We have teamed up with Geography Fieldwork Academy (GFA) to bring you a series of Geography lessons for KS3 students. These lessons are designed to prepare students for GCSE Geography by developing Maths, fieldwork and GIS skills in addition to increasing their ability to interpret landscapes and analyse data.
The first in the series, Lesson 1, explores what makes the Broads so unique.
We have teamed up with Geography Fieldwork Academy (GFA) to bring you a series of Geography lessons for KS3 students. These lessons are designed to prepare students for GCSE Geography by developing Maths, fieldwork and GIS skills in addition to increasing their ability to interpret landscapes and analyse data.
The second of the series, Lesson 2, explores the different landscapes of the Broads National Park.
We have teamed up with Geography Fieldwork Academy (GFA) to bring you a series of Geography lessons for KS3 students. These lessons are designed to prepare students for GCSE Geography by developing Maths, fieldwork and GIS skills in addition to increasing their ability to interpret landscapes and analyse data.
The penultimate lesson from the GFA will discuss collecting and interpreting fieldwork data in the Broads.
Dyke Dipping in the Broads National Park is one activity that never grows dull however many times you do it in a day, week or month. Learn about the animals and plants that make the Park's dykes their home and see for yourself some of the amazing adaptations they have evolved to thrive here.
In the U.K. freshwater habitats comprise about 12% of our total land surface and are home to 42 species of native freshwater fish, 29 of which occur in the Broads National Park. Meet some of these fish and Emily Rose Winter, a PhD student monitoring their movement patterns on a grand scale.
Wet woodlands are the rarest of the wooded habitats in the U.K. within the Broads National Park there are just 3,000 hectares. Not all plants and trees can survive in wet soils but those that can have evolved a number of neat adaptations to cope with the conditions.
One of the most exciting signs that spring is here to stay is the reappearance of the summer migrant birds, like swallows and terns, back from their overwintering grounds far South of Europe. But migration is a dangerous business and not all make it....
The Broads National Park is home to 11,000 different species of plant and animal including the all important pollinators - bees, flies, butterflies and moths.
