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OPAL Primary
These resources are produced by OPAL (Open Air Laboratories), whose aim is to encourage communities to work on local nature projects with an aim of improving the environment. They are designed for use outside the classroom in a local wildlife area, but also contain follow up ideas for use in the classroom. This collection contains nine Education Packs with curriculum links to the identification of plants and animals in the local environment, minibeasts, habitats, plant life-cycles and interdependence and adaptation. The education packs are:
- Food chains
- Senses
- Woodland tales
- Life in ponds
- Minibeasts - invertebrate survey
- Seeds and fruits – adaptation
- Soil and earthworms - worm survey
- Useful plants - what do plants do for you?
- Spring - pollination
- Trees - vital statistics, describing and measuring trees
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Education Pack: Food Chains
Aimed at primary learners, this resource aims to develop an understanding of some of the food chains within a woodland habitat. Linked to the topics of animals and all living things, it includes a matching activity, a game and a simulation of a food web. Teacher...
Education Pack: Senses
These materials aimed at primary learners explore how our senses can help us to learn about the natural environment. Linked to the topic areas of animals and habitats, they are designed for use when visiting a wildlife area. Most of the activities focus on one sense and...
Education Pack: Woodland Tales
These materials, aimed at primary learners, use stories and narrative to explore and understand the environment around us. Designed for use outside the classroom when visiting a wildlife area, they link to the topic areas of plants and animals in the local environment...
Education Pack: Life in Ponds
In this resource, produced by OPAL (Open Air Laboratories), children take part in a pond dipping session and then try to identify the different animals they find. A second activity looks at water quality and how the presence of certain species can indicate how clean the water is.
Designed for use in the...