How do you plan a fieldwork investigation?

Ayesha: What do you want to find out when we do our fieldwork, James?

James: I want to see if the valley was formed when a spaceship crash landed!

Ayesha: Or we could find out how a curvy part of the river is different to a straight part.

James: Oh… yeah! That would be a good one too.

Ayesha: We'll need to do drawings of the landscape to show the shape of the river.

James: I'd like to know how fast the river flows. We could get some rafts and float down the river.

Ayesha: You don't need to be in the river to do that! You can float things down the river and see how quickly they move from one point to another.

James: An orange! It won't harm the river, it's easy to see and it floats!We could look for human and physical features.

Ayesha: I could draw a map showing the physical features created by the river, where we can see river banks or soil erosion.

James: And we can add human features like paths and bridges!

Ayesha: OK, I think that'll give us plenty of information and I don't think there'll be enough time to do any more than that.

James: I think I've found the perfect place!

Ayesha: Where?

James: Here!

Ayesha: This place isn't too far from the car park and there's a path we can take.

James: It's near a bridge too! So we can use it to drop the orange.

Ayesha: We'll need to be careful on the river banks where the soil is soft or we could fall in!

James: And we'll also need to stay with the group, so that we're near the grown-ups and wear those bright yellow vests!

Ayesha: Great. We've got it planned out! So we know exactly what we're doing when we get there.

James: And we know that we'll be safe!