1. NATIONAL AVU and ASSIGNMENT ST. ANDREW’S HIGH SCHOOL

2. LUSS, LOCH LOMONDOCTOBER 2014

3. RESEARCH TOPIC QUESTION Does Luss water fit the characteristics of a river in its course? or To find out characteristics of Luss water

4. KEY FIGURES WIDTH OF THE RIVER = 10m DEPTH OF THE RIVER Location 123456789 Depth 8cm19cm28cm31cm35cm 43cm49cm57cm 10 60cm

5. SPEED OF THE RIVER Inside Bend Outside bend Trial12345 Speed21.2527.0019.4319.4817.71 AVERAGE SPEED = 25.09m/s

6. BEDLOAD – STONE CLASSIFICATION STONELONG AXISRADIUSCLASSIFICATION 197Oval 252 ½Round / Jaggy 363Rounded / square 431 ½Circle 5157

8. LAYOUT OF YOUR AVU If you have any questions please see your Geography teacher.

10. ASSIGNMENT ST. ANDREW’S HIGH SCHOOL

11. KEY NOTES The timed written assessment that you will complete for the NAT 5 ASSIGNMENT is worth 25% You will submit your draft by: ASSIGNMENT DATE:

12. QUESTION PAPER

16. ASSIGNMENT WRITE UP The NAT 5 ASSINMENT – two pages of data. The last task was to complete a poster about your study. Now you must condense this information down to just two A4 pages for the final assignment.

17. TWO DATA PAGES The two pages of data should be made up of graphs, charts, maps, diagrams, pictures (with annotations) and other processed information. It should not include any chucks of text. The reason for this is that when it comes to your final written assignment you can’t copy text straight from the two pages of data.

18. 1. Write name at the top. 2.You must include the research question. 3.There should be a range of different graphs used so that you can refer to them in the write-up. 4.Any maps, photographs, photocopied material must be annotated to make it ‘your own’. 5.Most, if not all two pages should include a map to show locations or information relating to the fieldwork. 6.Keep your processed data relatively small so that you can include more on the two pages. 7.All graphs, photos, maps, diagrams MUST be labelled i.e. Map 1, Diagram 2 so that you can refer to them in the write-up. 8.Avoid too much writing as you cannot copy this in the write-up. Notes or prompts are better.

19. RESEARCH TOPIC QUESTION Does Luss water fit the characteristics of a river in its course? or To find out characteristics of Luss water

20. RESEARCH METHODS Describe two research methods you used to collect information about your topic or issue. 6 MARKS NOTES Use outcome 1.2 from AVU (TOP LEFT CORNER) Use AVU booklets to help you

21. TWO RESEARCH METHODS 1) MEASURE 2)RECORD What did you do? How did you do it? Materials used? Give us a step by step guide of what you measured and recorded

22. RESEARCH FINDINGS Describe and explain, in detail, the main findings of your research. You must include reference to the Processed Information you have brought into the assessment. 14 MARKS NOTES Use outcome 1.3, 1.3 and 1.5 from AVU

23. DESCRIBE AND EXPLAIN DESCRIBE = SAY WHAT YOU SEE EXPLAIN = SAY WHY SOMETHING HAPPENS / EXISTS

24. CONCLUSION What conclusion have you reached about your topic or issue? 6 marks

25. KEY DATES TO REMEMBER You will submit your draft by: ASSIGNMENT DATE: