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Introduction

This fieldwork resource has been designed with the location of South Kensington in mind. However, the resources can be easily adapted to fit within a local area. 

The aim of the fieldwork is to answer the question: How sustainable and biodiverse is South Kensington? It has been created so that pupils can investigate one or several elements of biodiversity and sustainability and then draw conclusions on their findings. 

Within each theme, there are suggested fieldwork techniques along with explanations of how they could be used in the field. 

The booklet (and accompanying Scheme of Work) has been written for teachers with GCSE level pupils in mind. However, it can easily be adapted for Key Stage 3 (11–14-year-olds) or A Level fieldwork. Each theme has a sub-question so that pupils can create a hypothesis thinking specifically about their area of study. If they are covering more than one theme, then the overarching question could be used. 

The fieldwork supports the broad GCSE curriculum such as locational knowledge, maps, fieldwork and geographical skills, place: processes and change, human geography: processes and change. 

Themes covered

• Sense of place
• Sustainable transport
• Urban green space
• Sustainable buildings
• Waste and recycling
• Air quality
• Economic sustainability