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Crymlyn Bog days

Course description A number of days can be undertaken at Crymlyn National Nature Reserve. The days on offer include: Introduction to Ecology. A number of habitats are visited, bog, woodland, reedbed and pond. The plants and animals found within each are studied and their adaptations to life in each habitat explored, also an introduction to food chains and food webs, adaptation, competition and predation is included. Undertaking an investigation. The students undertake their first investigation from stating a hypothesis and identifying the correct environment to undertake the data collection, to collecting data and analysing the results. The whole investigation is undertaken in one day with details of follow up investigations to take place back at school. Plants and their adaptation. An in-depth look at the plants found in the bog habitat and how they are adapted to live in these harsh conditions. An interactive activity into how trees work and succession of a pond habitat by plants. History of Crymlyn. A look at the industrial history of the area and it's effect on the wildlife. This can be combined with pond dipping, ecology or sustainability with reference to the effect of the neighbouring landfill site on the wildlife on the reserve.

 

Trip: Crymlyn Bog days

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Cost: A Full day is £150 per class of 30 children

Ability level(s): Key Stage 1 | Key Stage 2 | Key Stage 3

Terrain and distance: Path and boardwalk in bog.  |  2 Miles

Equipment list : Warm clothes, watherproofs, wellies, lunch and drink.

This activity day has the following curriculum link(s)

Science: Enquiry (1) Pupils should be given opportunities to carry out different types of enquiry. The number of observations or measurements that need to be made and their range and values to ensure reliability of evidence. The equipment and techniques required for the enquiry Any potential hazards in their work. KS2 and KS3. Science: Interdependence of Organisms  (4) Through fieldwork, the plants and animals found in two contrasting local environments, e.g. identification, nutrition, life cycles, place in environment. KS2. Science: Interdependence of Organisms (4) The interdependence of organisms and their representation as food webs, pyramids of numbers and simple energy-flow diagrams. KS3. Science: Interdependence of Organisms  (5) The interdependence of living organisms in those two environments and their representation as food chains. KS2. Science: Interdependence of Organisms (5) How and why food webs are affected by environmental factors, e.g. light intensity, water availability, temperature, and their fluctuations. KS3. Science: Interdependence of Organisms  (6) The environmental factors that affect what grows and lives in those two environments. KS2. Science: Interdependence of Organisms (6) How human activity affects the global environment, e.g. acid rain, greenhouse effect, and the measures taken to minimise any negative effects. KS3. Science: Interdependence of Organisms (7) How humans affect the local environment, e.g. litter, water pollution, noise pollution. KS2. Science: Myself and Other Living Things Observe differences between animals and plants, different animals, and different plants in order to group them. KS1. Science: Myself and Other Living Things Identify the effects the different seasons have on some animals and plants. KS1. Science: Myself and Other Living Things Learn about the senses that humans and other animals have and use to enable them to be aware of the world around them. Identify some animals and plants that live in the outdoor environment. KS1. Science: The Sustainable Earth (6) A consideration of what waste is and what happens to local waste that can be recycled and that which cannot be recycled. KS2.

Trip: Crymlyn Bog days

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Cost: A Full day is £150 per class of 30 children

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