Leaving Cert Geography Field Study
Field Trips for Leaving Cert Geography in Wicklow.
Kippure Education Centre is Ireland’s top provider of Leaving Cert Geography school trips and we offer a range of on-site field studies. Thankfully, field work is becoming an integral part of the school curricula. As well as being thoroughly enjoyable, it instils a range a vital skills such as surveying, group work, data collection, analysis and report writing.
Since 2003 hundreds of schools from four provinces attend education trips at Kippure Estate. All our field studies are carried out on-site and have been carefully designed to facilitate the relevant Department of Education Curricula. A team of highly experienced instructors with a range of Environmental qualifications deliver our geography field trips.
We provide all the necessary worksheets, field equipment, along with a selection of raingear, Wellington boots & waders.
Leaving Certificate Geography
This course has been designed to facilitate the Geographical Investigation, a compulsory element of the geography syllabus. A field study of the river Liffey and one of its tributaries, the Athdown Brook, includes a study of landforms.
- Measuring River Velocity
- Measuring Cross Sectional Area
- Calculating discharge
- Measuring & Sketching Valley/River Gradient
- Bedload Analysis
- Sinuosity
We regularly receive excellent feedback from these schools and are delighted to hear that many students go on to receive 100% in their reports.
The study is amended each year to suit the different Geographical Investigation Field Study topics.
Sample Itinerary Geography Field Study
| 09.45 | School arrives |
| 10.00 | Senior Instructor delivers a detailed presentation to the group |
| 10.50 | Students are divided into smaller groups (max 15) and kitted out. |
| 11.10 | Into the Field |
| 1.45 | Back to base for lunch |
| 2.15 | Wrap-up discussion and depart |
TY Field Studies – Geography & Ecology Study
This study is a fun way to provide the experience and all the skills that fieldwork involves.
+ Adventure
It can be combined with a half day of Adventure Activities to combine the academic with the fun side of the outdoor world.
Junior Cycle Geography
Field Trips to Discover Place and Time
Kippure Estate is Ireland’s top provider of Leaving Cert Geography school trips, and we are now pleased to be offering programmes for Junior Cycle Geography students.
Junior Cycle 1: One of our Junior Cycle studies is based on map resources of Kippure Estate over the centuries. This session is about surveying, measuring, pacing, and compass work.
The day will be made up of:
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- cartographical tasks
- pacing on a bearing
- map skills
- symbols
- map legend
- orientation
- map sketching
These activities are all in preparation for the construction of a map towards the end of the session. Students will depart with the aim of presenting a report (in any form, written, oral, poster etc) back in their school classroom.
Junior Cycle 2: This course has been designed to encourage students to develop their skills in measuring and recording. It is great practice for the Leaving Cert geographical investigation if they choose to take up Geography at senior level. They practice the following:
- Measuring River Velocity
- Measuring Cross Sectional Area
- Calculating discharge
- Measuring & Sketching Valley/River Gradient
- Bedload Analysis
Education trips at Kippure Estate are very adaptable to your requirements.
We are offering this 3-hour programme for €25 per student. Maximum instructor to student ratio is 1:15.
If you have any questions or would like to book a Junior Cycle Geography field trip please call 01-4582889 or email eco@kippure.com.