Humanities field trip
All days are bespoke for each school which will build on previous learning and skills.
Humanities days can take place in a range of locations around Gower.
An example of activities available are outlined below.
Themed field days:
Themes: Our World, Sustainability, weather and seasons, coastal landscapes and processes, Navigation, pirates.
Location: Beach, sand dunes.
Outline of themes:
Exploring our coastline and seeing how waste and climate change is affecting the coastal environment.
Activities:
- Scavenger hunt to look for man-made and natural materials on the strand line.
Depending on the age group the materials will be sorted using criteria to support sorting, maths such as Venn diagrams and Carroll diagrams, dichotomous keys.
Cross curricular links: Use the materials to generate stories, create art, design and make structures, investigate sustainability.
Exploring the local landscape: field sketching, undertaking enquiry and data collection, creating models of landforms, map skills, weather and microclimate study, habitats including plant and animal investigations,
Themes: Our world, water, rivers, adaptation, navigation.
Location: River
Outline of themes:
Walking the length of a river from source to mouth investigating river features, processes and undertaking enquiry and practical data collection.
Activities:
- Measure characteristics of the river, data collection.
Depending on the age group the data can be linked to pupil generated enquiry questions and methods designed by the pupils.
Exploring the river environment: River dipping for animals, data collecting, identification, adaptation, measuring physical attributes of the river environment, e.g temperature, current, clarity, chemical composition, energy. Field sketching, map skills.
Cross curricular links: Poetry and art inspired by the river environment, data analysis, adaptation of animals, sustainability,
Activities:
- Navigation.
Learn how to use compasses and read maps to follow a trail.