Animals in the Environment

This course provides outdoor practical experiences to explore the wide variety of animal life found at the Pelham Centre for Environmental Education and the Daws Hall Reserve. Activities provide learning opportunities to discover the science content of Key Stage One programmes of study and 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 they grow

Activities:
Observing small animals and minibeasts.
Searching for and recording wildlife in woods and meadows.
Natural material art.
Camouflage studies.
Life cycles of honey bees and moths.
Catching nymphs and larvae of insects in the brook.
Linking animals and their need for shelter and food

Links to National Curriculum:

Science, Geography, Art, Numeracy, Literacy (communication), PSHE

Duration:
Can be a full or half day unit to take place throughout the year.

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