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As part of the Enhanced Learning Provision Science programme we will be considering the idea that animals and plants live in special places we call “habitats”. We have introduced the concept with the “Habitats lesson” you can find on these pages (link on the right hand side of the screen). This lesson looked primarily at the river habitat we have on our doorstep - the River Forth.
However, it was also important that we look at alternative habitats in East Lothian and not simply concentrate alone on the wonderful subject that is the River Forth. In this series of lessons, we took our toes out of the cold North Sea waters and tread inland to more rural surrounds…
One aspect of the rural habitat lessons is the ability for the teacher to introduce some simple but fundamental aspects of being a biologist to all the children. We learn how to use a number of pieces of equipment and practices that the mainstream pupil also undertakes. In particular, the lesson described here teaches the children how to conduct a simple wildlife survey…
What lives in the local habitat? How many species? What number of each species? How can we represent that in simple scientific terms that allow us to show other people our findings?
The children learn how to use quadrats in the field:
They also learn about the different types of insect species in their chosen habitat (the grounds and playing fields of Preston Lodge High School).
They use basic numeracy skills to count the numbers of each type of insect…which they record whilst “in the field”.
Whilst, at the end of our great outdoors adventure, we use the information we have collected to create a special chart using our ICT skills and a computer based spreadsheet called Excel.
Please see the attached Insect Survey worksheets used to undertake our East Lothian bug hunt!
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