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<strong>Welcome to KesWiki!</strong>
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<strong>Welcome to KesWiki!</strong> (pronounced <em>"kes-icky"</em> according to Chris <em>"The Quiz Cheater"*</em> Darvill).
  
 
This is a place to record all of our past and present Kewsick projects.  
 
This is a place to record all of our past and present Kewsick projects.  
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Consult the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.
 
  
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= A Blank on the Map (Mapping) =
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Projects are presented as <strong>Title <em>(Staff Member Currently Using It)</em></strong> and are divided into three rough categories depending upon the main focus of the project. Much of the initial material is based upon old timetables, old notes, and my understanding so please do feel free to correct the inevitable mistakes! Please also add old projects that are no longer used if there are any missing ones that you can remember (even if you can't remember every detail), it may well be that someone could breathe new life into them, or they might provide a spark of inspiration for something new...
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<strong>By:</strong> Jonny Huck
 
  
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<strong>Currently Used By:</strong> Jonny Huck
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<strong>Note:</strong> I had to lock this down a bit after we got some vandalism - if you want to edit or add a project then you must have an account, please contact <b>Jonny Huck</b> if you would like one setting up.
  
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== Instructions ==
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Consult the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.
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Gather the students outside the front of the centre and give out the equipment. Explain how fundamental the map and compass is to any Geographer.
 
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Get the students to work out <em>exactly</em> where they are (to the millimetre) - get them to orientate the map as part of this, explaning what this is and why it is important.
 
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Explain the main parts of the compass (north needle, north arrow, capsule, direction of travel arrow, mirror) and get them to use the needle to verify their map orintation.
 
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Select a student to navigate the group to <b>Skelgill Farm</b>. Stop half way up the road and get them to identify <b>Swinside</b>. Stop a bit further up and get them to identify <b>Skelgill Bank</b> (as opposed to <b>Cat Bells</b> further along).
 
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Once they arrive at <b>Skelgill Farm</b>, make them prove it using the buildings, the shape of the road and the footpaths. Demonstrate the use of the mirror to take a bearing to the tip of the triangular mine scar on the opposite valley. Select a new student to navigate to <b>Cat Bells Terrace</b>.
 
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Stop them shortly after the gate to do another bearing to the 'V' shaped trees on the summit of <b>Swinside</b>. Stop just before the car park and ask them exactly where they are - allow them to come to the conclusion that it isn't possible to tell with the map alone. Do another bearing to the 'V' shaped trees on <b>Swinside</b>, this time plotting the ray onto the map in order to identify exactly where on the path you are. Continue to <b>Cat Bells Terrace</b>.
 
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Go up the terrace until you can see the church at Keswick and the mast at Castlerigg over the trees. Ask them where they are and allow them to identify that once again they can't tell exactly where they are. Explain that this time we are aiming for two points in order to get our location more precisely - explain that this is called <em>resection</em>. Ask them to identify two features that are suitable to use for taking a bearing (the church and the mast are the correct answers) and get them to give it a go, seeing how close they can get the cross in the lines of sight to the footpath (enabling them to see the level of uncertainty in their measurement).
 
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Once they are happy with this process, take them further up the terrace so that you can see the 5 islands in the lake. Explain the task to them - they need to map the islands back into the lake by locating themselves on the terrace then plotting the ray from their location to the left and right side of each island (the smallest island just needs one central measurement). Doing this exercise from two locations sufficiently far away from each other allows them to locate the sides of each island and so draw them in.
 
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Once they have finished (or time is running out), you can allow them to compare their results to the complete map on the staff handout. You can then have a discussion about how they think the islands were formed (they are drumlins).
 
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Leave 30 mins to walk back to the centre.
 
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== Equipment ==
 
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Each student should have:
 
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* 1x Student handout
 
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* 1x Clipboard
 
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* 1x Pencil
 
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* 1x Compass-Clinometer
 
  
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Staff require:
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<nowiki>*</nowiki><del>(unreferenced slander)</del> Dennis et al. 2019
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* 1x Staff Handout
 
  
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== Handouts ==
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= Logistics =
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*[[Media:Student.pdf|Student Handout]]
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*[[Photoboard | Photoboard]]
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*[[Media:Staff.pdf|Staff Handout]]
 
