International Baccalaureate Diploma School Trip

FIeld Studies Council can offer a range of curriculum-based IB Diploma trips.

Our expert tutors create and deliver biology experiences to suit your requirements.
The biology fieldwork courses at our centres are tailored to A Level, IB, GCSE, National and Higher specifications with relevant syllabus content and practicals.

Students undertake ecological investigations in a variety of inspiring habitats and complete relevant required practicals, from a range of a range of topics. This can include:
Current ecological 'hot topics' and synoptic links are introduced, and students are challenged to question the world around them.
Biodiversity sessions, comparing two habitats, calculating species diversity and investigate variation.
Ecological Energetics investigations will looking at energy flow and the efficiency of energy transfer within an ecosystem, either in freshwater or on the rocky shore, depending on the centre.

We also offer contextualised learning opportunities for KS3 science, where pupils explore a local environment, habitat or ecosystem, eg rocky shore, freshwater or woodland.

Environmental geography can be covered through fieldwork in a range of sessions and courses. For IB Diploma students all of our courses are linked to the exam board requirements for each subject and the course can be tailored to your specific needs, covering:
- Structured and focused aim and fieldwork questions
- Rationale of why the investigation is being carried out
- Collection of primary data (quantitative and/or qualitative)
- Sourcing and using secondary information
- Analysis of methods used and data collected
- Statistics, data presentation methods and GIS
- Conclusions and evaluations of the investigation

We offer a range of sessions and courses covering human geography through fieldwork. Most sessions have short classroom sessions before and after.

Human Geography can be covered through fieldwork in a range of sessions and courses. Depending on the level and course you follow, this may include;
- Discovering the impact of people on the habitat using a range of fieldwork techniques
- Economic Growth and functions
- Regeneration and Placemaking
- Investigate the impact of counter-urbanisation in two contrasting settlements
- A qualitative and a quantitative fieldwork method
- develop an understanding of questions that can be investigated through fieldwork
- data presentation and analysis

Teaching is delivered by fully trained and experienced tutors.

Geography courses cover KS2 to A level groups. KS2 pupils can use maps, stories and games to explore the woods. Discover the plants and animals that live here and design and build dens.

Our geography fieldwork trips and courses are carefully designed to cover all essential content from the curriculum. We ensure the maximum time outdoors possible, allowing students to take advantage of all benefits resulting from outdoor learning.

The geography fieldwork courses are tailored to curriculum requirements for GCSE, A Level, National, Higher, IB and lower secondary specifications and packed with relevant fieldwork content.

A selection of our popular residential visits to give an idea of what we can offer, Include;:

Coastal - Where the land meets the sea, the UK's coastline is over 7500 miles in length, and are influenced by many physical and human forces, with dramatic consequences for the people who live there.
Rivers - constantly changing, water levels rise and fall after rain and with the seasons. Erosion, transportation and deposition can all alter the characteristics of the channel and the regime of the river
Regeneration - a complex process aiming to turn areas into sustainable, desirable and effective spaces for us to use and enjoy.
Investigations - at a local scale to consider place meaning and representation changing economic function and socio-demographic characteristics of places.
But we can also create a trip that is totally bespoke to your needs.

Teaching is delivered by fully trained and experienced tutors, to create and deliver geography experiences to suit your requirements. Most sessions have short classroom sessions before and after.