part of a town and if transport was allowed to drive through the centre it would become very congested, more polluted and less safe
The largest car parks will be located nearer to the centre of the CBD and as you move further out the car parks will get smaller. The busiest place in the CBD is likely to be the centre where the majority of the shops are and where people work. People do not want to walk long distances from the car parks to the town centre. The priority will be to please customers and to make the shopping area as easily accessible as possible – largest car parks



Suggested methods

Blank A4 map
Note where parking is restricted to buses and taxis, where no cars were allowed at all and where parking was permitted

Secondary data – Solihull library, Council Offices, Websites
Map showing location of car parks and car parking restrictions.
List of car parks in Solihull, their size and cost

Questionnaire will prove that the car parks in Solihull are adequate for their needs, provide easy access to the shops and that there are usually plenty of spaces available. This will ensure that demands are met and that customers will be satisfied with the facilities and will return.

Questionnaire will also show that people believe that the car parks in Solihull are expensive. Prices are unlikely to be so high as to discourage people to visit. Short stay prices will be competitive to attract shoppers. Long stay car park charges may be high so as to encourage workers to seek other forms of transport for commuting to work. Car parks may be expensive as the council know that people will have no choice but to pay the price demanded. Prices might also be high to cover the price of the land in the CBD

Questionnaire
How would you rate these aspects of car parking on a scale of 1-5?
i. Access to shops from the car park (1 = easy)
ii. Price of car parking (1 = cheap)
iii. Disabled access (1 = very good)
iv. Car parking spaces (1 = plenty available)
How easy the parking metres are to use on a scale of 1 – 5 (1 = easy)
Which in your opinion, is the best car park in Solihull?
Touchwood, Sainsbury’s, Lode Lane, Poplar Way, John Lewis, other – specify

Photo analysis
Ease of access / number of lanes
Height restrictions
Multi storey
Number of spaces
Lighting
Barriers
Speed bumps
Under cover
Name
Access to shopping area
Parking restrictions on approach roads

ENQUIRY C - VERTICAL ZONING

Aim:
In Enquiry A you investigated the ground floor land use of buildings in the CBD. What use is made of the upper floors of the buildings – retail, office, residential etc?

Hypothesis
Decide on a suitable hypothesis. Examples may include ….
As you move away from the centre of the CBD there is a reduction in the number of storeys in a building.
There will be more commercial use of the upper floors of buildings towards the centre of the CBD
Any residential use of the upper storeys will be found towards the outskirts of the CBD


Suggested methods
Mapping – take the classification table used in enquiry A and use it to map the use of first floor of buildings. Repeat the technique for subsequent storeys.

Annotated photographs to show vertical zoning both within the CBD and towards the outskirts and any possible changes.

the format for enquiry C will be the same as A and B:
aim
hypothesis
method
data collection
data presentation
data interpretation
conclusion
evaluation

being organised

LRC is booked as follows:
Weds 18.06.08
Thurs 19.06.08
Weds 02.07.08
Thurs 03.07.08

26.06.08 - working in L24
27.6.08 - working in L24

5. Typical shopper profile

From the questionnaire that was carried out, produce a profile of a typical shopper in the CBD. Select a suitable picture from clip art and label it according to your findings. e.g. a typical shopper travelled less than 15 minutes, is here to buy comparison goods, thinks that the CBD is very attractive and the range of goods is excellent etc.

4. Questionaire Graphs

4. Pedestrian count - proportional circles

A3 map with– proportional arrows or circles

3. Scattergraphs

You will need to produce two scattergraphs

1. To show correlation between distance from CBD (Mell Sq?) and overall shopping quality score for each site
2. To show any correlation between distance from CBD and pedestrian count

You may wish to carry out a spearman rank correlation to test any significance in the relation between the variables.

Make sure graphs have a title, axes are labelled and that there is a line of best fit drawn with a ruler

3. Shopping quality and street appearance survey

1. Firstly produce a table which shows the scores for shopping quality and street appearance for each site

2. Draw small bar graphs which show the scores for shopping quality and street appearance for each of your 10 locations. Make sure you use the same colour for each category at different locations to enable comparisons.
These bar charts will enable you to:
compare shopping quality at each site
compare street appearance at each site
compare overall score for each site

3. Now stick each of the individual bar charts on an A3 map at the location where the survey was carried out.

Make sure map has a title and a key
This A3 map will count as one of your complex skills

2. Photo analysis - Enq B

2. Photo analysis
This techniques could be used to show quality of shopping environment, street appearance, shopping quality etc. You could include small location map on the same page and written analysis. Make sure labels are DETAILED

Photos could have:
Tracing overlays with added details / annotations
Different coloured arrows highlighting different aspects
Coloured dots with a key reflecting different aspects e.g.