  
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= Fans Are Fun (Physical) =
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= Physical Geography =
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*[[Glacial_Geomorphology | Glacial Geomorphology / Lake District Under Ice <em>(Phil Hughes, Chris Darvill)</em>]]
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*[[Urban_Wilderness | Urban Wilderness <em>(Gareth Clay)</em> (this project really sits at the interface of physical and human)]]
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*[[Graveyard_Lichen | Graveyard Lichen <em>(Abi Stone)</em>]]
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*[[Water_Quality | Water Quality / Bugs Will Tear Us Apart <em>(Emma Shuttleworth, James Rothwell, Jonny Ritson)</em>]]
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*[[How_Big_is_Big_Enough | How Big is Big Enough? <em>(Will Fletcher, Pete Ryan)</em>]]
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*[[Flooding | Flooding <em>(Tim Allott)</em>]]
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*[[Terrestrial_Carbon_Flux_Monitoring_and_Budgeting | Terrestrial Carbon Flux Monitoring and Budgeting <em>(Claire Goulsbra)</em>]]
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*[[Stone_Weathering | Stone Weathering <em>(Abi Stone)</em>]]
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*[[Woodland_Biogeography | Woodland Biogeography <em>(Matt Dennis)</em>]]
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*[[Soil | Soil <em>(Pete Ryan)</em>]]
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*[[Microclimates | Microclimates <em>(Claire Goulsbra)</em>]]
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*[[Fans_Are_Fun | Fans Are Fun <em>(Jamie Woodward)</em>]]
  
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= Squaring the Circle (Mapping) =
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= Mapping / Skills =
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*[[A_Blank_on_the_Map | A Blank on the Map <em>(Jonny Huck)</em>]]
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*[[The_Great_Newlands_Trigonometrical_Survey | The Great Newlands Trigonometrical Survey <em>(Jonny Huck)</em>]]
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*[[Squaring_the_Circle | Squaring the Circle <em>(Jamie Woodward)</em>]]
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*[[GPS_Tracing | GPS Tracing <em>()</em>]]
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*[[Urban_Exploration | Urban Exploration <em>(Martin Dodge, Pete Ryan)</em>]]
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*[[Tracing the Skyline | Tracing the Skyline <em>(Matt Tomkins)</em>]]
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*[[Apple of my iPad Pro | Apple of my iPad Pro <em>(Adam Johnston)</em>]]
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*[[Where am I? | Where am I? <em>(Richard Figueroa)</em>]]
  
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= What Lies Beneath (Physical) =
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= Human Geography =
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*[[Cultural_Landscapes | Cultural Landscapes <em>()</em>]]
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*[[Skiddaw | Skiddaw <em>(Mark Usher)</em>]]
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*[[Sensory_Keswick | Sensory Keswick <em>()</em>]]
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*[[The_Geography_of_Things | The Geography of Things <em>(Ross Jones)</em>]]
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*[[Developing_Keswick | Developing Keswick <em>(Martin Hess, Jamie Doucette)</em>]]
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*[[Representations_of_Britishness_in_Keswick | Representations of Britishness in Keswick <em>(Fiona Smyth, Craig Thomas)</em>]]
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*[[Observing_the_Newlands_Valley | Observing the Newlands Valley <em>(Tom Bishop)</em>]]
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*[[Politics_Ecology_and_Landscape | Politics, Ecology and Landscapes <em>(James Evans, Craig Thomas)</em>]]
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*[[Exploring_the_Psychogeography_of_Keswick | Exploring the Psychogeography of Keswick <em>(Joe Blakey)</em>]]
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*[[Gender_and_Nature | Gender and Nature <em>(Caitlin Henry)</em>]]
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*[[Learning_to_Read_the_Landscape | Learning to 'Read' the Landscape <em>(Nate Millington)</em>]]
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*[[Tagging_Keswick | Tagging Keswick <em>()</em>]]
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*[[Human_Cultural_Landscapes_of_the_Lake_District | Human / Cultural Landscapes of the Lake District <em>()</em>]]
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*[[Keswick_In_Bloom | Keswick In Bloom <em>()</em>]]
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*[[Theraputic_Landscapes| Theraputic Landscapes <em>()</em>]]
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*[[Sounds_Like_Keswick | Sounds Like Keswick <em>(Pete Ryan)</em>]]
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*[[Nature_Walk_Culture_Talk | Nature Walk Culture Talk <em>(Aurora Fredriksen)</em>]]
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*[[A_Step_In_TIME | A Step In TIME <em>(Nerea Okong'o)</em>]]
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*[[Cracking_Keswick | Cracking Keswick <em>(Ross Jones)</em>]]

Latest revision as of 03:59, 13 September 2023

Welcome to KesWiki! (pronounced "kes-icky" according to Chris "The Quiz Cheater"* Darvill).

This is a place to record all of our past and present Kewsick projects.

Projects are presented as Title (Staff Member Currently Using It) and are divided into three rough categories depending upon the main focus of the project. Much of the initial material is based upon old timetables, old notes, and my understanding so please do feel free to correct the inevitable mistakes! Please also add old projects that are no longer used if there are any missing ones that you can remember (even if you can't remember every detail), it may well be that someone could breathe new life into them, or they might provide a spark of inspiration for something new...

Note: I had to lock this down a bit after we got some vandalism - if you want to edit or add a project then you must have an account, please contact Jonny Huck if you would like one setting up.

Consult the User's Guide for information on using the wiki software.

*(unreferenced slander) Dennis et al. 2019

Logistics

Physical Geography

Mapping / Skills

Human Geography

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