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Plants and trees |
Fire |
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Feed a campfire safely with dry, brown wood. |
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Plants and trees |
Bushcraft |
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Tell stories about indigenous people and how they met all their needs from the local environment. |
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Plants and trees |
Discovering the properties and uses of different wild and cultivated plants and trees |
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See that seeds have different mechanisms for dispersal. |
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Plants and trees |
Discovering the properties and uses of different wild and cultivated plants and trees |
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Do a detailed plant study: Spend some time connecting to a particular plant, looking at it, drawing or painting it. Notice where it is growing and how it changes through the seasons. Then research it, where it likes to grow, what uses it has etc. |
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Plants and trees |
Fire |
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Go on a candlelit procession outside at night, carrying candles in lanterns which they have made or decorated themselves from recycled materials (e.g. jam jars). Optionally, older children could be stationed along the procession dressed in costume and acting out/telling a story. |
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Plants and trees |
Bushcraft |
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Craft with clay that you find (e.g. by a river) e.g. Blobsters (see Chris Holland's book I love my world). |
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Plants and trees |
Exploring and naming plants and trees |
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Collect seeds, observe and identify them |
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Plants and trees |
Bushcraft |
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Visit a museum which shows artifacts from the local area and invite the children to tell stories about how they think it may have been used. |
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Plants and trees |
Discovering the properties and uses of different wild and cultivated plants and trees |
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Observe how different trees perform different functions in a designed or natural system. |
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Plants and trees |
Discovering the properties and uses of different wild and cultivated plants and trees |
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Identify and eat different edible plants which are growing in the garden (whether planted or spontaneous). |