The Great Plant Hunt News
Happy holidays...see you next term!
We’d like to wish you all a wonderful summer break and say a big thank-you to everyone who made this another fantastic year of plant hunting.
The Great Plant Hunt has become an integral science resource used by tens of thousands of primary school teachers in the UK. We couldn't have wished for more and hope you include the teaching materials in your lesson plans for next year. See you then!
Young Darwin Prize
If you are doing something practical to conserve biodiversity, why not make a short news report about it and enter the Young Darwin Prize? Organised by the Natural History Museum, this is a competition to find the best nature news videos.
Entries can be uploaded and viewed on the competition website from 22 May 2010. The closing date is 31 August 2010.
The first prize is £500 for the winning group in each age category to visit to a local biodiversity site of special interest and class copies of a biodiversity book. Winners will be invited to a VIP event at the Natural History Museum to collect their prize and present their film. They will also go on a behind-the-scenes tour and meet a Museum scientist. Second prizes are class copies of a biodiversity book, free exhibition tickets and the opportunity to meet a Museum scientist.
Visit the Young Darwin Prize webpage for all the details.
Sunflower survival...habitat challenge... which game gets your top score?
Play our fun educational games online or download them:
New foundation resources for 3-5 year olds
The new foundation activities are a great way to introduce nature to 3-5 year olds. Using colour and a birthday party theme, children get to make a party bag and take it on a ‘thinking walk’ to look for and collect examples of the different colours that can be found in their natural environment. Anything collected in the bags can then be used in a fun sorting activity back in the classroom. These resources compliment the range of Great Plant Hunt educational materials for children aged 11 and under.