Students from Gawa Secondary are planning to carry out a field study on sources and uses of water around their school.

      

Students from Gawa Secondary are planning to carry out a field study on sources and uses of water around their school.

(i) Identify any three activities they would carry out before the actual field study.
(ii) Give four reasons why it is important to have a working schedule.
(iii) State any three methods they would use to record data.

  

Answers


Maurice
(i)
- Seeking for permission.
- Conducting a reconnaissance.
- Adjusting objectives and hypothesis.
- Choosing methods of data collection.
- Assembling the necessary equipment.
- Preparing a working schedule.
- Dividing students into groups.

(ii)
- It gives enough time for each activity.
- Provides an estimate of the overall time required for study.
- It reduces the tendency to waste time.
- It gives a framework which helps one not to deviate from study topic.
- It helps to tackle the study topic systematically.
- Provides a basis for evaluation as the field of study progresses.


(iii)
- Taking notes
- Tallying
- Field sketching
- Filling in questionnaire
- Tape recording
- Taking photographs
- Mapping
maurice.mutuku answered the question on August 8, 2019 at 06:40


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