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Effective Biodiversity Training and Education Outside the Classroom Training course at Margam Discovery Centre 6th-12th February 2011
Olympic fieldwork in East London The 2012 Olympics is a unique opportunity to investigate geography in action – the transformation of a derelict river valley, urban regeneration on a grand scale, the potential for a sustainable Olympics. It’s all here in east London, to be seen and explored. It’s the sort of geography that excites students and can be turned into a great learning experience.

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If you can’t find a programme to meet your exact requirements a course specifically tailored to meet your needs can be developed.

Key Stage 4 (GCSE) Geography Programmes

FSC Key Stage 4 geography fieldwork programmes are fixed length courses with clearly stated outcomes that enable teachers to quickly and easily book a GCSE geography fieldwork trip, safe in the knowledge that it will be directly related to work taught in the classroom and will contribute to achieving the curriculum.

Prepare your students for the new GCSE Geography Controlled Assessment

FSC has developed a new range of programmes focussing on the controlled assessment. Click on your exam board for further details.

AQA
Geography Fieldwork

Edexcel
Geography Fieldwork

OCR
Geography Fieldwork

WJEC
Geography Fieldwork

Programme for Existing Specifications

As well as covering specific elements of the GSCE geography curriculum all programmes also place a strong emphasis on developing personal confidence and team-building skills and an opportunity to consider aspects of Citizenship.

Developing Geographical Enquiry Skills, 3 days

The emphasis on this three day fieldwork programme will be using the selected core modules to develop practical enquiry skills by carrying out fieldwork and collecting group data for use in coursework. Fieldwork can be designed to meet the assignment criteria for the chosen specification, in particular ensuring ICT skills are covered.

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Developing Geographical Enquiry Skills, 5 days

This 5-day geography fieldwork programme focuses on collecting data for use in GCSE coursework. Fieldwork is tailored to meet the assessment criteria of your chosen specification. A longer course allows students more time to practice their fieldwork enquiry skills before they embark on their GCSE coursework.

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Geography in Action, 3 days

With an emphasis on developing students’ case-study knowledge for examination, Geography In Action takes an issues-based approach to fieldwork. This 3-day gepgraphy fieldwork programme allows time to look at one module in depth.

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Geography in Action, 5 days

With an emphasis on developing students’ case-study knowledge for examination, Geography In Action takes an issues-based approach to fieldwork. This 5-day programme allows time to look at three modules in depth.

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Cross-Currciular Options

See also our cross-curricular options at KS4, including the John Muir Award Programme, which combines fun, adventure and exploration with discovery, and conservation of wild places, and our Eco-Adventure programmes.