Budding Biologists - Virtual
Learn about the requirements for life, adaptations, habitats, and conservation.
An introduction to the requirements for life, adaptations, habitats, and conservation.
Workshop Objectives:
- To discuss the essentials for survival
- Examine how habitat affects animals
- To identify eco-friendly methods of life
This virtual outreach activity is split into a pre-activity document (workshop overview and list of materials with preparation instructions for both the volunteer and educator), a post-activity document (extra information and resources for the educator after the activity), and a PowerPoint presentation with presenter notes to help lead the workshop virtually. Also included is a Resources document with background information for the workshop.
What You Need
Materials Required for Each Activity:
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Activity |
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Suggest Substitutes |
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1: Bird Beaks |
Plastic container ½ full of dirt or soil |
Sand, woodchips, confetti, rice, flour, lentils |
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Plastic container ½ full with water |
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Clothespin |
2 pencils, chopsticks, tweezers, tongs |
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10 coins (different sizes)
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Beads, pebbles |
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Paper towels for spills |
Cloth |
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2: Build a Bird Model |
Moldable materials: playdough, modeling clay or aluminum foil |
If no craft materials are available, you can bring: -Paper -Markers, pencil crayons or pencil/pen |
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Craft materials: googly eyes, pipe-cleaners, toothpicks, pom-poms etc. |
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Scissors |
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Tape, glue |
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3: I Spy |
I Spy Worksheets
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4: Landfill model |
Plastic bottle |
Clear cup |
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Scissors |
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Dirt |
Sand |
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Plastic Wrap |
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Cotton balls |
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Gravel |
Small beads |
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Paper recyclables |
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Clay, Plasticine
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DIY playdough (instructions in pre-activity document) |
PowerPoint:
Pre-Activity Document:
What To Do
Please refer to the attached PowerPoint presentation and the pre-activity attachment.
Discovery
Please refer to the attached PowerPoint presentation.
What's happening?
Please refer to the attached PowerPoint presentation.
