1 of 15 Data presentation Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. Radar graphs and land use survey Disclaimer This is an example of a teaching aid to support learning in the classroom. It has been written by and is copyright of Sam Coulson, Assistant Head of Geography at William Farr C of E Comprehensive School, and is a resource she currently uses with her class. She has kindly agreed to share this resource as an example of good practice and in anticipation that other teachers will find this approach interesting and inspiring. AQA accepts no liability for the content of these materials.

2 of 15 Radar graphs – when are they used? Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. For showing and comparing environmental quality scores in several different categories. When data can be located (this makes it a complex technique). To compare the different characteristics of an area.

3 of 15 How do you draw them? You will be using Excel to create these, as this is the quickest and most effective way to draw them. Step 1 – open up Excel and type out your categories into the first column. Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.

4 of 15 How do you draw them? Step 2 – in the second column, write the scores for your first data collection area next to the corresponding category. Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.

5 of 15 How do you draw them? Step 3 – highlight all the cells and click on ‘Insert’ along the top bar, click ‘Other Charts’ and at the bottom select the first one in ‘Radar’. Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.

6 of 15 How do you draw them? Step 4 – this will create a radar graph for you, with a line joining all the relevant scores. The area in the centre is representative of the total score, the larger the area, the better the overall score for that data collection point. Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.

7 of 15 How do you draw them? Step 5 – copy and paste your completed Radar graph into a Word or Publisher document. Step 6 – repeat steps 1-5 for all of your data collection areas. Step 7 – you will need to check that all radar graphs have a central scale of 0 – 10. This might not occur if your data does not reach 10, so you will have to complete this manually – see below. Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. Right click on the scale Click on ‘Format Axis…’ Click ‘Fixed’ for ‘Maximum’ and set the value to 10 Click ‘Close’ and the radar graph should have altered

8 of 15 How do you draw them? Step 8 – print your radar graphs, cut them out and locate them onto your map, naming each area. Step 9 – you will need to shade your radar graphs, using one colour for the environmental factors and one for the service factors – see below. Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. Environmental factors Service factors

9 of 15 How do you draw them? Step 10 – check that you have included a bi-polar scale. 0 = negative and 10 = positive. Step 11 – check that your map has a north arrow and scale. Step 12 – title your map. Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.

10 of 15 Land use survey – when are they used? For showing the types of buildings and services found within an area. To allow you to compare a real place to a theory or model. To help identify patterns of land use. Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.

11 of 15 How do you create them? Step 1 – create a colour code for your key, creating a choropleth for each group will make it easier to group these areas later. Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. CoreArts English Art Maths D&T Science Drama Music HumanitiesOther Geography Languages History Business R.E. P.E.

12 of 15 How do you create them? Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. Step 2 – using the data you collected, shade the whole of your map according to your key. CoreArts English Art Maths D&T Science Drama Music HumanitiesOther Geography Languages History Business R.E. P.E.

13 of 15 How do you create them? Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. Step 3 – repeat for both ground floor and first floor. CoreArts English Art Maths D&T Science Drama Music HumanitiesOther Geography Languages History Business R.E. P.E.

14 of 15 How do you create them? Step 4 – once complete, stick a piece of tracing paper over the top to create an overlay. Step 5 – group similar land uses on your overlay by drawing a line around them. Step 6 – create a second key (using the main shade for each group) for your overlay and shade groups according to this. Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. CoreHumanitiesArts Other

15 of 15 Homework – due next lesson Complete all data presentation techniques Proportional circles Radar graphs Land use survey. Check that: all maps have a scale and north arrow you have titled all techniques completed all keys and included scales for necessary techniques. Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.