{"id":4368,"date":"2020-06-02T11:02:43","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T11:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/?page_id=4368"},"modified":"2020-12-30T13:20:25","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T13:20:25","slug":"the-woo-in-the-wild-woods-sciences-activities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/the-woo-in-the-wild-woods-sciences-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"The Woo in the Wild Woods &#8211; Sciences Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These activities were inspired by the book\u00a0<em>The Woo in the Wild Woods\u00a0<\/em>by Ayrshire author Greta Yorke.\u00a0 Listen\u00a0 to and watch Greta reading her book\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/the-woo-in-the-wild-woods-an-introduction\/\">You Tube &#8211; The Woo in the Wild Woods<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Growing Plants from Seed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Growing plants from seed is a great way to learn about what plants need to grow (generally light, food and water).<\/p>\n<p>In the Spring and summer it is very easy to find seeds for sale at the supermarket.\u00a0\u00a0 The seed packets give you lots of information on how to care for your plants. You can buy pots and compost but many seeds will be just as happy in a yoghurt pot with a hole in the bottom and some garden soil.<\/p>\n<p>See our video to show you how you can get started with or without a garden.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gardening Without a Garden\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m7mBBlsUGBY?start=16&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This link to the RHS leads you to fun ideas for gardening with and without a garden:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schoolgardening.rhs.org.uk\/news\/news-results\/national\/2020\/march\/bringing-the-sunshine-inside\">RHS &#8211; Bringing the Sunshine Inside<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) runs a gardening website for schools.\u00a0 You can access the website without registering with the RHS and it is\u00a0 free!\u00a0 It includes lots of easy to use guides and suggestions for getting started. The link below gives\u00a0 a quick overview of what you will find on the website.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schoolgardening.rhs.org.uk\/resources\">The RHS Campaign for School Gardening Resources<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sound Mapping<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If we use our sense of hearing as well as our eyes when we are outdoors we will discover so much more. The sound mapping activity from OWL Scotland shows you how.\u00a0 Start by listening for 1 minute at a time and try to listen for a minute and a half the next time.\u00a0 Keep increasing your listening time as you get better and better at this activity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sensorytrust.org.uk\/information\/creative-activities\/sound-maps.htm\">https:\/\/www.sensorytrust.org.uk\/information\/creative-activities\/sound-maps.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These activities were inspired by the book\u00a0The Woo in the Wild Woods\u00a0by Ayrshire author Greta Yorke.\u00a0 Listen\u00a0 to and watch Greta reading her book\u00a0You Tube &#8211; The Woo in the Wild Woods Growing Plants from Seed Growing plants from seed is a great way to learn about what plants need to grow (generally light, food &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/the-woo-in-the-wild-woods-sciences-activities\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Woo in the Wild Woods &#8211; Sciences Activities<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-4368","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\/4368","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=4368"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6310,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4368\/revisions\/6310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}