5th Year Geography Field Trip 28th September 2010

5th Year Geography Field Trip 28th September 2010.

On Tuesday 28th September our two Geography teachers, Mr. Mullen and Ms. Clarke took one of our Leaving Cert. Classes to a local plantation about 20 minutes walk from St. Felim’s.

The topic they are doing this year is “ Changing Landuse in a Rural Setting” which will account for 20% of their final mark in the subject.

During their field trip they completed a 50m transect along the edge of a forest and a 50m transect along a hedgerow in an adjoining meadow. In the classroom we will plot a graph of both transects and then compare to find out which has the greater variety of tree layers and therefore provide a better habitat for wildlife.

We also threw a quadrat twice in the forest and in the meadow to examine groundcover species. In the classroom we will analse our findings to see which has the greater biodiversity ie. Greater variety of species. The first draft on this is due on November 5th 2010. The other Geography class will soon be completing their field study which will also be carried out on the same topic.