Geography in the Forest

Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2

Nature's Compass Learn about compass points and investigate the effect that different aspects have in nature.

Geography in the forest lesson plan Geography: place knowledge; human and physical geography; geographical skills and fieldwork Science: plants; seasonal changes; living things and their habitats.

Forest Feature Mapping Create a map of an area of local woodland or forest to show the human and natural features present.

Key Stage 3

Produce a poster or essay about woodland urbanisation Create a poster or write an essay discussing the impacts of urbanisation on British woodlands in this activity from the Woodland Trust.

Identify and plot British trees Identify British tree species, plot them on an Ordnance Survey map and work out their grid references in this activity from the Woodland Trust.

Key Stage 4 +

Virtual woodland walk and resources Visit one of the world's largest climate change experiments. Take a virtual walk around the woodland for information about forest ecosystems, the range of measurements we are taking in this woodland and the role of forests in climate change mitigation.

Fieldwork in the Forest Resources for GCSE and A Level Fieldwork as well as independent investigations.