Studying at university doesn’t just involve lectures. In our latest blog post, Hannah, a first year Earth Science student, writes about her 6 day field course that starts today.
The ‘Geology and GIS’ module in the first year of my Earth Science degree course, will be spent on a 6 day field trip in the Lake District.
We’re going to spend time in the mountainous areas studying the diverse geology and we will be visiting local working quarries. One of the aims of this trip is to introduce field mapping. Our field observation and measurement skills will be developed and we will use these to help us understand the geological history of this region. Our tablets will come in handy whilst out in the field, for taking notes and photographs, these will be used in our final presentations and group reports at the end of the residential.
The course is based in Grange-over-Sands at the Castle Head field centre. It looks like a great location as we’ll be able to see a broad range of earth processes nearby including coastline and river morphology.
I am really looking forward to this field trip, spending time with my course friends and learning new practical skills in the outdoors.
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