1. What is the purpose of a field visit?
a. To collect firsthand information:
i. A field visit is a visit to a factory, farm, or
museum made by students and a teacher for
the purpose of firsthand information.
b. To get direct experience:
i. It is a practical method of studying
Geography.
ii. Various geographical features can be directly
experienced through field visits.
iii. Also, one can collect several samples from
the area of the visit which help to understand
the subject in a better manner.
c. To understand geographical and social
conditions:
i. Field visits also help in understanding the
geographical and social conditions of a
place.
ii. It enables one to comprehend various
geographical concepts and elements easily.
d. To interact with local people:
i. It also provides an opportunity to directly
interact with the local people and understand
their problems.
ii. It is extremely useful for understanding the
correlation between humans and the
environment.
2. Prepare a questionnaire for an interview of a farmer during a
field visit.
a. A questionnaire for interview of a farmer during field visit
could be as follows:
i. What is your name?
ii. What is the total area of your farm?
iii. What type of soil is used in your farm?
iv. Name the crops grown in your farm during a year.
v. How do you maintain the productivity of soil?
vi. Describe irrigation management.
vii. Where do you sell the product?
viii. How do you manage marketing?
3. Prepare a questionnaire for a field visit to a factory.
a. A questionnaire for a field visit to a factory.
i. When was the factory established?
ii. Which product is manufactured in the factory?
iii. Where does the raw material required for the
production come from?
iv. Who provides water supply to the factory?
v. In which market is the final product sold? How far is
this market from the factory?
vi. While setting up this factory, how many workers were
provided with the means of livelihood?
vii. Which are the various roads or railways that can be
used to reach the factory?
viii. What provisions have been made for the betterment
of workers?
ix. What precautions have been taken to prevent a fire
hazard?
x. What precautions have been taken to prevent or
reduce environmental pollution?
4. How do you manage litter during field visits?
a. It is our social responsibility to ensure that the
cleanliness and sanctity of the place of visit is
not disturbed during our visit.
b. So during the field visits, we must ensure that
we do not throw trash or litter around us.
c. We will collect all the litter of the in-between
journey in some pocket of our bag and will
throw them wherever we will find the dustbin.
d. We will reduce waste as much as possible.
e. We will try not to make use of plastic bottles for
water and will carry steel bottles and refill them
at the stop.
f. We must use the dustbins for throwing empty
packets of snacks, empty water bottles,
left-over food items, etc.
g. Also, we must try to segregate dry and wet
waste.
h. We must carry huge garbage bags so as to
use them to collect trash in absence of a
dustbin or if the dustbin is overflowing with
garbage.
i. This garbage bag can be disposed of later.
5. What items will you carry with you for the field visit?
a. We will take the following items with us for the field
visit:
i. Notebook, pen and pencil, camera, binoculars,
etc to collect information.
ii. I-card, water bottle, cap, and a first aid box are
a must.
iii. Ziplock bag for collecting samples.
iv. Carry a questionnaire and information booklet
about the place to be visited
v. Carry some bags to discard any trash.
6. What is the importance of a field visit?
a. Geography is a science to be learnt through
observation.
b. Field study gives us an opportunity to get first hand
information of the new place having a different
location, climate and landforms.
c. Students learn the relationship between physical
and cultural factors and how man adapts himself
accordingly.
d. They get an opportunity to interact with the local
people, know about their culture, food, clothing and
understand their problems.
e. Students develop the feeling of belonging to these
regions and their skill of observation and reasoning
also improves.