Environmental Awareness Day with Aengus Kennedy from Nature North West
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- Green Committee Travel Survey with Aengus Kennedy from Nature North West
Discover Centre:
Woodland Day in Ballyare Woods with Aengus Kennedy of Nature North-West
The two sixth classes went with guide Aengus Kennedy of Nature North West to Ballyare woods for a woodland day. Aengus explained about biodiversity and the woodland as a habitat. We explored and identified different species of trees within the woods both native and non-native species and how non-native plants or animals can effect a woodland. We discovered what other types of plants live in a wood and how they have adapted to the darker conditions set by the trees. We hunted for mini beasts and investigating the role of mini beasts in recycling the leaf litter
We found many badger sets and discussed which were in use at the moment and how they can move homes.
After lunch we investigated the 4 layers of a woodland. We measured out an area and marked it out with flags. We recorded the flora within this area and repeated this for each layer of the woodland. When we came home we recorded our results onto barcharts. It was a great day. Thank you Aengus!
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- Aengus talking to the class
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- Looking down on the pond and listening to the sounds in the woods
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- Using a net to see what we can find
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- The contents of the net are placed into a tray
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- Helping Aengus
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- Lots of healthy frogspawn
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- Mating frogs
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- A female frog
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- Lichen from the tree bark
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- A badger hole
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- Measuring out our test area
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- Recording the results
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- Recapping with Aengus on what we learned
Fourth class water cycle pictures
Third Class recorded the weather by using:
- a thermometer to record the daily temperature
- an anemometer to measure the wind speed and
- a rain gauge to measure the rain fall
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- an anemometer to measure wind speed
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- recording the temperature
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- our rain gauge
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- Checking the rain gauge