Students will visit a dramatic coastal landscape, where they will encounter a range of coastal formations and processes, bringing textbook learning to life. Students will use field sketches, maps and discussion to help them understand key coastal processes and systems that work to shape this environment. Students will have the opportunity…
Students will visit a dramatic post-glacial landscape, where they will encounter a range of glacial landforms first-hand. Students will use maps, field sketches and discussion to help them to understand key glacial processes and concepts. They will have the opportunity to use fieldwork equipment such as compasses and clinometers to…
Students will visit a dramatic post-glacial landscape, where they will encounter a range of glacial landforms first-hand, bringing text-book learning to life. Students will use maps, field sketches and discussion to help them to understand key glacial processes and concepts. They will have the opportunity to take measurements of the…
Christmas Magic for EYFS and KS1Santa and his elves are visiting Amersham Field Centre to train a new generation of elf helpers. Explore the enchanted woodland, learn important elf skills, make a Christmas decoration in the elf workshop and help find Santa’s missing code. Meet Santa in his grotto…
Spend a day developing your geography skills for Higher or Advanced Higher. Cover specific material from SQA Geography specification including Coasts, Soils and Geographical Skills.Objectives for your visit:Learn a range of new physical and human fieldwork techniques Develop data analysis and presentation skills Collect primary data in the field for…
Investigate a local river, looking at how a river channel changes downstream. Pupils will learn about the water cycle, and how water moves through the surrounding area, before carrying out measurements along the river at two locations.
P4-P5Explore different habitats, and discover what lives there. Identify what you have caught using simple classification keys, and discover how they move, breathe, and are adapted to their habitat. Pupils will discover what producers, predators and prey are and recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of…
Explore the local area using maps and compass skills. Discover the impact of people on the habitat using a range of fieldwork techniques.
P6-P7Students will work scientifically to explore different habitats to find out what animals are living there and how they are adapted to their habitat. Students will collect invertebrates using a range of different techniques, identifying and classifying them. They will be able to describe how living things are classified into…
Investigate the importance of plants and animals in our lives. Discover what animals and plants can be found in the local area. Investigate the structure of a plant and discover their roles. Understand that plants play an important role in the survival of animals by looking at simple food chains/webs.