S4 are devloping their note taking skills by carrying out an enquiry into land use issues in upland areas of Europe. The starting point of the exercise was a case study of the Cairngorm funicular railway. The class watched a video on the making of the railway and considered the points for and against this.

The following web sites should be used in researching this topic:

http://www.cairngormmountain.com/
http://highergeogblog.blogspot.com/2006/09/cairngorms-website.html
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/sustainableforestry
http://www.ramblers.org.uk/factshts/factsh14.html
http://www.incallander.co.uk/walks/lawers.htm