senior nature trail
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Senior nature trail
Go on a nature walk and make four stops along your walk. Try and complete the activities as you go. Enjoy!
Stop 1.
Stop 3
When you get home discuss what you saw, felt and heard. Finish your drawings and discuss which stop you enjoyed the most. Well done, you are now a nature expert.
Go on a nature walk and make four stops along your walk. Try and complete the activities as you go. Enjoy!
Stop 1.
- Look all around you. Name two animals you see. Name two plants you see.
- Choose a plant to touch. What does it feel like? What words best describe how it feels and smells.
- Choose another plant but don’t tell the adult that is with you. Describe the plant using good describing words and see if they can guess what plant it is.
- Can you spot any trees? Can you identify any of the trees by their leaves? How are the leaves different? Choose some to take home an investigate.
- Choose 2 trees and draw them.
- If you could improve anything about this area what would it be?
Stop 3
- Can you find any minibeasts?
- Where did you find them?
- Can you sort them into 3 sets according to appearance (i.e wings/no wings, no. of legs, colour etc)
- Draw/sketch a minibeast you found and try and label it.
- Can you spot any animal habitats? Name them.
- What animals do you think live there?
- What poses a threat to the habitat you have identified?
- How can we protect habitats?
- Draw the habitat you have identified and the animals that live there.
- Can you identify an ecosystem?
When you get home discuss what you saw, felt and heard. Finish your drawings and discuss which stop you enjoyed the most. Well done, you are now a nature expert.
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