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Geograpgy Detective Investigates
Your Local Area
What are the characteristics of the area in which you live? How has the population of your local area changed? How can you help look after your local environment? The Geography Detective helps you to answer these and other questions through a variety of simple experiments and projects, designed to help you carry out your own surveys.
Our Detective shows you how to draw your own map to explain where you live, investigate the population of your local area and its diversity and make the place where you live more sustainable.

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5	Look at the map of your local area via the Ordnance Survey website.
7	Look at the aerial photos of some places of interest and preview a photo of your local area.
9	The English Place name society might help you to find out about the origin of place names in England.
9	The Scottish Place name society might help you to find out about the origin of place names in Scotland.
11	Find out more about the diveristy of the population in your local area with these neighbourhood statistics.
18	To find out more information about the risk of floods throughout England take a look at this website.
20	Find out more about water supply in the developing world.
22	Discover how you can encourage wildlife in your school playground and improve the way your playground looks.
25	A great site to help you all the facts about creating a more sustainable world.
26	Discover how large or small your environment footprint is.