East Ayrshire Learning Outdoors Support Team blog – some highlights
The East Ayrshire Learning Outdoors Support Team May 2024 bulletin shares lots of ideas about opportunities for great learning in Numeracy, Sciences and RME outdoors in the section on Changing Grass Cutting Protocols on their Rewilding pages. Plus, discover some great Social Studies suggestions on the East Ayrshire LOST [...]
Practical fieldwork skills key to improving geography education for pupils
This Field Studies Council article (4 October 2023) notes a government report which shows more young people than ever are choosing to study geography. However, Andy Pratt, FSC director of education, is concerned that weaknesses with fieldwork noted in the report might be holding pupils back in the subject. Read more [...]
Did you celebrate Insect Week 2023? Check out the free resources available anytime!
Discover why the Field Studies Council are getting involved in insect week 2023, PLUS free citizen science resources and some great insect infographics!
Exploring the UK’s wetlands – BBC Bitesize
Wetlands include marshes, swamps and bogs. Learn about wetlands in the UK with this BBC Bitesize guide to Primary Geography. Examples include Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve (NNR) in Scotland.
Urban trees and ecosystem services – useful resources
Are you a secondary school or tertiary student researching trees in and around your setting grounds? You might be interested to see this research survey information from i-Tree Eco. This includes i-Tree Eco Edinburgh and i-Tree Eco Glasgow. Discover more about the ecosystem services provided by urban trees. Find more [...]
Scotland’s Landscape Monitoring Programme
Scotland’s Nature blog post (29 June 2022) describes how landscape across Scotland it is monitored. It announces the publication of three new indicators: Urban Greenspace, Local Landscape Areas and Urban Vacant & Derelict Land, and shares useful statistics. This may be useful for Social Studies students at secondary and tertiary [...]
