Fireflies in Scotland? Aye right!
Think again…check out this Field Studies Council blog post by Charlotte Martin, a glow worm hunter, and find out more about these fascinating invertebrates.
Curious Kids: what do plants do all day?
This article in The Conversation (2 February, 2022) provides a great summary of how plants make food, use light and use different tactics to stay healthy.
Springtime means seed germination – but how do they do it?
Grow Wild’s blog post provides a great summary on 5 unexpected ways seeds kickstart the growing process.
Free Leaf Slide Resource
This is in the latest series of Learning Through Landscapes newly developed free resources. This activity is for primary-aged children to create a leaf slide, to learn more about the different features inside a leaf and how photosynthesis works.
FREE workshops to discover more about Scotland’s amphibians and reptiles
Saving Scotland's Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR) are offering FREE 1 hour workshops on an Introduction to surveying Scotland's amphibians (9 February 2022) and an Introduction to surveying Scotland's reptiles (16th Feb 2022). These might be of interest to secondary/ tertiary level students, teachers and members of the public. There are [...]
Plantlife spring events programme
Plantlife are offering mix of talks and workshops covering plant identification, conservation, arts and culture throughout February, through their digital events series Spring into action with Plantlife.
Ocean Superheroes Live Lesson
The Marine Conservation Society's online sessions are delivered remotely by staff and education-trained volunteers free of charge. This session is aimed at ages 7-11 and explores some of the fascinating underwater habitats found here in the UK like seagrass, maerl and kelp. You'll look at where they can be found around [...]
Discovering iRecord – training course
The Field Studies Council (FSC) are offering this online course on iRecord (January – February 2022) to introduce learners to the basics of biological recording. It will include some local fieldwork. You can also find out about their free Natural History Live classes here.
