Outdoor Classroom | Biology

Fieldwork in Biology

Our national network of day and residential centres, open all year round with full-time teaching staff, gives us the ability to work with you to meet your biology fieldwork needs.

Key Stage 3
Biology Fieldwork		 Key Stage 4
Biology Fieldwork		 AS/A2
Biology Fieldwork

FSC ‘Stepping Stones’ in Biology Fieldwork

Our biology fieldwork programmes are available at primary, all secondary, A-level and university level.  Therefore, they offer the opportunity to build skills, knowledge and understanding in a progressive programme of biology fieldwork, using a variety of contrasting environments across a network of FSC day and residential centres.

KS2/3 Environmental Adventure

  • Carrying out a simple biology fieldwork investigation
  • Sampling and observations on freshwater animals and plants
  • Investigating adaptations, responses to the environment and simple food chains
  • Using simple keys.

KS3 Outdoor Science

  • Planning and carrying out a simple biology fieldwork investigation
  • Use of ICT
  • Adaptations to daily and seasonal changes
  • Introduction to ecological relationships, food chains and food webs
  • Impact of pollution and possible management
  • Using keys to major groups.

GCSE How does Science works

  • Evaluation and critical analysis of self designed biology fieldwork investigation
  • Using range of equipment
  • Interpreting abundance and relative distribution of plants and animals, including ICT
  • Biotic and abiotic factors
  • Human impacts and the importance of management and sustainable development
  • Using keys to families of plants and animals.

A Level Ecology Programme

  • Self designed ecosystems fieldwork investigation using range of sampling techniques and equipment
  • Interpreting abundance and relative distribution of plants and animals, and relationships to biotic and abiotic factors, including human impacts
  • Applying statistics to multiple data
  • Matching Awarding Bodies’ requirements for coursework or individual
  • investigations, e.g. statistical analysis, diversity indices and population estimates.