An experiment that helps explain how sea turtles can mistake plastic bags as jellyfish by making a plastic bag jellyfish.
This resource has been written to accompany the Junior Storybook ‘We Want Our Park Back!’ and is full of lesson plans, games and activities for every Green-Schools theme.
Find a variety of trees to measure on the school grounds or local park, and use this lesson plan as a guide.
Two exercise templates for calculating the height and age of a Tree
On average, trees in the shade or in a forest grow 1.5cm per year. In full light they can grow 2.5cms. However, all trees grow at different rates and other factors will affect this rate, such as soil type, access to water and prevailing winds, closeness to the sea/salty winds, being eaten by animals, etc. [...]
Bare root trees can be planted anytime between October and March. Before you start, take a look around your neighbourhood and work out which species of native tree are growing– this will give you an idea of what might do well in your soil. Most trees can grow in a range of soil types but [...]