Below are seven tips to encourage the kids in your life to practice Leave No Trace.
Author Archives: Eithne Larkin
Rainbow Art
A fun way to draw in the rain!
Find your tree twin
Go to the woods and find your Tree Twins
Head on a summer Stroll
Summer is a wonderful time for a wander around the woods. Escape the heat and enjoy a walk under the dappled, cool shade of the tree canopy.
Square Metre Outdoor Project
We have a terrific way to explore nature in your own backgarden with the one square metre outdoor STEM project! This is a super easy to set up nature science activity that you can do in any season and just about any setting. In fact, we encourage you to explore lots of locations throughout the year!
Texture Walk
Texture walk: how place feelsThe simple act of taking a walk—a walk with a curricular focus or purpose—can havewonderful educational impacts. This imagination and inquiry-focused walk isdesigned to alert children to different aspects of the local natural world.Step 1For this activity begin with a brainstorm about ways to describe how things feel to the touch—smooth,Continue reading “Texture Walk”
Pond Dipping for Nature Detectives
Going pond dipping is a bit like carrying out a scientific experiment! What will you discover, who will spot the biggest animal, will you find more frogs or fish…? Turn your pond dipping adventure into a scientific experiment by making some predictions about what you might find, use the attached worksheets from the Woodland Trust to help you.
Wildlife Safari
Today we join Albert Nolan on a Wildlife Safari
Become a Seashore Explorer
In Ireland we are surrounded by so many different types of beaches ranging
from sandy to shingle shores, as well as mudflats to rocky shore lines.
This makes it extremely exciting exploring all of the amazing animals, seaweeds,
plants and creatures that live there.
Fun in the Intertidal Zone- a Virtual Visit
Follow Leave No Trace Trainer Mairead to the intertidal zone and learn all about the animals that live there.
