Equipment includes a very wide range of topographical and
photographic maps (1:5000, 1:10,000, 1:25,000, 1:50,000), overhead projector,
video, video cameras, television, electronic white board with ebeam data
capture, laptop projector, etc..
Fieldwork Equipment
Equipment includes global positioning systems, anemometers,
digital pH, dissolved oxygen content, conductivity, stream flow, light and noise
meters, video cameras, grid and point quadrats, surveying equipment, abney
levels, pedometers, digital thermometers, hygrometers, soil thermometers, sieve
columns, electronic scales, water testing kits, biological microscopes,
vegetation identification books, etc.. There are sufficient items to equip
groups of up to 70.
Work Sheet Resources
Students are provided on arrival with booklets containing a
range of source material tailored to their working itinerary. Additional work
sheets, individual maps, architectural, vegetation and rock identification
booklets etc. are provided on a case-study basis for each student for each study
area. A range of modern and historical photographs and maps of Castelldefels,
Barcelona, Garrotxa, individual farms etc. are available for classroom analysis
of changes in land use and the identification of particular urban-rural
pressures. Large scale map worksheets are available to enable the individual
mapping of volcanic features, individual farm land use etc..
Teaching