Fieldwork resources

Investigating the impact of tourism and recreation

Field sketching and field photography are fundamental parts of any field work investigation

Immersing yourself into the acoustic environment

This activity encourages students to develop an understanding of how history has influenced cultural heritage in their local area

Develop the way your learners see, hear and interact with the spaces they inhabit

Ideas for rivers fieldwork

Microclimate data can be collected in any location, including the school grounds

Environmental impact assessments, pollution studies and more

Supporting you to undertake KS2 fieldwork in London

Wherever you go, in town or countryside, it is very difficult to escape vegetation.

This activity has been designed to be a stimulating and fun way of practicing map skills using the free OS maps for schools

The Jurassic Coast of Dorset and East Devon is a 95 mile stretch of coastline that demonstrates 185 million years of geological history

Includes guidance for getting started with planning a trip, lists of useful contacts and ideas for activities

Sense of place fieldwork

Geotagging photos to share fieldtrips with the world

Ideas for using census data

Fieldwork techniques using transport

Audio recordings are an excellent form of data collection

Investigating landuse and function

Supporting high quality fieldwork using free maps and GIS from the internet

Ideas for rural fieldwork

This section introduces a range of techniques that you can use for fieldwork in river environments

Urban studies are popular locations for fieldwork, since 70% of us live in built up areas

Lichens and Pollution: A fieldwork activity using lichens as bio-indicators to assess air quality in the local area

Written by Philip Monk.

Browse resources for higher education providers, both from the Society and other organisations

You do not necessarily have to change your entire fieldtrip in order to bring it up to date

Google Earth, the free to download satellite imagery package from Google provides an excellent starting point for students to organise and present their fieldwork data

A virtual fieldwork project to assess whether Milton Keynes is a sustainable community

Investigating variations in quality of life between different localities

Interview surveys and questionnaires

Ideas for quick and easy fieldwork in your School Grounds

Making the case for using qualitative techniques in geography fieldwork to encourage your students to engage in insightful geographical thinking

Ideas for fieldwork based on water management

Ideas for sustainability fieldwork

Ideas for urban fieldwork

Ideas for environmental fieldwork

A selection of ideas for creating your own weather instruments in the classroom or at home

A range of techniques that you can use for fieldwork in coastal environments

Five ideas for inclusive fieldwork around your school

Celia Robbins discusses how you might use audio recording in school assignments or research projects

Written by Katy Jonas

Ideas for coastal processes

Geography provides an important opportunity to develop mathematical, quantitative and statistical techniques

The fieldwork techniques introduced in this section are geared towards a range of different ecosystem settings, ranging from coastal sand dunes to woodlands and inland waters

Rethinking the domestic during the COVID-19 pandemic

There is huge scope for investigating the land-use, function and issues in rural areas, and their changing identity and character

An insight into the ecology, geomorphology, and ecosystems provided by salt marshes

This module has been designed to enable students to learn and practice a variety of fieldwork techniques in their school grounds

Data is gathered on a small part of the whole parent population or sampling frame, and used to inform what the whole picture is like

Ideas for weather and climate fieldwork

An alternative take on the urban study

Written before the London 2012 Olympics, this resource looks at the developments in East London in the lead up to the Games

Trolley Talk: A fieldwork activity to investigate local supermarkets and sustainable shopping

A collection of resources created from the film, photo, cartographic and data outputs from the RGS-IBG Land Rover Bursary 2017.

Ideas for fieldwork using maps

Ideas for tourism fieldwork

Written by David Holmes

Exploring coasts as dynamic and changing systems

The geography, geomorphology and geology of the National Park, with links to sources of further information and details about the fieldwork that can be carried out in different areas of the park

This activity encourages students in Key Stage 3 to practice and develop their map skills using their free OS maps of the local area

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Ideas for school-centred and local fieldwork during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Colouring London aims to collect information on every building in London, to help make the city more sustainable.

River and coastal fieldwork approaches that are directly relevant to ‘real-world’ professional industries, career paths, and activities

Supporting Fieldwork at KS1 and KS2

Statistics work sheets