Staff, three technical and one academic, set up demonstrations of all available methods around the laboratory. In a six-hour block student groups attend and move around the stations, learning how to use the equipment. For the week in which induction is taking place the main laboratory is entirely devoted to this course. A group report of the field and laboratory work, which includes a diary and reflection on success with proposals for further work. A group poster which is explained in a brief oral presentation.
Students assign the mark allocation within their own group.