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A LEVEL TRIP TO DORSET<br />
From the 26th to the 29th of June, the Year 12 ‘Geography Crew’ went on a field trip to the Jurassic coastline,<br />
Dorset to prepare for our A2 skills paper. Swanage and the surrounding area provides opportunities to visit<br />
both fluvial and coastal landforms such as Lulworth Cove, Studland sand dunes and Chesil beach, which we<br />
have been studying since GCSE level.<br />
The purpose of the trip was to practise and become familiar with new methods of data collection and<br />
sampling, while using more advanced equipment, e.g. a surveyor’s level to measure very subtle changes in<br />
gradient.<br />
At Chesil beach we studied the changes in pebble size and shape as you move from one end of the 18 mile<br />
stretch to the other; whereas at the dunes, we focused mainly on tracking the changes in vegetation and soil<br />
quality. The rivers day brought its own experiences, including our first time using waders, which was all fun<br />
and games until we discovered there were not quite as watertight as we had been led to believe!<br />
The trip was a real success, with us all learning a huge amount about planning and carrying out our own<br />
investigations and then evaluating and analysing our data. It was not all work and no play though; the trip<br />
definitely involved a lot more laughing and pranking that any of us could have imagined with strategically<br />
placed plastic bugs being just the beginning!<br />
Clare Sylvester and Megan Owen<br />
It was not all<br />
work and no<br />
play though;<br />
the trip<br />
definitely<br />
involved a lot<br />
more laughing and<br />
pranking that any<br />
of us could have<br />
imagined...!<br />
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