`Curriculum into the classroom

Geography Year 7 Unit 2

Place and liveability
Assessment task Student booklet

Name: Liz, Jessica, trang anh Teacher:heather

Class: year7 Date:

Task

Inquiry topic: What strategy can be used to improve liveability in a local area?
In this task, you will:
assess liveability in a local area
explain how liveability in a local area can be improved
develop a strategy through observation and research that improves the liveability in a local area
make and justify a decision about which strategy would best improve liveability.

Instructions

Write your responses in the spaces provided in the booklet.

Attach all questionnaires and graphic representations.
You will be assessed on your completed student booklet and your multimodal report.

Conditions

To be completed individually.
Undertaken in class time.
Teacher guidance during research stages and feedback on the presentation of findings.
Submission of the student booklet is required as it will be assessed.
Activities 15 of Part A to be completed with teacher guidance.

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 Part A Collect and represent data

Data collection Primary research

1. What is the inquiry topic?

What strategy can be used to improve liveability in a local area

2. Define in your own words what the task is asking you to do.

The tasks is asking us to judge how suitable or comfortable a place is to live in based on some critereas
and see what can be improve. We will see if our locotion offers the facilities that people find necessary
and keep a record. We will asks the local areas citizens for their opinion about the place and with that
information, we will decides what needs to be improve and make better in the areaand how what we can
make the area more liveable.

3. Develop at least three subquestions to frame your inquiry. These will be the questions that
help you answer the inquiry topic question. These questions should cover:
factors that influence decisions people make about where to live
factors that affect liveability in a local area
strategies to improve the liveability of places.

An example has been provided below.

What services and facilities are available to people in my local area?

Is the area safe? (low crime rates)

Is there any form of pollution?( water, noise, air)

Is it noisy from traffic, construction..etc.?

4. Establish the location of the study.

The location being studied is: Small part of Ong ich Khiem Street

Description of the location of the study:

Theres a lot of traffic and construction noises around Ong Ich KHiem Street and there are many of mini
shop along the street. The street is near the center of the city so there are many of supermarket and big
buildings.

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 5Find a map that represents the local area. Ensure the boundary of the local area is clear.
Mark the observation location on the map. For example, if you walked around the block,
draw on the route that was taken. Ensure your map follows all conventions (BOLTSS).

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6. Collect and record primary data though observation of your local area including:
demographics details of the population (e.g. age, gender, number of people)
availability of services and facilities
the environmental quality.

Record your observations in the table below.

Observation sheet
Description of observation location
INSTRUCTIONS: Record the observation location, the day, date and time of day the observations
were made and describe the weather.
Observation location: Ong Ich Khiem Street.____________________________________
________________________________________________________
Day and date: ___sunday
19/3/2017_________________________________________________
Time of day:
___
Season/weather:
Time started: 12:00am__________ Time finished: __12:15am_____
__________Weather________Spring / Sunny______________

Observation of people
INSTRUCTIONS: Count the number of people you observe in each category. Add other categories if
required. Use tally marks (IIII II).
Males Number Females Number
Elderly Approxima Elderly Approximatel
tely y 27 people
27people
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 Fathers with young children Approxima Mothers with young children Approximatel
tely 15 y 20 people
people
Teenagers 38 people Teenagers 35
Other children 19 Other children 17
Men with disability 2 Women with disability 0
Other adult males 43 Other adult females 40

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 Observation of the availability of services and facilities
INSTRUCTIONS: Briefly describe the types of services and/or facilities in the area of observation.
Add any others observed.

Healthcare services and There arent any of hospital on this street, there are just some of
facilities observed small pharmacy.
(e.g. hospital, doctors surgery,
chemist, dentist, aged care
facility)

Community services and There arent any park, place of worship,

facilities observed
(e.g. library, place of worship
[church], community hall, park,
sports facility)

Educational facilities There arent any school on this street

observed
(e.g. kindergarten/day care,
primary school, secondary
school, TAFE/university)

The road at this street are not to big to contain many of vehicles.
Taxis and buses usually goes around this street all day and its very
Infrastructure observed
loud. Theres no mail service and w
(e.g. bus service, train service,
taxi, roads, water supply,
electricity supply, mail service,
waste management)

Commerce observed There are a lot of minishop and restaurant for people to buy stuff
and eat and on this street has some of the banks. The main thing
(e.g. supermarket, retail
on this street is a big supermarket.
[clothing shops], bank/ financial
institution, restaurant/caf)

Government services and There arent any big government services but there are just a small
facilities observed guild where people of the street get together and have meeting.
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 (e.g. police, ambulance, fire
service, SES, Centrelink,
Medicare)

Other services and facilities

observed

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 Observation of environmental quality
INSTRUCTIONS: Identify factors affecting environmental quality in the area by making notes to
answer the questions in the left hand column.
Is there evidence of air or water no
pollution?

