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Carry out a scavenger hunt around your outdoor space and make use of the space for analysing your findings. Hold discussions around some interesting aspects of nature to provoke children’s thoughts about what living, dead and never alive really means.
The main activity of this outdoor lesson sees your children identifying micro-habitats and the animals that live there to introduce them to the characteristics of different wildlife and their environments.
Deepen your children’s understanding of habitats and microhabitats through the context of your outdoor space. This lesson plan covers a range of scientific skills and is easily adapted to a range of outdoor spaces, so no need to worry if you don’t have extensive natural areas.
This outdoor lesson plan combines scientific knowledge, creativity and technology all in one! All you’ll need is some pre-prepared video clips, your technology of choice, your outdoor space and a malleable material such as salt dough or clay!
Have your children apply their understanding of habitats to inform in-depth discussions around the role each organism within a habitat plays. Using close observation of your outdoor space, your children will question why animals and plants are presented as they are and the relationship between them.
The main activity of this outdoor lesson involves creating large-scale food chains to help you assess your children’s understanding of food sources.