PLHS - Support for Learning

Introduction to animals in winter

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Part of the programme of lessons on habitats and food chains in East Lothian includes thinking about how wildlife copes during the various seasons. In particular, as the year draws to a close we will be looking at how wildlife survives the winter months.

We will cover areas such as

• hibernation
• food (and water) availability
• keeping warm
• changes in coat
• changes in habitat
• migration

In particular, we will concentrate on birds and their behaviours during the winter months. As part of a series of lessons looking at local birdlife in winter months, we will make our own bird cake and bird feeder. We have already set up our own bird table in a school courtyard, courtesy of the woodwork skills of an S5 pupil and we will use this as a base for our bird watching activities over the winter months.

See the attached link for our bird cake recipeQ