Fiducia TogetherFieldwork
Collecting your own data outside the classroom, and being examined on how you did it.
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What it is
Geography fieldwork means carrying out enquiries in the field — measuring a river, surveying a high street, sampling vegetation — and being examined on the method, the data and the conclusions.
Where it applies
GCSE geography, where fieldwork is assessed in a written paper rather than a coursework submission.
How it works
You are examined on your OWN enquiries, so questions ask what you did, why, and how you would improve it.
Primary data is what you collected; secondary data is what someone else did. Both have a place and questions ask you to justify each.
How to use it in your work
Learn your two enquiries as topics: the question, the location and why it was suitable, the methods, the sampling strategy, the results, the conclusion and the limitations.
Every method needs a JUSTIFICATION — why that method, at that site, at that time.
Limitations questions are guaranteed. Have two real ones ready, with how you would address them.
Where to get help
Your teacher and your board's specification — options differ enormously between centres, and yours is the one that counts. Bitesize covers the skills; the subject song runs the topics.
Revise this with a song
These are ours. We write revision songs because a lot of people remember a tune when they cannot remember a page, and because revising out loud in the kitchen beats staring at a highlighter.
- The Geography Song The GCSE geography topics, set to music.
Where to read more
Last reviewed 2026-08-28 by Fiducia Together · Next review due 2027-08-28
Please note: This page explains a word or a process in education. It is general information about the system, the law and the guidance in England — not advice about your child, your school or your exam. If a decision is going against you, get advice from one of the free services we link to before you agree to anything or miss a deadline. If you are revising, check your own exam board's specification: boards word things differently and yours is the one that marks you.