Great fun creating our own memory transporters as part of our Stem Challenge. In teams, they created different routes, some different levels and some with obstacles using a range of strategies. Many developed paper attachment strategies to make their route sturdy. It was great to see how different children demonstrated leadership skills, whilst others were creating and explaining their process.
Our first Make your Mark experience was Pond Dipping.
We set off to Darnley where we met the Ranger. Our first task was orienteering. We had to follow a map to find 10 different points. At each point we found a letter which we had to record.
This involved lots of responsibility as we set off in groups in different directions.
Next stop was pond dipping. It was quite a challenge as to see the best invertebrates you needed to be quiet so they didn’t get scared.
Of course finding the insects was only the first step we then had to identify them using classification questions, photos and information sheets.