Is there evidence of noise (e.g. There is a lot of houses are building now so there are many
from traffic or construction)? of noise from the construction. There are also many of noise
from the traffic

Are there open spaces such as There arent any open spaces or parks
parks?

Are there large volumes of traffic There are large volumes of traffic in the area
in the area?

Does the area look nice? For
example, are the buildings
attractive? Is there graffiti and
rubbish?
General look
around/smell/listen. What is your
overall opinion of environmental
quality in the area?
This area looks quite nice because there are many of big
buildings on the street and there are no graffiti but there are
rubbish.
This place are having many of construction and traffic noise.
The environmental such as rubbish much be improve a lot.
There must be more open spaces such as parks.

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We did the Nguyen Van linh street observation sheet in our
notebooks.

Observation of what should be improved to increase liveability in the area

INSTRUCTIONS: Identify ways that the liveability of the area could be improved. How could access to
services and facilities be improved? How could environmental quality be improved? An example is
provided below.
(E.g. The roads are in poor condition there are some potholes and there is a busy intersection that
needs lights.)
the roads are too small and narrow for the amount of vehicles that psses here daily. there are lots of
rubbishes from plastic bags to cans of sodas. The place is also very loud due to big constructions and
traffic and theres also sign of air pollution from the dusts the vehickes produes. To improve the
liveability of this place, we need to make bigger roads, clean up the rubbish, plant more trees, and
make more open space such as as parks.

7. Collect and record primary data using a questionnaire of people who live in the local area. You
need to find out peoples perceptions of liveability in the area. Your questions should cover:
reasons people have decided to live in the area
whether they think services and facilities are available in the area
what they think of environmental quality in the area
what they think of social connectedness, community identity and crime and safety.

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 Record of peoples perception of liveability in the local area
INSTRUCTIONS: Use the bullet points above to develop five questions to find out peoples
perceptions of liveability in the local area. These questions should have yes/no or multiple-choice
answers. Write the questions and the possible responses in the table below and make a copy for
each person whom you question. Question at least five people who live in the local area. Ideally, you
should question a variety of ages and genders. Ensure all questionnaire responses are attached to
the booklet.

Person: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 (circle)

Age: ___32_____________ Gender: _____Female___________

Question Response
What do you think is bad or should improve in When you go outside of the house here, you can
your area? see lots of dusts and smoke from the vehicles. The
air is pretty bsd here.

Is the area loud and noisy and if yes, from
what and how does it affects your life?
( traffic, constructions)
Yes. Mainly from traffic, bars and a karaoke
shop behind my house. There are also
constrauctions that works through night. It
affect me sleeping because the bars and
karaoke usally goes though the night

Do you think traffic is problem here and if Yes. Mainly because there are too many cars
yes, because of what? (no traffic light, and motorcycles passing daily and the streets
streets are too small, too many vehicles..) are too small to cotain that amount.

Are there enough service and facilities to Theres enough services and our street is next
support your life here and if no, what is to the centre of the city so a lot is available.
missing?

Do you find the environmental issues here
alarming and if yes, how can it improve?
Not that bad. There are rubbishs but not very
bad. But it can still improve if there are more
trees, open space like parks for little kids and
people do community services to pick up the
trash.

8. Record of visual information of the observation location

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 [Insert photographs or sketches here]

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Data collection Secondary research
1. Gather secondary data by researching other services and facilities in the local area.

