1. LO: to understand how to write up your introduction
How successful are sustainable approaches at different scales in Katy, Texas, USA
Geography coursework
LO: to understand how to write up your introduction

2. Purpose of investigation
A definition of the question or issue to be investigated, including the location of the fieldwork investigation.

3. From the exam board

4. What are you investigating? State the question
Put the question in context of your study
What are your aims?
Location of investigation 
What is the greater Houston area like? What are opportunities/ barriers to sustainability
Where are you investigating within Katy– including focused area of study. Include annotated maps showing area investigated e.g. a map locating the whole city (annotate land area, location of the historic downtown, shopping areas, new housing developments, older housing developments and other significant areas of Katy).
Locational context – i.e. what is Katy/ Houston like? Make sure this is focused on ideas that would be relevant to explaining sustainability . e.g. size, function, attractions, climate and economic status.
Theory: MAKE SURE YOU SOURCE ALL WEBSITES, BOOKS USED FOR YOUR BIBLIOGRAPHY
What scales may we study? What are appropriate sustainable
EGAN wheel
 Sub-questions
How are you investigating? What are your 2-3 subsidiary questions, how do they relate to your question? What do you expect to find? (base on theory not prior knowledge of Galveston)
REMEMBER YOU HAVE A WORD LIMIT – WE WOULD RECOMMEND 300 WORDS FOR THE INTRODUCTION

5. Setting the scene…geographical theory

6. What are sustainable practices?
What scales may be considered?

7. Scales Personal School Local government National government
International agreements

8. Sustainable practices we could study….
Building design
Recycling
Transport
Energy
Education
Community involvement

9. Egan Wheel: assessing sustainable communities

10. Egan Wheel

11. For each of the following slides discuss a way in which we could investigate this aspect of the Egan Wheel in Katy

12. Social and cultural
A sustainable community is active, inclusive and safe

13. Governance
A sustainable community is well run and everyone participates

14. Services
A sustainable community is well served by schools, hospitals and other public services

15. Transport and connectivity
A sustainable community is well connected with good transport links

16. Economy
A sustainable community has a thriving local economy where people
are busy

17. Environmental
A sustainable community is environmentally-friendly

18. Equity
A sustainable community is fair for everyone

19. Housing and the built environment
A sustainable community has well designed buildings and public space

20. Do we need to investigate all of these strands?
Which are the easiest?
Which are most relevant to our local area?
Which can we collect quality data on?

21. Locational context
Include an annotated map of Houston (show Katy, transport networks, Downtown etc).
Annotated map of Katy

22. MARK SCHEME FOR THE INTRODUCTION

24. Example of an excellent location map

28. Hypothesis ideas???

29. Mrs Bennett and Ms Capper’s ideas for sub-questions
Which sustainable practices are the most effective in the Katy area?
Which scale (home, school, council etc) has the most impact?
Is there more litter where there are more people?
Is there more pollution where there are more people?
Is there more sustainable practices where there is less development?
Are there more sustainable practices in newer areas of Katy?
How successful are sustainable approaches at different scales in Katy, Texas, USA

30. Peer assessment
Peer assess the example – what mark would you give it?

31. Secondary information you could use:
Katy Farmers market: City of Katy council Transport (park and ride) Walkability