TOTAL LENGTH ABOUT 2,500 WORDS

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• Title page, loose binding, your name, the title.
• An Abstract - two paragraphs summarising i) what you investigated ii) your main findings
• Contents page - page numbers of key section
• aim, hypothesis, sub-questions,
• justification of the topic
• description of selected field area and outer limits chosen for it; annotated base map
• reference to the wider theme into which this enquiry fits. Textbook theory.
• equipment needed
• difficulties faced and how overcome
• recording sheets

• accurate data collection
• description of methods of data collection and choices made
• including accurate description and justification of choices made of sampling sites and the sampling system.
• refining and representation of sufficient data using appropriate mapping and 'graphical' techniques such as field sketches, annotated photographs, sketch maps, graphs.

• description and analysis of each set of data using an appropriate range of textual and visual approaches - e.g. cartographic, diagrammatic, photographic, statistical.
• Mean, median and mode; dispersion.
• interpretation is clear and sensible based on the evidence presented
• answer each sub-question in turn.

• conclusion based on earlier analysis
• conclusion summarises main outcomes
• conclusion refers back to main aim and judges extent to which it has been met.
• unresolved questions are indicated or new questions proposed
• evaluate, methods of data collection and data representation techniques
• evaluation shows candidate is aware of the main limitations of the work
• evaluation shows how further work or a re-run to overcome limitations identified

• table of contents at start
• abstract at start
• references at end
• acknowledgement at end
• appendices at end
• pagination
• within word limit
• accuracy of written English
• geographical terminology
• binding