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Soil and stone |
Exploring soil and soil life |
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Hear the story of how soil feeds plants, which feed animals and humans. |
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Soil and stone |
Exploring soil and soil life |
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Dance in a circle, or in undulating line like a worm's movement, to songs about the soil, worms or earth. |
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Soil and stone |
Exploring soil and soil life |
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Move soil and mulch with spades, shovels and rakes. |
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Soil and stone |
Exploring soil and soil life |
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Listen to stories about earthworms, bacteria, fungi, insects and other creatures that keep the soil healthy and happy. |
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Soil and stone |
Exploring soil and soil life |
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Learn the common names of common minibeasts (e.g. earthworm, woodlice, stag beetle). |
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Soil and stone |
Exploring soil and soil life |
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Find out what worms do (and how that helps the plants). |
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Soil and stone |
Exploring soil and soil life |
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Observe a process of decay as a demonstration of how nature cycles energy and nutrients. |
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Soil and stone |
Exploring soil and soil life |
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See, smell and touch different types of soils under different types of trees in woodlands and other systems. |
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Soil and stone |
Exploring soil and soil life |
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Observe soil in the forest and how different elements take part in creating, building and using it (stone, trees, branches, water, animals, shade, soil life, wind, etc). |
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Soil and stone |
Exploring soil and soil life |
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See different soil-living species in different stages of life (e.g. egg, larva, adult). |
