Why Iceland?

One of the major steps in the LEAD Department initiative is the developmental fieldwork in Iceland for the geography staff involved. We see this as a crucial part of staff and curriculum development given the pivotal and unique role fieldwork plays in the understanding, teaching and learning in geography and the world our students live in. The rationale for the fieldwork is outlined below:

1. Regenerating and recapturing the awe and wonder of Geography for all staff involve.

2. To generate a cohesive group of Geographers who can continue to work together on major issues confronting Geography today.

3. Create resources based on fieldwork activities that are common to all the schools involved (each to develop a specific unit to using ICT) .

4. Enable us to measure, through the use of these new resources, attainment at KS3 across the schools.

5. Iceland offers major physical and human links to KS3/4. 

 

Itinerary
Friday Saturday

Vik – Basalt Columns

 Drive past solid ash formations
Myrdalsjokull – Largest Glacier in Europe Lake Kleifervatn
Gullfoss – Waterfall Krisuvik – Mud Springs, sulphur and solid ash formations
Geysir National Park Svartsengi – Geothermal Power Station
Keria – Volcanic Crater Gjain – Underground audio-visual tour
Almannagia – Everyman Chasm (Thingveller NP) – Tectonic Plates The Blue Lagoon

Location of Iceland

Iceland is located just south of the Arctic Circle in the middle of the North Atlantic:

 

Climate in Iceland

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