Cockington – a special place for wildlife, tourists and local people |
Interactive, guided tour around Cockington; following a map; answering questions about the types of people that visit Cockington and the facilities that exist; colour coding and marking on features on the map; discussing what people feel about Cockington and how it should be looked after for the future.
Timing: half day or full day
Age Range: 6 - 14 yrs (KS 2 and 3) |
Cockington village and country park management study |
The Torbay Coast & Countryside Trust manage the country park with the aims of integrating tourism, recreation, farming, wildlife conservation and conservation of the landscape. Sometimes these different interests come into conflict with each other. We will study the issues that are thrown up, get into `interest groups' and work out some potential solutions.
Follow up work can involve:
• Students in teams representing the different interest groups, debating the future of Cockington.
• Making illustrated posters / newspaper reports / leaflets putting across your groups views on the future for Cockington.
• Recording a 'radio or television interview' on the subject `What is the future for Cockington?'
Timing: half day or full day
Age Range: 8- 16 yrs (KS 2, 3 and 4)
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| Mapwork |
• After doing a tour, use aerial photographs and maps to locate site features eg the Court, C hurch and lakes, and mark them onto a blank map. Then mark on the different uses of the land in the country park eg pasture, woodland, housing , recreational parkland.
• Compare land uses in the present with those marked on the 1905 Ordnance Survey Map and the 1860 tithe map.
• Design your own walking route around the park and produce your own map and guide. You will be shown some examples and told which type of person to appeal to.
Timing: half day or full day
Age Range : 8 - 16 yrs (KS 2, 3 and 4) - we can also cater for post 16 students |
River Study for Primary level |
Cockington stream is small and shallow but long, varied, accessible, safe and therefore a very good field site for a practical study. In groups, students will do labeled field sketches, measure stream width, bankfull width, depth across the stream, flow rate and gradient at different places along the stream. Average depth, average velocity, ( cross sectional area and discharge can then be worked out ) . From this we will work out the factors that affect the flow rate of the stream. Follow up work can include drawing stream cross section diagrams and graphs of depth with flow rate etc.
Timing: half day or full day
Age Range: 7 - 11 yrs (KS 2)
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Relevant parts of Geography National Curriculum that can be covered using our activities : |
Key Stage 2
Yr. 3 - Unit 6 - Investigating our local area - Use Cockington village and country park as part of the locality in which to carry out various fieldwork activities - suitable for schools local to Cockington. Cockington could also be used as the `contrasting locality' required to be studied.
Yr. 6 - Unit 14 - Investigating Rivers
Key Stage 3
Yr. 9 - Unit 19: ‘Tourism - Good or Bad?'
Key Stage 4
Field trips will enable students to carry out their coursework. The topics and locations will depend on the School's Geography syllabus. Thus, the field trips can be tailored to each individual school's needs.
Possible themes / topics:
• Managing natural environments: Leisure and the environment
• Fragile Environments: Threatened Natural Landscapes in the UK
• Environmental Issues |
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