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Nature Spaces 20 Reviews

4.4 Rating 219 Reviews
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What cross curricular learning opportunities arose from using Nature as the context? Writing opportunities. Science - observations - close noticing
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How has the kit impacted you and your students feelings toward nature? Children are more connected with our local environment and some are starting gardens at home.
What were the benefits of using Nature as a context for learning? Our school backs on to a local reserve so it helped us have another reason to connect with nature and explore our place.
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Posted 4 years ago
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What cross curricular learning opportunities arose from using Nature as the context? I have adapted the activities in the kit so it has integrated with a unit on growing plants that our school is currently doing.
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How has the kit impacted you and your students feelings toward nature? Students have enjoyed learning more about nature. In particular the phases of the moon and seeing things grow
What were the benefits of using Nature as a context for learning? Children enjoyed practical hands on activities
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This kit has fitted in well with a planting unit we have be doing this term
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What cross curricular learning opportunities arose from using Nature as the context? It provided writing, maths, social science and science learning opportunities.
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How has the kit impacted you and your students feelings toward nature? It has helped them to be more aware of the small day-to-day things that we often overlook in nature.
What were the benefits of using Nature as a context for learning? We are lucky enough to be surrounded by an amazing native reserve, so it linked nicely to our strong environment focus.
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Our Nature Space Kit
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Posted 4 years ago
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What cross curricular learning opportunities arose from using Nature as the context? Health, Literacy
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How has the kit impacted you and your students feelings toward nature? They now appreciate the importance of nature and the role we need to play to keep our country green and beautiful.
What were the benefits of using Nature as a context for learning? The students said that they learnt to have a lot of patients and that they understand how fragile nature is and how important it is for us to look after it.
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A great resource that the kids really enjoyed working through. Unfortunately, we didn't have any success with growing the seeds as the students took them home during lockdown and they didn't grow.
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Posted 4 years ago
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What cross curricular learning opportunities arose from using Nature as the context? Next year is the International year of fruit and vegetables. We are thinking of using this as a context for our unit and can use our vege gardens for hands-on study. It will incorporate maths (e.g. measuring plots and planting seeds), PE (e.g. effects on
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How has the kit impacted you and your students feelings toward nature? Our classroom looks out onto trees, grass and gardens, so is very central for us. Children are very interested in science - including biology and earth sciences.
What were the benefits of using Nature as a context for learning? It is all around and hands-on, real for children. They can experience it. Other topics e.g. Antarctica, are exciting, but are
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We didn't have as much time to spend on this topic as we originally planned. However, the kit did help us consider what areas of our school and local environment we could focus on for further development and study.
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Posted 4 years ago
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What cross curricular learning opportunities arose from using Nature as the context? Maths.
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How has the kit impacted you and your students feelings toward nature? A deeper understanding of the importance of water quality.
What were the benefits of using Nature as a context for learning? Students were engaged and happy to get outside.
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Engaging hands on activity.
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What cross curricular learning opportunities arose from using Nature as the context? Maths and art.
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How has the kit impacted you and your students feelings toward nature? Greater awareness for both me and students. Not taking nature for granted.
What were the benefits of using Nature as a context for learning? Noticing Observing Discussing
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Awesome links with our enviro schools focus - special places
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Posted 4 years ago
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What cross curricular learning opportunities arose from using Nature as the context? Science and english
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How has the kit impacted you and your students feelings toward nature? We love nature and always have. Kids have a great attitude towards protecting and looking after the native bush.
What were the benefits of using Nature as a context for learning? Living on the West Coast it is very important. We are surrounded by nature and native bush so using it as a context for learning was great.
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Was fabulous
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Posted 4 years ago