Primary information
Primary information comes from students' own observations and measurements in the field. The type of qualitative and quantitative information collected should be determined by the aim and fieldwork question.
Geographic Skills
Field Work Skills
Fieldwork is central to AdornGeo: collecting primary information, observing places and evaluating evidence in real geographic contexts.
Fieldwork techniques
Plan observations, measurements, surveys, questionnaires, interviews, environmental quality assessments, photographs, sketches and location data so they answer the fieldwork question.
Preparation & ethics
Design data collection carefully, test methods, consider sampling and safety, avoid leading questions, and respect participants and places.
Ko Samet
The original NIST IB Geography Internal Assessment used Ko Samet, Thailand, to investigate the impacts of tourism.