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Connections |
The big family of nature: all of nature is connected and we all need each other |
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Express how you feel about something natural through interacting with it, e.g. hug a tree, stroke an animal, smell a flower, jump in a puddle, slide in mud. |
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Patterns |
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See branching and spiral patterns in different natural systems (e.g. water, flowers, growing plants). |
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Patterns |
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Learn about the different seasonal patterns. |
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Patterns |
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Play percussion instruments together, with groups following different rhythms that combine together like an orchestra. |
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Connections |
The web of life |
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Explore how all living things depend on the sun, water, soil, air, and other plants, animals, fungi and bacteria to live, through matching cards with the different elements drawn on them. |
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Connections |
The web of life |
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Experiment with growing seeds: compare seeds which are given most their needs but no water, to one which has no sun, or air, or if a seed has all it's needs met. |
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Connections |
Seeing the whole picture |
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See an example of how one small thing can affect the whole system (such as the reintroduction of beavers). |
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Connections |
Patterns |
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Explore patterns in daily, solar, seasonal and lunar cycles, and make a connection with how we all live within cycles large and small and their impact on us. |
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Connections |
Patterns |
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Find different patterns in several different systems: (e.g. spirals in rivers: flowers: snails, also spirals, scatter, wave, net, lobe) and try to work out the function of that pattern (e.g. branching for collection and distribution, spirals for growth). |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
The permaculture ethics: Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share. |
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Learn about Earth Care by discussing specific examples of taking care of nature and creating a healthy environment for all. Practice applying this ethic to hypothetical situations. |