INSTRUCTIONS: Use secondary sources to count and briefly describe the types of services and/or
facilities in the local area. Use secondary sources such as websites (e.g the Queensland Government
Statistician, the Australian Bureau of Statistics and www.localsearch.com.au), phonebooks, maps, and
local council information.
Healthcare services and facilities in the local area
Hospitals
Doctors surgery
Chemists
Dentists
Aged care facilities

Community services and facilities in the local area

Libraries
Places of worship
Community halls
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 Parks
Sport facilities

Educational facilities in the local area

Schools
Day care centres
Kindergartens
TAFEs
Universities

Infrastructure in the local area

Bus services and facilities
Train services and facilities
Taxis
Roads
Water supply
Electricity services and
facilities
Mail services
Telecommunications (e.g.
telephone lines/poles, towers)
Waste management (e.g. bins,
recycling facilities, transfer
stations)

Commerce in the local area

Supermarket
Retail
Banks and financial institutions
Restaurant/cafe

Government services and facilities in the local area

Police
Ambulance
Fire
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 SES
Centrelink
Medicare

INSTRUCTIONS: Using the data collected above, identify services/facilities that could be improved to
increase liveability in the local area. Make comments regarding the services/facilities that need to be
improved. An example has been provided for you.
(e.g. There is a lack of healthcare centres in the area which would mean that people have to travel
further to see a doctor.)

2. Develop a question about each of the following factors affecting liveability to focus your
secondary research.
Water pollution in the area.
Air pollution in the area.
Crime statistics in the area.
Traffic conditions in the area.
Noise complaints in the area.

One example has been provided for you.

(e.g. What are the effects of water pollution on the area?)
What cause the air pollution in this area?
Do the crime rates improve a lot in this area?
What are the problem of traffic conditions here?
How do the noisy sounds from traffic and construction effects this area?

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3. Gather secondary data and information to answer ONE of the questions developed above.

INSTRUCTIONS: Use secondary sources such as the internet and local newspapers to gather data
and information to answer ONE of the questions developed above. List notes in the space below.

Question:
_________________________________________________________________________

Data representation
Construct at least one graph from the data gathered (e.g. reasons people chose to live in the
area, perceptions of environmental quality). Ensure you follow graphing conventions (BATKIS).

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 Part B Analyse and interpret data
1. Use the data and information from the primary sources collected in Part A to answer the
questions below.

Observation location
Would the day, time of day and weather have affected the number of people in the observation area?
Why/why not?
Yes, because there is a specific time that truck and bus to go through due to the small and narrow street.

How could more accurate data have been gathered?

To make the data more accurate, find the ward of the street that was studied where keeps all of the
information of the street.
Observation of people
What group/s had the highest observed numbers? Why do you think this is the case?
The teenager group had the highest observed numbers because in this street mouse of the houses are
for living so in the time that we do the observation, we saw many of teenagers.

Observation of availability of services and facilities

Which services/facilities are the most common in the area?
The most common services/facilities in this area are restaurant and shop
Is there a relationship between the types of services/facilities in the area and the types of people who are
using the area? Explain your answer.

Observation of environmental quality

What are the main factors affecting environmental quality in the area?
-Then main factor affecting environmental quality in this area are vehicles because it cases air and
sound pollution. Some people throws rubbish on the sidewalk and roads and that also affects the
environment

Observation of what should be improved to increase liveability in the area

What would you consider as being the most important factor that needs to be improved to increase
liveability in the area. Briefly explain your choice.
I think environmental quality need to be improve a lot because this factor is affecting air pollution and
sound quality.
Peoples perception of liveability in the local area
What was the main factor that influenced peoples decisions to live in the area?
The factor that influenced peoples decisions to live in then area is social factor because Ong Ich KHiem
contains bank, place to worship, restaurant,.. that could support for peoples life.

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What did the people who completed the questionnaire think of the availability of services and facilities in
the area?
Most of the people are living in this area said that theres enough facilities because this street is near the
center of the city but they would want to see a park or safe open space so their kids can go and hang
out.

What did the people who completed the questionnaire think of the environmental quality in the area?
Most of the people who completed the questionnaire said that the environmental quality here is not so
good because of the smoke and dust cause air pollution and sound problem from night restaurant,
construction and traffic. They want people around it participate and clean this area and make it more
clean.

What did the people who completed the questionnaire think of social connectedness, community identity
and crime and safety?
They said this area contain most of the services and facilities that are supporting their living because
there are temple, bank, restaurants and pharmacy but the crime and safety are not so great at this area
because they havent seen any of strict rules or not much polices gone through this street.

2. Use the data and information from the secondary sources collected in Part A to answer the
questions below.
What services/facilities were most in need of improvement to increase liveability in the local area?
Explain your choice.

Which of the following do you think had the greatest impact on liveability in the area:
water pollution
air pollution
crime
traffic
noise.

