How to make use of visits to Nature Reserves and provide children with safe and educational input. Links to your National Curricula and tips on home schooling for parents and teachers.

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2. Visits to Nature Reserves help children become more sensitive towards
nature and understand our role in its conservation.
Science
Ecology
Ethics
Geography
Reasoning
Creativity
Emotional Development
Multisensory experience
Physical Development
Health & Safety
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Elafonissi, Crete

3. Science
Examples:
• nature reserves as
habitats for animals
and plants
• adaptation of plants
and animals to local
conditions
• formation of
dunes, coves, caves,
deserts, islands, lago
ons, bathing
pools, cliffs, valleys, c
anyons
• tides and the moon
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Algarve, Portugal

4. Geography
Examples:
• climate vs.
geographical location
• landscape and
specific land features:
rocks, volcanoes, cliffs,
valleys, caves, dunes
• environmental
changes – how places
have become & why
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Elafonissi, Crete

5. Ecology
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Algarve, Portugal
Examples:
• human activity and its
positive & negative
effects on environment
• appropriate /
inappropriate behaviour
when in nature reserves
• tourism and its
influence on nature
reserves
• endemic / endangered
species and how to
protect them

6. Multisensory Experience
Examples:
• exploring textures,
colours, smells, odours,
temperature, weight,
sizes, shapes, sounds,
taste:
- rocks, stones, pebbles,
shells
- water and sand play
- twigs, leaves, moss, trees
- sea, waves
- berries, nuts, fruit
- rain, sun, fog, wind
- insects & animals
- recognising sings, trails,
footpaths
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The Karkonosze Mountains, Poland

7. Health & Safety
Examples:
• risk assessment
related to:
- water, waves, varying
depths, underwater
currents, reefs, sea
animals
- high cliffs, falling rocks,
slippery slopes, slips, trips,
falls
- poisonous & spiky plants,
nuts and fruit
- wind & sun protection
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Algarve, Portugal

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