· paving quality
· eye catching window displays
· floral displays
· litter bins
· entrances
· surveillance / safety
· shop fronts
· displays
· signs / advertising
· vertical
· zoning

DATA PRESENTATION ENQ B

Firstly on either an A3 or A4 Map show the 10 sites chosen for street survey and pedestrian count – could use dots / stars.

EVALUATION - Enquiry A

Was the base map accurate?
Were there any problems with using the classification table? …. Charity shops, Sainsbury’s
Have you collected enough data?
Were there any problems in collecting the data?
What were the disadvantages of the techniques selected?
Map …. out of date? change of building shape?
Photographs … open to interpretation?
How could you improve data collection
Were other members of your group reliable?

Did the data collection cover the whole of Solihull area?
What could you do to improve methods - accuracy?
What needs to be done to increase reliability of methods used – day, time, sampling methods?
How accurate are results?
What could be done to improve accuracy?
How valid are your conclusions?
Which results support hypotheses – why?
Which results reject hypotheses – why?

Why might your conclusions be invalid or wrong?
Can you link any weakness in your conclusions to the results or methodology?
What improvements could be made to the enquiry to increase the validity of conclusions?

CONCLUSION – ENQUIRY A

Did you prove or disprove your hypotheses? Relate conclusions to original hypothesis.
Which research or data analysis enabled you to prove your hypothesis?
Refer specifically to the maps / graphs
Link to geographical understanding

3. Analysis of individual land use A4 maps and photograph

Is the type of land use spread across the CBD?
Is it clustered at all?
Look at the photo
· Location of land use
· What is it that attracts people to this land use?
· Why is it located in the CBD?
· How can it afford to exist in the CBD?

2. Analysis of base map divided into squares, table and graph

Where is the clustering located?
Clustering – how big is the area?
What land uses display clustering
What is the % of the total area of the CBD

Explanation:
Accessibility
Competition

1. Analysis of ground floor plan - Enq A

The base map and key show the ground floor land uses in Solihull CBD
You can see which are the most common land uses A - P Which are the top three?
You can see the total number of each of the different categories of ground floor land uses

What are the reasons for the most common land uses?
Competition for land
Accessibility – customers able to reach
much sought after location
high land values - only shops with high turnover and profitability can afford CBD locations.

What is the dominant ground floor land use?
1. Was it specialist shops?
In the CBD there are a wide variety of specialist shops….. book, electrical, hardware, sport, antique shops, jewellers, florists
Specialist shops are located across the CBD … they are different to each other and they are important within the CBD

Explanation…..
CBD is accessible part of the town
Most sought after
Prepared to pay higher land rents to locate centrally because it is important for customers to be able to reach them.
Specialist shops make high profits therefore they are able to afford the high land prices in the CBD

2. Clothing and shoe shops
This land use category shows evidence of clustering as it is mainly located….
Explanation …..
e.g. This is because the shops are selling similar goods and are clustered together to make it easier for the customer to access and so that the shops can compete against each other.
etc.

3. Professional Services and offices – banks, solicitors, architects, doctors, estate agents, doctors, estate agents, opticians, chemists, accountants. Located in CBD as
most accessible part of town
attract a lot of customers
profits
afford the high land prices


Is there any evidence of clustering?
Explanation …..
Selling comparison goods
Customers wish to shop around for different products

From looking at tally chart, bar chart and map are there any land uses not found in the CBD – why?
Not enough space
Land values too high
Pollution
Congestion – adds to transport costs

DATA INTERPRETATION - ENQUIRY A

Describe = put into words what the results show

Analyse = try to explain and give reasons for the patterns shown by the results.

Demonstrate links between the data
Discuss the implications that one set of data might have on another
Relate the analysis to the theory you described and explained earlier – i.e. CBD characteristics

Draw valid conclusions that relate back to the original hypothesis
Summarise results and reach some decision or judgement that relates to the hypothesis
Give reasons for accepting or rejecting each hypothesis


Refer specifically to the data by referring to particular page numbers
Have you made specific numerical references to your data.
Make references to graphs, diagrams etc.

