Defining where 'My Neighbourbood' is

You should assume that the person reading your coursework knows nothing! Therefore you need to tell them very clearly where the area is that you are going to study and what the main features are. This can be done quite simply by producing an annotated map, like this example shows.

Collecting data

Your main aim during half-term is to get your primary data collected. This could include:

• surveys


• photographs


• traffic counts


• environmental quality surveys

Everyone should complete an environmental quality survey for each street in their neighbourhood. Lost the sheet? No excuses ... download a new one here!

There are also many other methods and types of data that you could collect - look here for some ideas:

Coursework Guidance

Use these documents to help you with the write-up for your coursework. Also read the last few posts which give some hints and tips.
Remember, there will be no school network over half-term!

Coursework Guidance - the definitive guide on what to include!

Setting the Scene

AN INTRODUCTION TO LONG EATON

In this section, write about the town of Long Eaton to tell the person reading your work what the town is like.

Include things like:
· A map to show the location of Long Eaton in the UK and the Midlands.
· A description of Long Eaton’s location
· Size of population
· A little bit of history about Long Eaton
· Services and recreation facilities in Long Eaton
· Types of businesses and work places in Long Eaton – can you name any companies?
· Local communications and transport (roads, air port, public transport)
· One or two photographs of something well known in Long Eaton?(not too large though)

HEALTH WARNING!

Remember, you will not get any marks for information you have copied from the Internet!! Exam boards have technology that compares coursework to information available online!

This word document is a very good example of what you could do and the types of things that should be included:

Background

You are expected to do your coursework about an issue that is important and relevant to your life / other people, therefore you need to explain why your coursework is relevant. Some people might call this the rationale - the reason behind doing something.

You need to write a paragraph to put your work ‘in context’. This means explaining why it is useful to study towns and cities and how people live in them…………… So, you could explain that most people do live in urban areas, so there must be some good reasons why. Say what you think these reasons are.

Setting Your Aims

THE AIMS OF THE INVESTIGATION

• To describe and explain the features of my neighbourhood.
Now write a brief paragraph about what your neighbourhood is like and how you will investigate it (such as, by collecting and analysing primary and secondary data).

• To investigate 3 hypotheses about my neighbourhood.
Write them down in a list (have a look at the sheet that has some examples of hypotheses).



• To investigate a local environmental issue (or problem) in my local area and suggest how this issue (or problem) can be solved or improved.
Now briefly say where the local issue is and what the local issue (or problem) is.

This document shows how you could set out this section:

Beginning your Coursework

My Neighbourhood: Here Today, Better Tomorrow

General advice:

• This is YOUR (!) coursework and it is up to you to set yourself goals and targets for what you want to achieve.
• You have a word limit of 2500 - 3000 words.
• The deadline is Friday 22nd June.
• Your coursework is about your neighbourhood - this is an area of between 7 and 10 streets surrounding your house.
• Your work should be presented professionally and everything should be word processed.
• All maps, graphs and photographs should have titles and labels where appropriate.

Finally, you could try to enjoy it!

Things I found on You Tube

There is a huge amount of relevent videos on You Tube - have a look at just a few here:

Two approaches to tourism in Brazil

Ecotourism raises money for conservation as the profits of the tourism are used to preserve the biodiversity of the area and to help local communities develop in a sustainable way. It can also be used to educate tourists and local people about the natural environment and how it can be respected and protected.
Sustainable tourism is tourism that does not damage culture or environment and improves the lives of those involved in it.

The Ariau Towers Hotel



Visit the website here to see what type of tourism goes on here.




The Mamiraua Tourist Project



Visit this website to see details of holidays in the floating lodges!


Access this information sheet with key details of the two very different holiday destinations in Brazil.

Newly Industrialised Countries (NICs)

A newly industrialised country (NIC) is a country which have undergone rapid and successful industrialisation since the early 1980s. These countries are usually found in Asia's Pacific Rim and include places such as Thailand, Singapore and South Korea.

View this slideshow to see the effects of rapid industrialisation on NICs such as Thailand.