"The Eagles Nest", Mt Lozere, Cévennes, France.

Index of work units at the Eagle's Nest

Please click on a link to take you to an explanation of that link and to further links on time and distance planning. Specific units of work are posted here for you to develop "Armchair Fieldwork" as a prelude to a visit to our or as a resource in your day to day teaching... although we would like to meet you!

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Downloadable Work Units


Le Pont du Gard

Full day units

Visitor pressure: an investigation on Mont Lozere.
Ecosystem studies
River processes: a case study of the River Souteyran.
Agriculture in the Massif Central : a case study on Mont Lozere.
Florac and Le Pont de Montvert: a comparative study.
Geology and the environment.


Half™day units

The peat bog environments of Mont Lozere.
The environmental impact of skiing.
Coastal processes and sand dune systems on the Mediterranean.
La Grande Motte and Aigues Mortes: perception of the built environment.
Aigues Mortes: a study of functional change.
Mende: a key settlement.
St. Enimie: a tourist honeypot.
Rural deprivation.
The Pont du Gard - Managing Tourism
People, Weather and Climate..
Microclimates and land use in the Souteyran valley
An investigation into a soil catena on Mont Lozère

Biology "A" level units
(developed by St. Bede's school, East Sussex)

Quantitative ecology: factors affecting plant distribution.
Public pressure: national parks and conservation.
Environmental conflict in the Camargue.
Freshwater habitats and peat bogs.
(designed by Benenden School)
Trophic Levels, Life Cycles and Food Webs
A Comparison of Grassland and Woodland Ecosystems
Impact of Skiing and Trampling on Plant Species Diversity

Work units for Key Stage 4

Slopes,
Limestone,
Tourism,
Microclimates,
Rivers,
Settlements,
Hill slopes,
Farms
Land use.


Work units for Key Stage 3

Discover Mont Lozere:
Buildings in the Cévennes National Park:
Draille Trail:
Visitez Florac:
Mas Camargue ™ Farming History on Lozere:
Mas Camargue ™ Natural History: