Coastal, rainfall/runoff and river models
Grasp key concepts by seeing process in action
Half or full day courses to suit your needs

The Earth Science Centre (ESC) consists of four unique models:

• coastal model
• wave tank
• river model
• rainfall/ runoff model

It also contains an automatic weather station, smaller scale simulations, a suite of computers, and an interactive whiteboard.

Sessions can be tailored to meet your needs.

• Half or full day
• KS1 - A level
• Revision or introduction to a topic
• Follow up materials provided
• Groups from 5 - 30 pupils
• Choose the area of your course you wish to focus on

Prices are competitive, (from £4 per pupil for a primary group, half day)

A typical session involves group work, hands on work with the models, data measurement, recording and analysis, using the interactive whiteboard, making a cost-benefit analysis and investigating pupils’ own values.

Pupils leave the Centre with a grasp of concepts that can be difficult in the school classroom. Some examples of questions, which the Centre can help pupils to answer:

• How does rain get to a river? KS2
• How do people sometime make floods worse? KS3
• Is it worth defending the coast? GCSE
• What is dynamic equilibrium? A2

Research has shown that sessions in the ESC enable:

• a grasp of how physical process and landforms are linked
• more motivation to study rivers and coasts (including landforms, processes and the human impact)
• ‘fixing’ case studies in the memory by relating them to the models
• teachers to develop strategies, through their use of the models

As well as catering for pupils the Centre also offers INSET and CPD opportunities for primary and secondary teachers

To make a booking email escadmin@ioe.ac.uk
Or call 020 7612 6325
For other enquirires contact David Mitchell, ESC Tutor.E:d.mitchell@ioe.ac.uk, Tel: 020 7612 6451

School of Mathematics, Science and Technology
Institute of Education
20 Bedford Way
London WC1 0AL