Successful Biology and Geography Fieldwork Trips in Singapore
Geography Field Trip on Pulau Ubin
This first half of the year, we have completed several IB Biology and Geography fieldwork trips successfully in line with the current COVID-19 Safe Management Measures. Here in Singapore, we continue to offer Biology and ESS subjects in ecosystems such as rainforest, freshwater, intertidal, mangroves, birds and butterfly, and coastal geography and human geography for Geographers.
Development of a New Ecosystem Option – Urban Ecosystem
We are proud to share the development of a new ecosystem option – Urban Ecosystem. As more than half of the people on Earth live in cities, it is especially important to understand how biodiversity patterns occur in our man-made environments. Urban ecosystems are dynamic ecosystems that have similar interactions and behaviours as natural ecosystems. Unlike natural ecosystems however, urban ecosystems are a hybrid of natural and man-made elements whose interactions are affected not only by the natural environment, but also culture, personal behaviour, politics, economics and social organisation.
Bishan - Ang Mo Kio Park as an example of an urban park in Singapore
In Singapore, urban environment is everywhere around us, in the streets, urban parks and residential areas. Students can focus on topics such as insects or herbivory counts, plant diversity, or impact of community cats. They can even compare a chosen topic such as macaques between an urban environment and natural environment.
UNSDG-themed Trips for NYAA and D of E
Ecofieldtrips have been actively adopting the UNSDG (UN Sustainable Development Goals) in our programs and activities. We aim for all students that have been through our programs will have a better understanding of the SDGs.
Since last year, we have developed UNSDG-themed trips which revolve around one or more of the goals. These NYAA (National Youth Achievement Awards) and DofE Award (Duke of Edinburgh Award) programs include a long hike where our Ecofieldtrips staff will cover different aspects of the chosen goals throughout the walk. Different activities can be incorporated to extend this into a week-long program.
Read our previous blog on an UNSDG module that we created!
