The Digital Hub Plus is a comprehensive bank of online teaching resources. We have created it to support teaching in secondary schools for Geography, Biology and Environmental Science.
All the topics support fieldwork for the main exam boards including 14-18 Geography and 16-18 Biology. The Digital Hub Plus is made up of a range of content including videos, worksheets and ArcGIS StoryMaps to develop knowledge and skills. It also provides resources to support teachers with continued professional development related to fieldwork in these subjects.
Free of charge resources
We recognise the increasing pressures on schools so we are offering free access for the academic year 2023/2024, waiving the usual paid subscription, to support teachers and schools in delivering fieldwork content.
As an environmental education charity, our goal is to give every student the opportunity to experience outdoor learning and first-hand fieldwork.
The Digital Hub Plus contains all of the following. It is easy to use and accessed via the online learning platform, Moodle:
Geography Hub
Explore a range of bite-size, captioned videos, presented in the field by our experienced tutors.
Download worksheets, in printable format, and browse ArcGIS StoryMaps.
Access virtual fieldwork experiences to support outdoor learning and aid revision and unfamiliar fieldwork.
A range of resources to support your fieldwork enquiries with over 15 hours of video materials:
Geography 14-16 – topics include: rivers, coasts, urban and rural.
16 resources / 3 hours of video resources.
Virtual fieldwork course for rivers.
Geography 16-18 – topics include: water cycle, carbon cycle, coasts, place.
38 resources / 11.5 hours of video resources.
Virtual fieldwork courses for water, carbon, coasts and place.
Enhancement modules – on quantitative and qualitative data.
Biology and Environmental Science Hub
Explore a range of bite-size, captioned videos, presented in the field by our experienced tutors.
Download worksheets, in printable format, and browse ArcGIS StoryMaps.
Access virtual fieldwork experiences to support outdoor learning and aid revision.
A range of resources to support your fieldwork enquiries with approximately nine hours of video materials:
Biology Library – topics include: ecological field techniques, rocky shore ecology, sand dune ecology, data analysis, sustainability, biodiversity and energetics.
8 resources / 3 hours of video resources
Biology 16-18
15 resources / 5.5 hours of video resources
Virtual fieldwork courses for sand dune succession, rocky shore ecology and ecological fieldwork techniques.
Enhancement modules – on big data and GIS in biology and data analysis for biology.
See the full contents of the Biology and Environmental Science Hub
CPD Hub
Access a range of continued professional development resources with on demand video resources.
Over 4 hours of CPD resources available for Early Career Teachers and Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Our CPD Hub content is currently under review and a reduced number of resources are available at this time.
Please see our website for Teacher Training Courses and Teacher Taster Events for additional CPD opportunities.
Why Subscribe to Digital Hub Plus
- To develop students’ investigation/fieldwork skills
- To introduce students to a new fieldwork technique
- To enhance students’ deep thinking in fieldwork design
- To build student confidence and subject knowledge around fieldwork topics
- To consolidate and reflect before and after planned fieldwork
What's Included
Subscribing to the Digital Hub Plus is free of charge for the 2023/2024 academic year. There is no limit on how many times you access to the Digital Hub Plus during the subscription period.
Before You Attend
Please note that access is limited to the email address used during the checkout process and cannot be amended afterwards. Please ensure you book using the email address you wish to have access to the Digital Hub Plus.
Once you have completed the checkout process you will be sent a link to access Moodle, and the Digital Hub Plus. Please use the email address or username and password created when booking to log in.
For more information and support on subscribing and using Digital Hub Plus please see our FAQs
Opportunities to attend this course
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Fri 01, September 2023 09:00 - Sat 31, August 2024 17:00
The Digital Hub Plus complements our free web-based resources.
Looking for more? Our secondary school trips and courses offer students excellent first-hand experiences in the outdoors. Residential and day visits are packed with content linked to the curriculum and led by our expert tutors.