High-quality outdoor learning and fieldwork for all
There’s no substitute for hands-on learning! This Field Studies Council article (24 March 2025) explores how government should look at the benefits of outdoor learning and that every child should experience it along with a fieldwork residential as part of their education.
What’s a geography camp residential like?
Read this blog post written for the Field Studies Council by a young participant. Discover how geography is brought alive through fieldwork outdoors and the residential experience.
Nature-based field training for educators, Minnesota.
This Children and Nature Network feature (January 2024) shares how educators in Minnesota participate in an immersive nature-based field training. This is designed to help them transform their curricula, approaches to teaching, and ultimately, their school cultures. This is the first extended nature-based professional development series for teachers in Minnesota [...]
Geography fieldwork resources – primary and secondary
The Field Studies Council (FSC) have announced the return of the Geographical Association’s annual celebration of fieldwork, #NationalFieldworkFortnight. Unfortunately this does not fit with the Scottish school holiday calendar. However, the FSC have put together some fantastic free resources and ways to get involved, at any time. These resources are [...]
Fireflies in Scotland? Aye right!
Think again…check out this Field Studies Council blog post by Charlotte Martin, a glow worm hunter, and find out more about these fascinating invertebrates.
Discovering iRecord – training course
The Field Studies Council (FSC) are offering this online course on iRecord (January – February 2022) to introduce learners to the basics of biological recording. It will include some local fieldwork. You can also find out about their free Natural History Live classes here.
