Notes-Class 10-Geography-Chapter-1-Field Visit-Maharashtra Board

Field visit :

Field visit is an important study method in geography.  Field visit is a journey by a group of people/students to a place away from their normal environment. The purpose of the field visit for student is usually observation for education, or to provide students with experiences outside their everyday activities,

The information of this study method is as follows :

Importance :

The importance of field visit can be outlined with the help of the following points :

• Field visit helps in understanding various geographical concepts, elements and processes through direct personal experiences.
• It helps in understanding the correlation between humans and environment.
• It helps in enhancing the understanding and sensitivity about the historical, economic, social, and cultural facts about the selected field.
• It makes the study of geography more interesting and supports the application of knowledge.

Preparations :

1) Deciding the place :

• It includes planning about the location, distance, transportation route, means of transportation, duration of field visit, etc.
• For example, deciding a place like river bank/ seashore / mountain / fort / plateau / farm / hill station/ factory/ railway station, etc.

2) Deciding the purpose :

• It includes deciding the aims and learning objectives of field visit.
• For example, visiting a hill station and seashore to study the differences in climatic conditions between them.

3) Collecting/ Obtaining essential documents :

• It includes collecting or obtaining the location map of a field, necessary permission letters, etc.
• For example, obtaining permission letter of owner of a factory allowing a visit to a factory.

Essential materials :

• Notebook, pen, pencil, scale, camera, etc. to collect information.
• Compass for knowing directions and maps for understanding various locations.
• Questionnaire as per the purpose of field visit.
• Containers or bags for collecting samples of water /soil/ rocks/plants/crops, etc.
• A cap, a bottle of drinking water, first aid box, etc.

 Precautions to be taken :

• Obeying all instructions of teachers.
• Ensuring that one does not harm the environment in any way during field visit.
• Collecting relevant information as per the purpose of field visit.

It is important to manage the waste generated during field visit.

• Many things like containers or bags, a bottle of drinking water, papers, maps, etc. are used during field visit. If these things are thrown here and there after their use, it leads to generation of litter.
• Litter leads to pollution. It harms the surrounding environment.
• Visiting a field following discipline is very essential.

Report writing :

A field report should be written on the basis of information obtained after field visit is complete. The information about report writing is as follows :

Q. What care should be taken to visit a seashore?