Iceland School Trip KS3-KS5

A geothermal powerplant and the innovations used - including a massive carbon capture program offers plenty of opportunity to delve into how Iceland has used and will continue to develop programmes to be sustainable. It is also possible to look at geothermal power to leisure, agriculture and houshold comfort. All in a sustainable manner.

How Iceland was founded as well as how they founded the first parliament. From the arrival of the Vikings there are some settlement remains and historical sagas, offering a unique insight into history and culture of the time - written around 1200 about Iceanders from around 1000 they are notable in Medieval literature.

A dramatic landscape of waterfalls, glaciers and volcanos - the North Atlantic ridge is showcased everywhere and offers a wide range of options to focus on. How did people get to this remote island and what happended for them to settle and then thrive here. Sparsley populated, the island offers interesting insights to a place with harsh climate and some unique physical properties

A perfect opportunity for explore plate tectonics, glaciers, geothermal activity and much more. A relatively young island, that grows by around 1cm a year, active geology is on show from the recent volanos to places like the Bridge between Continents where the North Americal/Eurasian plates are showcased.

Geothermal power is ubiquitous in Iceland - used for electricity, hot water, growing fruit and vegetables, keeping snow from the footpaths in winter and much more. Opportunities to visit a geothermal powerplant, a tomato growing facility and use geothermal swimming pools. Generally cnsidered one of the greenest counties in the world an Iceland trip offers plenty of opportunities to discover what is being done and what can be done.