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Early Years
Discovering the Seasons
The education officer will lead the children around the center where they
will meet a variety of wildlife using teddies and props. The children
will play games and do activities that will help them understand the seasons
and discover what can be found at different times of year.
Content will vary throughout the year. It is possible for groups to
repeat this session at different times of the year to experience all of the
seasons.
Available between March and November. Timing: 4 hours
Teddy Bears Picnic
Children come with their teddy bears and learn about what we need to
survive. Children will participate in a range of sensory activities where
they learn about nature and help their teddy to survive.
Available between March and October. Timing: 4 hours
Book now using
the online booking form
Key Stage 2
Discovery Trail
Children go and find out what is living in Dow Corning's nature
center. They use binoculars to look for birds, get close to the trees and
search for colors in the meadow. Exact content will vary.
Available all year round. Timing: 1 hour
Eco-House
Visit our center and discover how we have used renewable energy. Learn
about sustainable development and the impact that we are having on the
Earth. By the end of the day, children will have made a pledge to make a
change when they get home.
Available all year round. Timing: 4 hours
Environmental Art and Craft
We have a wide selection of environmental art and craft that for a range of
wildlife and seasons. Children can spend time learning about the animals
and then making something. For example, designing and making their own
minibeast, using what they have learnt about adaptations.
Available all year round. Timing: Varies but approximately 1 hour per
craft activity
Environmental Games
Children take part in a range of games to get them thinking about nature and
the behavior and relationships that occur within it.
Available all year round. Timing: Up to 1 hour
Food Chains
Children are given animal cards and have to make their own food web.
They learn what happens if there is a break in the chain and how vital every
living thing is.
Available all year round. Timing: Half hour
Identification Detectives
A range of natural objects are set out including skulls, bones, pictures,
fruit and seeds which children take time to look at and identify using books
and keys. Exact content will vary.
Available all year round. Timing: Up to 1 hour
Discover Minibeasts
Children use a range of equipment to catch and identify invertebrates.
We use sweep nets, beating trays and traps, as well as searching under logs and
stones. Children spend time identifying and looking closely at their
creatures after they have been caught.
Available March to October. Timing: 1 hour
Orienteering
Working in small teams, children use a map, grid references, and a compass
to find clues that reveal a hidden message.
Available all year round. Timing: Approximately 1 hour
Pond Dipping
Children use nets to discover what is hiding beneath the surface of the
water. When they have finished, they bring their creatures in and look
closely at them using our microscopes.
Available March to October. Timing: 1 hour
Problem Solving
Children work in teams to solve a number of problem solving exercises.
We encourage good team working skills that aids communication and listening
skills.
Available all year round. Timing: Up to 2 hours
What are you looking at?
Children test their observation skills by firstly following a trail,
counting man-made objects, and secondly doing a scavenger hunt for natural
objects.
Available all year round. Timing: 1 hour
Book now
using the online booking form
Secondary
Schools
Comparing grasslands
Groups will learn about the importance of surveying and monitoring.
They will undertake a comparison study between grassland using quadrats and
wild flower keys.
Age: KS4 and A-level. Available March to October. Timing: 4 hours
Problem Solving
Children work in teams to solve a number of problem solving tasks. We
encourage good team working skills that aids communication and listening
skills.
Age: KS3. Available all year round. Timing: Up to 2 hours
Wildlife Monitoring
Use a range of wildlife monitoring techniques to understand what wildlife is
at the Nature Center:
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Bird surveys
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Vegetation surveys using quadrats
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Pond dipping
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Invertebrate monitoring – butterflies, moths, ladybirds, sweep netting and
pitfall traps.
Age: KS3 +. Available March to October. Timing: Up to 5 hours
What are you looking at?
Children test their observation skills by firstly following a trail,
counting man-made objects, and secondly doing a scavenger hunt for natural
objects.
Age: KS3. Available all year round. Timing: 1 hour
Book now
using the online booking form
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