Fieldwork
North West Network
Future Events
Details of forthcoming events will be posted soon.
Previous Event
Using Google Earth and GE Graphs
Date: Wednesday 14th July 2010, 2-5pm
Venue: Deanery C of E High School, Wigan
This free day of fieldwork CPD focused on using Google Maps, Google Earth and GE Graph for pre-fieldwork activities and to present fieldwork data.
Practical exercises included adding placemarks to Google Maps and Google Earth, creating layers in Google Earth, and creating bar charts, pie charts and choropleth maps using GE Graph.
This event was led by Tom Deacon, Senior Tutor at the Field Studies Centre at Rhyd-y-Creuau, Snowdonia.
Download ‘Using Google Earth as a GIS' ppt here.
Download ‘Creating Placemarks & Polygons in Google Earth' worksheet here.
Download ‘Creating Layers in Google Earth' worksheet here.
Download ‘Creating bar charts using GE Graph' worksheet here.
Download ‘Creating Choropleth Maps using GE Graph' worksheet here.
Download ‘Creating located Pie Charts and other Graphs in Google Earth' worksheet here
As part of this network we have created a local 'fieldwork map'. Ultimately, the map will contain fieldwork resources developed by teachers from across North West England. It is hoped that over time this will build into rich resource of local fieldwork ideas and activities for teachers working in the North West.
View North West Fieldwork Network Map in a larger map
Previous North West Network Event
Date: Tuesday 16th March 2010, 9.00am-3.30pm
Venue: Hothersall Lodge Outdoor Education Centre, Longridge, Preston
The second North West fieldwork network event took place in March 2010 at Hothersall Lodge Outdoor Education Centre near Preston. Twenty four teachers attended this full day of fieldwork CPD was divided into two sessions. During the the morning three speakers provided information and resources on river-based fieldwork opportunities in the North West, with a case study of the River Bollin, and GCESE controlled assessment. Speakers included representatives from the Geography Department at UCLAN, the Field Studies Council and Riverside College in Cheshire.
The afternoon was spent on Longridge Fell, where staff from the Hothersall Education Team shared some of the fieldwork opportunties available at the centre for KS3 level geography students. For more information on the field study activities available at Hothersall click here.
- Download a copy of the timetable for the day here.
- Download a copy of the GCSE controlled assessment presentation by the FSC here.
The first meeting of the North West fieldwork network was held in March 2009. Twenty-five teachers from the region attended the initial event, which took the form of a day of free local fieldwork CPD. The event was held on the Cronton campus of Riverside College Halton (hyperlink to www.riversidecollege.ac.uk) in Widnes, Cheshire . A range of speakers provided information and resources for fieldwork opportunities in the local area. They included representatives from Liverpool and Liverpool Hope Universities, and the Sefton Coast and Countryside Service. Fieldwork topics covered included fieldwork in the school grounds and local area, coastal fieldwork opportunities in Cheshire, a salt marsh ecology fieldtrip and inner city redevelopment and sustainable development in Liverpool.
- Download a copy of the event timetable
- Download a copy of the welcome presentation
- Download a copy of the local fieldwork presentation
- Download the fieldwork starter activities
- Download the credit crunch fieldwork ideas sheet
- Download a summary of the fieldwork components of the new GCSE, AS and A2 specifications
More resources from the day coming soon...
If you are interested in joining this fieldwork network, please contact Eleanor Coulber by emailing fieldwork@rgs.org