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Wild Learning and Activities

Wild Activities for all the family!

Devon Wildlife Trust's Education team have created a Wild Learning hub to help assist learning at home with lots of nature inspired activities and ideas.  Lots of these activities can help fulfil curriculum criteria but there's also lots of great wild learning for all ages to be had. Lesson plans, identification guides, nature inspired crafts and 'how to help' ideas can be found here - scroll down to undertake our quizzes and also to play some online wildlife games.

 

Wild Topics

Field sketch of a blue tit
Journaling

How to start a nature journal

Start a Nature Journal! You can add to this as much as you like and incorporate some of the future activities into it! Suitable for ALL AGES
Blue tit on feeder with house in background
Activities, ID Guide and Resources

Birds from your window

Discover the wildlife outside your window with these activities. Activities suitable for ALL AGES
Picture of a rainbow next to grape hyacynth
Activities, Resources and Lesson Plan

Senses

Explore your senses with these activities. Activities suitable for EYS, KS1, KS2
Four common lizards bask on a log
Activities, ID Guide and resources

Rockin' Reptiles

Find out about what reptiles live in the Uk, with activity ideas, and how to help them
ALL AGES
Children sitting in their forest school shelter
Activities and resources

Forest School Skills

Get inspired to make things in nature, from den building to using plants to survive!
ALL AGES
Short-eared owl sat on a post in the snow
Activities, ID guides and Resources

Winter Wildlife

Find out about how animals survive in the winter, what wildlife you might see and how you can still go wild in the winter!
kS2 and KS2
rockpool wembury
Resources and Activity Sheets

Seashore Explorers

Marine themed, curriculum-linked resources to download, suitable for KS1 and KS2. Covers: Tides, Zonation, Classification and Foodchains
Two fox cubs playing
Activities, Resources and ID Guides

Mighty Mammals

What makes an animal a mammal? Discover which ones live on your doorstep and if any live out at sea. Mix of activities that cover ALL AGES
leafcutter bee
Activities, Resources, ID guides

Marvellous Minibeasts

Explore the miniature world around you as well as the minibeasts that are at sea! Mix of activities that covers ALL AGES
Flower
Actvities, Resources and ID Guides

Plant Power

Learn about the importance of flowers and become plant detectives ALL AGES
Common frog in garden pond in spring
Activities, Resources and ID Guides

Freshwater Friends

Discover the wildlife world of ponds and rivers. Learn how to pond dip. ALL AGES
A path passes through trees at Warleigh Point nature reserve
Activities, ID guides and Lesson Plan

Tree-mendous

Find out why trees are awesome and have tree-mendous fun getting creative. Mix of activities that cover ALL AGES
Bull Point coastal cliffs
Activities, Resources and ID Guides

Captivating Coasts

Learn about Devon's two amazing coasts, the wildlife which can be seen there and activities if you are local to the coast.
Cuttlefish
Information and ID Guides

Exceptional Estuaries

Explore the habitats and species which call estuaries home and learn how to protect them! STEM linked learning for KS2-3 research projects
Seaweed
Actvities, Resources and ID Guides

Super Seaweed

Learn all about the amazing world of seaweed and why it is important for us as well as wildlife. STEM linked activities suitable for KS2-3!
song thrush eggs

Credit: G Coombe

Egg Quiz

Click here to take our Egg-cellent Quiz!
Spriny starfish at a Wembury rockpool safari
Online Games

Click here to play some Online Wildlife Games
poo

Jon Hawkins - Jon Hawkins - Surrey Hills Photography

Poo dunnit!?

Become a nature detctive and discover who did these poos!

Wild Artwork and Activities Gallery

 

 

bird winner 2

Leila, Ladysmiths Fed

bird winner

Darcy, St Sidwells

butterfly winner

Alicia, Stoke Hill Fed

nature art

Finlay, Alphington Primary

competition

Oscar, Willowbrook

plant winner

William, Trinity C of E

nature art

Rafferty, Alphington Primary

nature art

Osa, Alphington Primary

plant winner 2

Emily, Clyst Heath

competition

Harry, Alphington Primary

competition

Mathias, St Sidwells C of E

competition

Joseph, Pinhoe C of E

competition

Evan, Pinhoe C of E

competition

Angus, Alphington Primary

competition

Mollie, Alphington Primary

competition

William, Clyst Heath

competition

Aube, Ladysmith Fed

competition

Delilah, Ladysmith Fed

competition

Ali, Bowhill Primary

competition

Eleanor, Pinhoe C of E

competition

Brody, Emmett, Zachery, Ladysmith Fed

Nature Detectives

competition

Nature detective Brooke, Bowhill Primary

competition

Igor, Stoke Hill Fed

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