Learning is not just limited to a classroom at school. Learning can be more fun, interactive and effective for both teachers and students if they are actually experiencing it, especially in geography.
To enhance the students’ understanding in physical geography, a group of 60 students from Katok Sixth Form Centre led by geography teacher and organiser, Stewart Alp, was out to explore and study about rivers, physical weathering and the rock formations in the Katok area close to the school. Also assisting in the educational trip were Ramarao Simadari Naidu, Tang Wei Hoon and Cigku Azmi from the school’s Geography Department.
The students, equipped with trekking gear, cameras, and other necessities, ventured deep into the woods where they had to climb a hill. En route the summit, Mr Alp explained the formation of gullies and rills to the students.
The students were also briefed on the formation of river meanders and rock stratification as well as mass movement on the hill. On the way up the hill, the students came across a seismometer, one of the seismological stations in Brunei. It continuously monitors seismic movements and transmits information to the National Seismological Centre.
The students also learnt and were made aware of the impact of human activities affecting the landscape and the ecosystem of the fragile environment.
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