GEOGRAPHY
SBA
GUIDELINES
EACH ITEM 1 2 3 etc. TO BEGIN
ON A NEW PAGE
1. COVER PAGE –
 with your own design and the title of your
project
 You may include a picture
2.
INFORMATION PAGE
NAME
STUDENT REGISTRATION NUMBER
SCHOOL CODE
TERRITORY
TITLE OF STUDY
EXAMINATION YEAR
TEACHER
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STRATEGY SHEET
Insert a neatly written final copy of your
strategy sheet with all fields filled out.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
 Each chapter must be accounted for as
they are listed in this guide
 On the following page include a LIST OF
ILUSTRATIONS which chronicles the
appearance of every map, sketch, graph
and table
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AIM OF STUDY
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this page only write the aim of your
study in one sentence.
6.
MAP 1 :A MAP OF TRINIDAD SHOWING THE
LOCATION OF STUDY AREA
This map includes (Remember T.A.S.K)
 The capital
 Major water bodies
 Lines latitude and longitude
 Mountain ranges
 The study area highlighted
 Colours add to the quality of map
 Must be drawn to scale
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MAP 2 : A MAP SHOWING THE COUNTY OF
ST. GEORGES
 Remember
to include major roads, the
Northern Range and towns in the area.
 Highlight the study area
 Ideally should be drawn to scale
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MAP 3: MAP SHOWING THE CAURA
WATERSHED
 See
pamphlet from IMA - enlarge to show
area clearly on your page
 Not necessarily drawn to scale
9.
METHODOLOGY
 When: Day, date, month, year
 Where: Short description of area – town,
county, general area of Trinidad (cardinal
point) vicinity to significant place/feature,
e.g., ‘…nestled in the foothills of the
Northern Range…’
METHODOLOGY cont’d
 How: Explain what instruments were used
and how they were used to get data.
 Describe how observations were carried
out
 Explain the role of the tour guides- D.
Rampersad and R. Bujun (Forester 1) and
resident and local activist Malachi
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INTRODUCTION
A brief history and background of Caura.
What is it known for.
Caura watershed has been a point of
interest for WASA, IMA, Min. of agriculture,
Land and Marine Resources, EMA. Explain
why.
Why did you choose to study this area?
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PRESENTATION OF DATA
(i)
Description – climax fire vegetation
- housing development
- lower montane forests
- steep slopes
- bare sedimentary rocks
Anything of relevance that was observed in
the environment.
PRESENTATION cont’d
(ii) CAUSES OF DEFORESTATION (descending
order)
- agriculture(legal and illegal)
- housing and development
- deliberate setting of fires
- logging
Each category must be supported by evidence(
pics, sketches, tour info.) Pie chart showing the
relative significance of each factor
(iii) Effects of deforestation
- risk of flooding
- loss of biodiversity/endangerment
of species
- forest fragmentation
- increase in illegal
activities(marijuana plantation)
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ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
Define deforestation
Restate briefly evidence of deforestation
Explain how each factor causes deforestation
Refer to studies on deforestation in T&T
Why should we be concerned about
effects?(global warming, loss of air, soil and
water quality etc.)
Remember to refer to pics,(e.g. ocelot…)
graphs etc. used as evidence throughout
report
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MITIGATING THE EFFECTS OF
DEFORESTATION
 Check dams to stem excess run off from
slopes
 Caura Activity Centre established with the
help of EMA , IMA and forestry division to
empower residents to protect their area
 Education drive – model bus, school tours,
community groups, media…
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CONCLUSION
A summary table listing the causes and
effects of deforestation. Please introduce
your table and relate It to the study….
‘Clearly deforestation is taking place in the
Caura area with increasingly obvious
repercussions, some of which are
highlighted in the following table…’
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LIMITATIONS
Suggest ways in which your study could
have been improved, for example a wider
study area could be sampled or more
accurate figures of forest coverage – past
and present. About three should be
enough.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Suggest ways the problem that you studied
could be improved, e.g. more government
funding for wardens, foresters etc. to patrol
high risk areas.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
According to the format below; always in alphabetical order of
authors’ surnames…
Books
 Rahil, Vohn A.M. (2007) New Caribbean Geography Caribbean
Educational Publishers.
 Wilson, Mark (2003) The Caribbean Environment Oxford Publishers
Atlas
 Phillips Certificate Atlas (2005)
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Websites
www.geobytes.com
www.usgs.com
APPENDIX
 Each
item in the appendix must occupy a
separate sheet and must be labelled
Appendix I Appendix II etc.
 Items in the appendix would include the
questionnaire, a google map of the area,
the IMA pamphlet, news articles on
flooding in the area, other pictures not
used in the SBA.
NOTES
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All illustrations used must be titled (Figure 1: A
photograph showing a check dam along the
Caura Main Road)
( Figure 2: A table showing the causes and effects
of deforestation in the Caura area)
All sketches and photographs must be labelled
All illustrations must be referred to in the writing up
of the SBA
Essential photos: ocelot, housing development,
check dam, fire climax vegetation, agricultural
area, example of tree used in select felling