What is in your local area and what would you like to have there? This is the start of an enquiry into how neighbourhoods are designed and what sort of communities are created in such areas.

Taking on the characters of city planners, incoming residents and residents of the area to be developed, pupils explore the key themes needed to be considered when developing a new settlement.

Look at how settlements differ and change. The children will learn from an introductory presentation then head out into the field to collect and record evidence from the city they see around them.

Pupils discover what sustainability means and the pit-falls and benefits of sustainable technologies. Looking at how sustainability has been, and is continued to be, incorporated into the development of Milton Keynes, pupils plan their own ecological cities.

Using Milton Keynes as a case study. Ideal for classes learning about their city, settlements, or art and wildlife in a built environment, this visit can be adapted to suit a range of curriculum areas.

Looking at how to create an environment that people will want to live in. Regarding open spaces, housing, education institutions as well as transport, retail and leisure facilities.

An info-packed and practical day, this addresses the key themes, concepts and processes that are crucial at both KS3 & 4, with a focus on fieldwork. Milton Keynes is a fascinating case study for studying human geography in the built environment; with plenty to evaluate in terms of sustainability. MK continues to grow rapidly, making it a place to study these processes in a real, relevant context.

This offers the chance to use Milton Keynes as a case study in a variety of ways in different curriculum areas. Ideal for classes learning about their city, about settlements, public art, business and the local economy, wildlife in a built environment, and much more, this programme can be adapted to suit a range of subjects and group sizes.

This session looks at the factors that need to be considered when creating a city and looking at how to improve sustainability within the infrastructure of new cities, and potential for incorporating these methods into older urban centres

This session looks at not only comparing the city's success to its own expectations, but evaluating Milton Keynes against other new town developments across the world, and looking at what the future holds in store for MK.