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Y12 Geography Trip

 
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Y12 Geography Trip
by Ella Mitchell - Thursday, 30 March 2017, 1:06 PM
 

Year 12 Geography Fieldtrip – Friday 17 March 

Year 12 Geographers recently completed a field trip looking at the natural environment of the Manawatu

The first half of this trip on Friday 17 March took the form of a bus trip looking at various features of the Manawatu natural environment – i.e. various Manawatu landforms, natural vegetation and soil patterns. Places visited were the Manawatu River at Ruahine Street, Hiwinui and the Ashhurst domain.

The second half of the fieldtrip involved gathering figures to complete an internal assessment on processes occurring in the Turitea stream. This involved a comparative study of some aspect(s) of the stream near its headwaters compared to the same aspect at Bledisloe park at Massey University.

The weather was perfect – sunny and warm - and the students appreciated the opportunity to cool off when walking in the stream to gather their figures.