Concentric circles

Concentric circles (assessed as complex skill)
· Photocopy original base map
· Assume centre of Mell Square is centre of CBD draw a circle with a radius of 4cm, 8cm etc until you reach edge of map.
· Cut out each circle
· Stick each zone onto separate pieces of paper and count the number of each ground floor land use there is in each zone.
· Produce a table as in tally chart
· Draw suitable graph to show data – colour each section of graph the same colour as the land use category used on the map.

• could also include a photograph to show typical land uses in that particular zone.

cluster squares

What is it?
A base map divided into grid squares shaded in dominant land use of each square
(assessed as complex skill)
· Draw squares over map 100m 5cm x 5cm
· Shade each square according to the dominant land use colour used in land use classification table.
· If any squares are dominated by two or more equal land uses then split the square accordingly
· Title


What are you trying to show – Why? Link to hypotheses
· Tracing overlay to:
i. State dominant land use type
ii. Show clusters if two or more similar land use squares are located next to each other
· Could graph the total no of squares in each land use category

2nd deadline Thursday 12th June for Enquiry A Hypothesis and methods only

A lot of you have clearly put a great deal of effort into completing the first part of Enquiry A and have achieved full marks!

WELL DONE

now for the next deadline: Thursday 12th JUNE (after the physics exam excuse!!!)

Please could you hand in both hypotheses and methodology for enquiry A and Enquiry B.
Please ensure that you describe:
Enquiry A:
land use mapping

Enquiry B:
questionnaire
taking of photographs
Shopping quality and street survey
pedestrian count

you must describe each method in detail and explain how it will help you to either prove or disprove your hypothesis.

Also please hand in either your cluster squares overlay or donut maps.

Tracing paper, maps or A3 sheets available from L24

1st check Wednesday 14th May

Please hand the following items in an a named 4 ring binder. Please do not put your individual sheets of work inside plastic wallets.

Introduction 1
Introduction 2
Introduction 3

Hypothesis for Enquiry A
Enquiry A Data presention tasks 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4

Please ensure that all graphs and maps have a title, and are appropriately annotated (key, label axes etc)

Photos

Photos I took are now on Flikr. Search for user name Tudorgeog. I've still to add comments on location ....
If any of you have any useful ones to add please bring them in on a memory stick and we'll share them. Sadly, they can't have any of you posing on them as permission has not been requested:) ... leave those for the classroom display or the leavers book!

ENQUIRY B _ Methodology - SASQ

Shopping quality and street appearance classification

Locate 10 points across Solihull on A4 base map from CBD to edge.

Describe the table used to help classify shopping quality and street attractiveness.

How will you assess shopping quality? What does a low score for a location indicate?

Include example of classification table, explain how you will decide the scoring of one location –will you rely on one individual’s perception or discuss opinions as a group – reasons?
Why will this method be useful - Link to hypothesis

ENQUIRY B - Questionnaire

Possible questions could relate to:
*Length of travel
*Mode of travel
*Reason for visit
*Length of visit
*Frequency of visit
*Satisfied with range of goods/ shops
*Types of shops visited – see classification
*Maintenance of Solihull CBD
*Shopping patterns – other locations
*Reason for shopping in Solihull – advantages e.g. Convenience, range, accessibility, environment etc.
*Disadvantages of Solihull CBD
*Any facility lacking / suggestions for improving
*Rate Quality of goods sold
*How do they rate the appearance of Solihull?
*Parking facilities / provision
*Cleanliness / Environment
*Safety / pedestrianisation

When designing your questionnaire, consider ...

*Size of sample
*Layout – tally table, individual questionnaire,
*Number of questions

*Aims of questions – street appearance and shopping quality

*Types of questions – open ended / multiple choice/ closed questions – why?- consider ease of answering and easier to collate data and identify patterns
Any open ended questions – why?
*Reasons for specific questions

Questions need to be (i) short clear and easy to understand (ii) relevant to hypotheses (iii) in a logical and sensible order

Will your questionnaire be hand written or word processed – why?
Will you ask the questions and fill in the answers or did people do it for themselves – why?
Will you follow any selection procedures for asking people or will you try to select examples from each age and gender category – why? Bias?
Will you remain in one location to ask questions or choose different locations? – reasons?
How many questionnaireswill you conduct?

