North Ayrshire Council Early Level Outdoor Science Resource

Developed by the STEM team from North Ayrshire Council, the Early Level Outdoor Science Resource has been created to:
● build capacity of practitioners to provide opportunities for science learning
● further develop the interests and natural curiosity of children
● enable children to understand the connections between science and the world
around them.

The resource suggests experiences and approaches to science learning outdoors in
early learning and childcare settings and primary schools.  It has been created by Early Years and Primary One practitioners and therefore offers a broad range of experiences across the Early Level. This resource provides opportunities and activities for children and practitioners to explore, inquire, discover, and construct within the natural environment and with natural materials outdoors. These experiences should be viewed as useful starting points and suggestions and are in no way prescripriptive