Animals in the Environment

This course provides outdoor practical experiences to explore the wide variety of animal life found on our nature reserves. Activities provide learning opportunities to discover the science content of key stage one programmes of study and include links to other areas of the curriculum.

Course Content:

Different Plants and Animals in the immediate environment. Respect for the environment and local wildlife. Recording the plants and animals found. Results presentation. Differences between the local habitats. Making predictions about the animals and plants found in different local habitats and investigating them. Animals reproduce and change as the grow.

Activities:

Observing small mammals and minibeasts. Searching for and recording Wildlife in Woodlands and Meadows. Natural material art. Camouflage studies. Life cycles of honey-bees and moths. Catching nymphs and larvae of insects in brook. Linking animals with their need for shelter and food.

Links to NC:

Science Geography Art Numeracy Literacy (communication) PSHE