ENQUIRY B - Methodology

1. Shopping quality and street appearance survey
2. Questionnaire – purpose to gather information about the advantages an disadvantages of shopping in the CBD, shopping quality and street appearance – link to hypothesis …. What do you hope to prove?
3. Pedestrian count
4. Photographs

ENQUIRY B - Hypothesis

General Aim

to investigate the shopping quality and street appearance within the CBD.

Many people are attracted to a shopping area by its perceived quality and appearance.

Hypothesis – Decide a maximum of three hypotheses. Examples may include …

1. Shopping quality will deteriorate as you move away from the CBD because

2. Expect to find large crowds in the centre of the CBD because

3. Central shopping area is likely to be pedestrianised because

ENQUIRY A – DATA PRESENTATION

Look at the assessment criteria.....

Level 1 The candidate uses a limited range of basic techniques, some of
which are ICT based, to present the information and express ideas with some degree of accuracy.
Level 2 The candidate uses accurately a range of techniques, some of which are ICT based, to present and develop the information; and express ideas with considerable accuracy in the use of English.
Level 3 The candidate uses accurately a range of more complex techniques, some of which are ICT based, to present and develop the information appropriate to their investigation; and express ideas in a clear, fluent and logical form using precise and appropriate English


Task 4.1
Colour each category of the land use classification key and then colour the A3 base map accordingly.

Task 4.2
Compile a tally chart to show the number of establishments in each of the land use categories
e.g.
Category Tally Frequency total %
A IIII 4 9


Task 4.3
Include a well annotated photograph which show buildings in a range of categories

Task 4.4 A4 maps
On one A4 map - colour all shops in one colour and all offices and public buildings in a second colour. What pattern emerges? ask yourself why?

Look back to your individual hypothesis, does this lend itself to mapping? Did you expect to find any residential properties, industrial premises or vacant properties.
With all maps remember to add a key and title

ENQUIRY A - Methodology

Look at the marking guidelines....

Level 1 The candidate identifies a question or issue and lists the methods used in obtaining the information. Selection, observation and recording uses a limited range of basic techniques.
Level 2 The candidate identifies a question or issue, the sequence of investigation and describes the methods used in obtaining the information. Selection, observation, collection and recording uses a range of appropriate techniques. The work is organised and planned and shows some evidence of the development of tasks
Level 3 The candidate identifies a question or issue and explains why that particular question or issue was chosen. The candidate describes the sequence of investigation, the methods used in obtaining the information and explains why the methods selected are relevant to their investigation. Selection observation, collection and recording uses a comprehensive range of appropriate techniques. The work is well organised, planned and shows evidence of originality and initiative by the candidate.

So what were your methods?

• Base map and classification key
• Annotated photographs
  

Before the fieldwork
Given A3 blank base map and simple land use classification – why, what advantage was it to have this given to you rather than you produce your own?
Include a copy of the classification key. Explain how you completed the map. What are the alternative ways of recording this information? Which method did you select? why?

On the day – what did you do?
Observational skills – different types of ground floor land use.
Explain how you recorded your results – by recording relevant letters for each shop/building onto the base map. Used a key rather than noting shop names or types of goods – speed of data collection and clearer for interpretation and analysis of data. Lots of buildings.
Simple method and accurate – completed whole map in short? Amount of time
Include example of map showing results
Why did you map this yourselves? Observation and recording the ground floor land uses by yourselves was more reliable than using published data – you could ensure that information was up to date and correct. Although Touchwood leaflets had shop names, didn’t say what goods were sold and also such literature was not available for High St, Mell Square etc.
Working in a group – enabled you to discuss and decide any land use which was difficult to categorise on the key – accuracy, reliability. Were there any buildings that fitted in >1 category?


LINK EACH METHODS TO A PARTICULAR HYPOTHESIS - justify why you are doing it!

How do you intend to present your findings – why have you selected these methods?

A3 map according to show results of ground floor land use survey.
A3 map divided into squares and noting dominant land use
of the grid or A3 map divided into concentric zones or overlay zone showing the dominant land use of the zone
A4 maps which relate specifically to your hypotheses e.g. showing car parks, vacant premises and public buildings or showing shops and offices.
Tally chart and graph to show % of land use in the CBD

Photographs
Detailed labelling – minimum of 4 - 5 labels

Enquiry A - Hypotheses

General aim of Enquiry A : To investigate the ground floor land use of each building in the CBD


Make three predictions about what you expect to discover with regard to the land use of the buildings and open space in the CBD e.g.

