{"id":1936,"date":"2020-04-14T14:05:27","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T14:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/?page_id=1936"},"modified":"2021-01-09T12:04:19","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T12:04:19","slug":"horton-hears-a-who-sciences-activities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/horton-hears-a-who-sciences-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Horton Hears a Who! – Sciences Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Horton Hears a Who! Sciences\u00a0 Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a Dr Suess book with a powerful message \u2013 \u2018 A person\u2019s a person, no matter how small.\u2019\u00a0 Watch Jeff Goldblum reading the story before trying out some of the activities You Tube \u2013 Horton Hears a Who!\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

These activities are suitable for learners working at Early to Second Level depending on the level of support.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Learn to Use Scientific Equipment<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you are lucky enough to have magnifiying glasses or hand lenses use them to take a closer look at the tiny creatures and organisms that live in our outdoor spaces.<\/p>\n

See the OPAL (Open Air Laboratory) Lichen Identification Guide<\/a>\u00a0at and use a hand lens or magnifying glass to look at the characteristics of different lichen.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Minibeasts <\/strong><\/p>\n

Watch the film Magnificent Minibeasts<\/p>\n

BBC Bitesize <\/a><\/p>\n

Which is your favourite minibeast?<\/p>\n

There are many different online activities which can help pupils investigate and support minibeasts.<\/p>\n

Norfolk Wildlife Trust Marvellous Minibeasts<\/a><\/p>\n

Make some Minibeast Habitats<\/strong><\/p>\n

Take part in the the RSPB\u00a0Family Wild Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

and build a compost heap\u00a0 RSPB Make a Compost Heap<\/a><\/p>\n

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try this activity from Wildlife Watch\u00a0Build a Hibernaculum<\/a><\/p>\n

Wildlife Watch has spotting sheets (identification guides) for all kinds of wildlife- from ladybirds to meat eating mammals.\u00a0 The guides are easy to use and don’t need any expert knowledge.\u00a0Wildlife Watch downloads<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are two more guides to living things you might come across<\/p>\n

Invertebrates<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Trees<\/a><\/p>\n

What is a habitat?<\/a> This PowerPoint gives an introduction to Habitats<\/p>\n

Follow the links below to find out how our individual actions might support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.\u00a0https:\/\/www.globalgoals.o<\/a>rg\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.globalgoals.org\/11-sustainable-cities-and-communities<\/a><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.globalgoals.org\/14-life-below-water<\/a><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.glo<\/a>balgoals.org\/15-life-on-land<\/a><\/p>\n

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Horton Hears a Who! Sciences\u00a0 Activities This is a Dr Suess book with a powerful message \u2013 \u2018 A person\u2019s a person, no matter how small.\u2019\u00a0 Watch Jeff Goldblum reading the story before trying out some of the activities You Tube \u2013 Horton Hears a Who!\u00a0 These activities are suitable for learners working at Early … Continue reading Horton Hears a Who! – Sciences Activities<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20798,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1936","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20798"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1936"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6505,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1936\/revisions\/6505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}