Outdoor Classroom | For Scotland | Geography

Advanced Higher Geography Programmes

FSC programmes are fixed length courses with clearly stated outcomes and links to SQA Arrangement requirements.

Specific programmes have been developed for those studying Advanced Higher geography to enable teachers to quickly and easily book a fieldtrip, safe in the knowledge that it will be directly related to work taught in the classroom and will contribute to achieving SQA Arrangement requirements.

Three day programme:
Geographical Methods and Techniques

This three day programmes is designed to meet the needs of the Geographical Methods and Techniques module of the syllabus

  • Geographical sampling methods
  • Data collection using a range of fieldwork techniques
  • Analysis and presentation of data
  • Investigations into Soils, Fluvial systems, Geomophology and Mapping techniques

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Five day programme:
Advanced Geographical Methods and Techniques

This Five day programme is designed to meet the needs of the Geographical Methods and Techniques module of the syllabus. This longer programme covers the same content as the three day programme, but enables students to gain further experience in fieldwork and to experience a wider range of habitats.

  • Geographical sampling methods
  • Data collection using a range of fieldwork techniques
  • Analysis and presentation of data
  • Investigations into Soils, Fluvial systems, Geomophology and Mapping techniques

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Small Groups?

Do you want to give your students the benefit of residential geography fieldwork, but you haven’t the number of students to make it viable to do it yourself?

Find out more about joining other Scottish schools on a Three Day Advanced higher programme in the autumn term