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Simpson's Diversity Index Calculator
An Excel spreadsheet which automatically calculates the final value for Simpson’s Diversity Index.
A good way for students to check their long-hand working, or a way to analyse primary data for students who are not confident in their maths skills.
Presenting ArcGIS data (beginner plus)
A step by step guide to going beyond the most simple data presentation methods in ArcGIS.
Interquartile Ranges
A student guide to this simple statistical test. This worksheet gives examples of a variety of geographical investigations which can use interquartile ranges as well as a fully worked example for students to follow.
Personal Safety in Fieldwork
A quick guide for students about to undertake fieldwork, highlighting some of the key ways they can keep themselves and others safe.
Chi Squared Test Significance Table
A full significance table for use with the Chi Squared test. This version shows five different levels of significance.
Z Scores
A student guide for the use of Z scores within geographical research. Includes a step-by-step guide showing students how to calculate them.
Statistics Calculators
A set of Excel spreadsheets which automatically calculate critical values for six of the most widely used statistical tests in geography A Level:
Spearman’s Rank Correlation Coefficient
Mann Whitney U Test
Chi Squared Test
Student’s T Test
Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient
Simpson’s Diversity Index
A good way for students to check their long-hand working, or a way to analyse primary data for students who are unconfident in their maths skills.
Independent Title: Balloon Debate
A worksheet designed to support students in becoming more independent as they start and complete their NEA.
Students are asked to justify their choice of title via a balloon debate - the worksheet highlights some of the key areas that their justifications should cover. This enables students to see the relative strengths and weaknesses in each others’ titles and encourages them to make their NEA titles as strong as possible.
Geolocating data in ArcGIS
A simple, step by step guide to presenting quantitative data on a map in ArcGIS and creating a new layer of information.
What is the data?
A worksheet designed to support students in becoming more independent as they start and complete their NEA.
Students are asked to define the different forms of data they may need to collect as part of their NEA. This encourages students to think more widely about the nature of data and how different forms of data might be collected independently.
Student's T Test Calculator
An Excel spreadsheet which automatically calculates the critical value for the Student’s T test.
A good way for students to check their long-hand working, or a way to analyse primary data for students who are not confident in their maths skills.
Independent Working: Self Assessment Quiz
A worksheet designed to support students in becoming more independent as they start and complete their NEA.
Students are asked to complete a quiz that ranks their research activities in terms of the level of independence they have displayed.
Independent Working Checklist
A worksheet designed to support students in becoming more independent as they start and complete their NEA.
Students are asked to complete a checklist of activities to show that they have worked independently during their research.
Design the perfect field research
A worksheet designed to support students in becoming more independent as they start and complete their NEA.
Students are asked to design their perfect, no-limits fieldwork research for their NEA. Once teachers then give the parameters for the fieldwork, such as location and timescale, students then scale their ideas to work logistically. This activity encourages students to think big and take greater ownership with their research, improving their motivation to be independent.
Lorenz Curves
A student guide to Lorenz Curves - what they are, how they could be used in geographical research and how to calculate them. The worksheet includes a step-by-step guide and worked example.
What does an independent researcher look like?
A worksheet designed to support students in becoming more independent as they start and complete their Geography NEA.
Students are asked to select appropriate descriptions of what an independent researcher is like - highlighting the kind of good practice they should emulate.
Independent Research Diary
A worksheet designed to support students in becoming more independent as they start and complete their NEA.
Students are asked to complete the diary in the form of a table, recording their thoughts, any positive and negative feedback, and providing a structure to the research process.
Increasing Engagement with People and Places in Fieldwork
A guide listing a range of techniques teachers can use to try to get their students to engagement more with their fieldwork site. These cover the time before, during and after the fieldwork has taken place.
Planning Your Use of GIS in the NEA
Through a series of five tasks, this worksheet guides students through the thought processes needed to ensure successful deployment of GIS in the collection and/or presentation of their data in the NEA.
Nearest Neighbour Index
A guide showing students a range of ways to use this statistical test as well as a step-by-step guide for its completion through a fully-worked geographical example.