Maharashtra Board Class 8 Geography Chapter 10 Field Trip PDF Download

Field Trip

The field trip is an important method of geography. Through field trips one can get a first hand experience of geographical factors and processes. Geographical concepts can be understood. Geographical field trips are useful for understanding the relationship between man and environment. It is essential to plan the field trips according to the topic, place and duration of the visit.

One of the important objectives of a field trip is to pay a visit to an office in order to understand the kind of work done there. Different types of information are collected during a field trip. For this purpose a questionnaire is prepared. After compiling the information a report is prepared.

Preparations For The Field Trip

A copy of the questionnaire, a notebook, camera, pen, pencil etc. are an essential part of the kit. Prior permission should be obtained from the concerned office before fixing the date and time of the visit. Care should be taken not to damage anything during the course of the field trip. In this lesson, a sample questionnaire regarding a visit to the election office has been provided. Please go through this questionnaire. This kind of questionnaire is used for obtaining information from any office. On the basis of the following questions you can prepare your own questionnaire for a visit to the following places e.g. Talathi's office or a visit to a small scale industry.

Teacher's Note

Field trips help students learn by seeing real places. For example, visiting your local election office helps you understand how voting works in your area.

Exam Trick

Remember: A field trip means you go to see a real office or place. You collect information using a questionnaire, then write a report.

Points to Remember

Field trips are a way to learn geography by visiting real places.
A questionnaire is a list of questions you ask people at the office.
You need to take a notebook, pen, and camera to collect information.
After collecting information, you write a report about what you learned.

Questionnaire

Visit To The Elections Division's Office At The Taluka And District Level

Name of the office.

What is the designation of the chief at this office?

What are the different duties performed by this office?

Who directs the work carried out in the election division?

Which are the various elections conducted through this office?

From where do they get the additional manpower required during election?

How many days prior to election is the notice given?

Who does the work of enlisting new voters and updating the electoral lists?

Who conducts the training programmes for the elections?

Which are the licenses issued by the office during elections?

How many people are appointed at the polling centre during voting?

When is the voting of officials appointed for election duty taken? How?

What are the timings of the voting?

Is the timing of voting extended under special circumstances?

What efforts are taken to make the process of voting transparent?

Tell the advantages /disadvantages of voting machine. (EVM)

How are voting machines obtained?

Since when are the voting machines being used?

What action needs to be taken if the voting machine becomes faulty?

How was voting conducted earlier?

The Code of Conduct is applicable for how many days before and after the elections?

Which departments do you seek help from to conduct the elections?

In which circumstances are by-elections held?

What do you do if the candidates get equal votes?

Who declares the end result of the election in the public?

Does the office maintain records of the earlier elections?

Do you issue certificates to the elected candidates? Who signs these certificates?

Teacher's Note

These questions help you understand how elections work in India. By asking these questions, you learn about the important people and work at the election office.

Exam Trick

Remember: There are 27 questions in the sample questionnaire. These questions cover all parts of the election process from start to finish.

Points to Remember

A questionnaire has many questions about the office you are visiting.
The questions help you collect information from the office workers.
Questions should be clear and easy to understand.
You can use these sample questions as a guide for your own questionnaire.
Each question should help you learn about one important part of the work.

Report Writing

After you collect information from the office you visited, you have to write a report. You can use the maps, tables and layouts, graphs, pictures and photographs for the same.

Write report as per the following points.

Introduction

Personnel working in the office

Nature of work in the office

Problems encountered/Solutions

Acknowlegement

List of references

Present the report in class either in individually or in a group

The students of a particular school along with their teachers made a field visit to the tehsildar's office. They prepared a questionnaire for understanding the entire election process. After meeting the Chief Electoral Officer they collected this information. After compilation and the preparation of a report, they made use of it for the school elections.

Teacher's Note

Writing a report means you organize all the information you collected in a clear way. The report should have an introduction, main points, and a conclusion.

Exam Trick

Remember: A report has 6 parts - Introduction, Personnel, Nature of Work, Problems, Acknowledgement, and References. Always write in this order.

Points to Remember

A report shows what you learned from your field trip.
The introduction tells why you went to that office.
You can use pictures, maps, and graphs in your report.
The report should be clear and easy to read.
You can present your report alone or with friends.

Project

Prepare a plan for a fieldtrip of your class to a place of special interest/visit to an office and prepare a questionnaire.

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