Goals for the session
Children should leave able to draw a simple map with a key, use compass directions, and describe one way their local environment is being shaped by people. The workshop also builds the habit of looking carefully and recording what they see rather than what they expect.
Keep the environmental side concrete and local. A patch of litter near the bins, a shady tree that keeps a bench cool, or a puddle that forms every time it rains are all good starting points for discussion.
Free activities to download
Ready-to-run EduTrend Contents geography and environmental studies workshops for primary, middle and high school. Each free download includes a step-by-step session plan, facilitator notes, three student worksheets and an assessment checklist. Full 20-week programmes are available in EduStore.
Map Makers
Primary · Ages 7–10
Foundation · 60 min
Pupils explore the school grounds, choose symbols for key features and draw a map with a key, then test it by following a partner’s route.
Compass Quest
Primary · Ages 8–11
Developing · 60 min
Pupils learn the compass points, follow bearings and grid references around a simple orienteering course and record the codes at each control.
River Investigators
Middle School · Ages 11–14
Intermediate · 60 min
Students use a sand tray stream table to model how rivers erode, transport and deposit sediment, and test how slope and flow change the landscape.
Microclimate Detectives
Middle School · Ages 12–14
Intermediate · 60 min
Students measure temperature, wind and ground conditions at sites around school, map the results and explain how buildings and surfaces create microclimates.
Urban Change Survey
High School · Ages 15–18
Advanced · 2 × 60 min
Students design a transect survey of environmental quality and land use, collect primary data, analyse it statistically and evaluate urban change.
Liked the free activities? Go further with a 20-week programme.
Each free activity comes from a full EduTrend Contents programme: a Family Guide or Teacher's Guide with one-page session plans for 20 weeks, plus an Assessment Toolkit with rubrics, trackers and certificates. Choose the one for your child's age or your class below. Instant PDF download after checkout.
W4C-321 · 20 WEEKS · $29
World Explorers at Home
Family · Ages 6–11 with a grown-up
20 one-page geography activities for home: maps, weather, landscapes and the wider world. Includes the Family Guide and an Assessment Toolkit with a star chart, tracker and certificate.
W4C-322 · 20 WEEKS · $39
Young Geographers
Primary · Ages 7–11
Four units from maps and fieldwork to weather, rivers, coasts and people and places. Includes the Teacher’s Guide with 20 session plans and an Assessment Toolkit with rubric, baseline challenge and tracker.
W4C-323 · 20 WEEKS · $39
Geography Investigators
Middle school · Ages 11–14
Maps and GIS, fieldwork, physical systems, human geography and an enquiry project. Includes the Teacher’s Guide and an Assessment Toolkit with concept checks and answers.
W4C-324 · 20 WEEKS · $45
Geography Research Lab
High school · Ages 15–18
Statistics, river and coastal systems, hazard risk, globalisation, GIS and a capstone investigation. Includes the Teacher’s Guide and an Assessment Toolkit with worked concept checks.
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Geography and Environmental Studies
Five ready-to-run geography and environmental studies workshops for primary, middle and high school. Each one comes as a free PDF with a session plan, facilitator notes, student worksheets and an assessment checklist.
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