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‘Inspiring environmental understanding through first hand experience’ Robert Lucas FSC CEO

FSC Scotland

160,000 learners a year 75,000 of which are residential learners

What would say about being a citizen scientist?

• To trial activities which can be used to explore the

curriculum outside (in a variety of conditions) as a citizen scientist

• Consider how literacy skills can be developed in an
• utdoor context
• Consider how numeracy skills can be taught in a

progressive way outdoors

A world of words and numbers….

Identify features: Geo-squishes or eye spy

Participating in citizen science schemes means that you don’t have to design the sampling methodology

What 3 words best describe this place… How might this place change in 100 years? What sounds can you hear here? A world of words and numbers….

Learning scaffold: Speaking and listening 1: When others are talking you can’t be heard and don’t distract the viewer from watching them. 2: The above and when you speak clearly and can be heard when the video is played back 3: The above and when you look at the camera whilst talking 4: The above and you use technical terms in your explanation. Creating Videos

• Add in skitches (labelled features) Describe.

Add colour coding sharp

Skitch annotations – stimulation for writing

Participating in citizen science schemes means that you don’t have to design the teaching materials

8 Numeracy organisers: Estimation and rounding Number and number processes Fractions, decimals & percentages Money Time Measurement Data and analysis Ideas of chance and uncertainty Significant aspects

• f Literacy:

Listening & talking Reading Writing A world of words and numbers….

Pie chart created

• utdoors from

beach material

Tallying organisms, graphing and estimating energy in a quadrat

Time material takes to break down Impact on Environment Glass Plastics Paper/ wood

Participating in citizen science schemes means that you don’t have to design the data presentation and there is lots more data to look at

Size of trees – measuring and estimating

Health and Wellbeing

FSC Scotland enquiries.sco@field-studies-council.org

If you design the investigation it answers your question If the children design the investigation it answers their question Participating in citizen science schemes means that you help answer the big questions