Briefly explain your choice.

I think air pollution, traffic and noise had the greatest impact on liveability. Theres a lot of cars and
motorbikes. Theres also karaoke and noises from the construction.

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 Part C Propose and evaluate strategies

1. Identify one factor affecting liveability that needs to be improved

Based on the findings in Part B, choose ONE of the following factors affecting liveability that you
think most needs to be improved in the area. Tick your choice.
The availability of services and facilities needs to be improved.
Environmental quality needs to be improved.
Social connectedness, community identity and perceptions of crime and safety need to be
improved.

2. Propose two strategies

Suggest two strategies to improve your chosen factor affecting liveability in the local area. Describe
each strategy.

Strategy A:
Create the community that is people get together and help to clean the street or plant more trees.
Strategy B:
People will need to pay money if they dont have environmental consciousness.

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 3. Evaluate the strategies using a decision making matrix
Evaluate the two strategies in terms of environmental, social and economic factors using the following
decision making matrix. Write the strategy at the top of the column and answer the questions in the left
hand column for each strategy by giving the positives and negatives for each strategy.

Note: Multiple spaces have been given to list positive and negatives; however, you need not use them
all (e.g. there may be more positives than negatives for one factor compared to another).

Criteria Strategy 1 Strategy 2

Create the community that is People will need to pay money if

people get together and help with they dont have environmental
all of the factor.
consciousness.
positives and negatives

positives and negatives

Social + +

Think about whether the

strategy will:
+ +
affect peoples
health/education/safety/qualit
y of life

affect what people think of - -

liveability in the area.

- -

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 Economic + This can help people to find a job to +
work

Think about whether the

strategy will:
+
cost money or make money +

create jobs for people.

-
- This could spent a little bit of
money because wo need to buy a
lot materials and equipments for
working -

Environmental + +

Think about how the strategy

will:
+ +

affect the environment in the

- -
short term

affect the environment in the

long term.

- -

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 Part D Make and justify decisions
1. Make a decision about the best strategy
Through consideration of all the factors evaluated in the decision-making matrix, make a decision
about which of the two strategies for action most improves the liveability of the local area. Briefly
explain your choice.
Create a community to help to imrove all fo the factor is the strategies that is most improves the
liveability of the local area because it help people to get jobs, there will be workers cleaning the street
and plant more trees for the environment, it also make people healthier because the air pollution will
be less.

2. Justify your decision

Briefly justify your decision about the best strategy to improve liveability in the local area. You must
explain how the chosen strategy will improve liveability and explain why it is better than the other
strategy. You must also refer to the data you gathered in Part A to support your response.
We think this strategy is the better than the other strategy because it easy to invite people to participate
in the community than make people to have their respect to the environment and other services that
could improve the liveability. The community could help to clean the environment and support other
services and facilities. Most of the problem about liveability at Part A is environmental quality and
need people in that area said that they need someone to clean and make the street more beautiful so
in a community each people will do a different job to help the liveability improve.

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 Part E Present a multimodal report
1. Plan the multimodal report
Use the template below to plan a multimodal presentation.

Identify and describe map

the local area on which
you have based this
geographical enquiry
(refer to the map).
Introduction

State the topic inquiry

question, briefly outline
what needs to be
improved to increase
liveability.

List/describe the
factors affecting
.
liveability in a local
area. Refer to the
graphs/data from Part
A.

Include:
o access to
Discussion of findings

services and
facilities
o environmental
quality
o social
connectedness
, community
identity and
perceptions of
crime and
safety.

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 Outline the two
strategies to improve
liveability.

Assess which strategy

Conclusions

will best improve

liveability in the local
area by evaluating the
positives and negatives
in the decision-making
matrix.

Present your final

proposal of which
strategy will best
improve liveability and
Recommendations

justify it by giving
reasons for your
choice.

2. Create the multimodal report

Use the template above to create a multimodal report.
Possible formats for multimodal presentation formal speech or written text with visual aids (e.g.
Slideshow, video, poster, model/diorama); electronic presentation (e.g. webpage, EdStudio, blog,
video, webcast); seminar (as for formal speech but adding Question/Answer session); structured
interview with visual aids.
Do not refer to yourself in your report. For example, instead of writing I/we found that, write
observations showed or the questionnaire showed.

3. Present the multimodal report

Present the completed multimodal report. You will be marked on the multimodal report and the
completion of the student booklet.

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