1. Main ground floor use will be ………. because.... (accessibility, land values)
2. Do not expect to find residential use because.. (land values, congestion, noise, pollution, small space available)
3. Expect to find clusters of similar shops / banks/ entertainment because ...(benefits of location – competition, benefits to be gained from operating in the same area from other service providers e.g. bars and restaurants, restaurants / fast food and cinema., competitive prices)
4. Expect to find only a small amount of vacant premises because (prime location, numbers of people, accessibility)
5. Some of ground floor is taken up with car parks etc because ... (consider workers and customers)
6. Do not expect to find industry because .... ( land for expansion, storage etc. Land values costs)
7. Ground floor land use will differ towards the edge of the CBD because.....
departmental stores etc will locate ....... because. Offices tend to locate ..... because.....

Introduction Task 3

Look at the Assessment criteria – strand … ‘Applied Understanding’
Level 1 …. Locates the study area in a basic manner and through brief description demonstrates some understanding of the ideas and concepts involved and can apply them in a simple manner
Uses a limited range of geographical terminology

Level 3 … locates the study area in detail, and through description and explanation, using a wide range of geographical terms, demonstrates a thorough understanding of the ideas, concepts and processes involved and can apply them constructively to the geographical topic.
Uses a wide range of terminology

3.1 Scene Setter
Explain what a Central Business District is.
In which part of a city is the CBD found? – link to both Burgess and Hoyt models of urban growth - include diagrams - but remember that you are focusing on the CBD, not urban models as such
Why is the CBD found in this part of the city?
What are the typical land use features or characteristics? – give reasons to explain the characteristics (refer to types of shops, heights of buildings, land values, function, clustering of uses, zoning etc)

3.2 Include a well annotated aerial photograph

Introduction Task 2 - General introduction to Coursework

2.1. What is the coursework about?

Enquiry A: investigate ground floor use of buildings
Enquiry B: investigate shopping quality and street appearance
Enquiry C: what are you going to do for the individual component? Choose one of the following:

· impact of Touchwood on businesses in Mell Square
· investigate parking provision / restrictions around CBD
· compare Solihull centre with other centre
· compare Solihull shop types with smaller neighbourhood centre e.g. Dovehouse Parade, Shelley Farm


2.2. Write a short paragraph to include:
Date of fieldwork?
Who did you work with and why did you work in a group
Give names of people in your group
Reason for working in group

2.3. Now you need to set the scene for your coursework. Describe the location of Solihull
· Include maps of different scales to show location – UK – West Midlands, A-Z street map. Scan maps of a variety of scales into your Word document and add suitable annotation.
· Latitude and longitude
· Situation – produce a table or list of other towns or cities and give the direction and distance from Solihull
· Facts and figures

Write a paragraph giving relevant geographical information about Solihull: facts and figures, brief background to the original site of Solihull, give current facts and figures - area, population.

Useful websites:
www.solihull-online.com/info
http://www.solihull.gov.uk/
http://www.solihull.towntalk.co.uk/
www.virtualbrum.co.uk/solihullhtmhttp://icsolihull.icnetwork.co.uk/

Introduction Task 1 - Title page

Include:
Name
Candidate number
Centre number
A suitable photograph from the centre of Solihull
Title: Is Solihull a typical CBD

Birmingham CBD

Solibrum transect itinerary

GEOGRAPHY FIELDWORK

Wednesday 9th April 2008 Birmingham transect – Itinerary

8.45 Depart Tudor Grange

9.45 Arrive Colmore Row work to be completed along Colmore Row and New Street

10.30 Depart from Rotonda / Moor Street Station – (exact location to be decided) travel to Highgate

10.45 Work in Highgate – Leopold Street, Darwin Street,

11.30 Depart to Sparkhill Coach to park in Car park Court Road.
Work along Baker Street and Castleford Road followed by lunch in the park

1.10 Depart to Hall Green – Work along Ferndale Road and Staplehurst Road

1.40 Depart to Monkspath. Pupils to work along Whitford Drive and Kettlebrook Road.

2.15 Drive to Blythe Valley

3.00 Return.