Choose a wildlife film or series about mammals, such as Life of Mammals, or search for footage of common local mammals on a site like YouTube.
Choose a natural area with a good range of plants and habitats to increase your chances of finding insect activity.
Choose a natural setting and spend some quiet time simply observing, focusing on small details, sounds, colours and textures.
A dream board is a collection of pictures and words showing the wild places you would like to visit and the experiences you would like to have.
Gather the group and introduce them to a series of plants and trees that can sting or scratch, such as common nettle, bramble, blackthorn, hawthorn and dog rose.
What3words is a free app that divides the world into three metre squares and gives each one a unique three word address.
Imagine you have decided to put up a shelter and spend the night in this wild space.
Choose binoculars with low magnification, around seven or eight times, and a large objective lens of forty two millimetres or more, for the best low light performance.
Gather the learners and talk about how every person is unique, despite sharing common human characteristics, then extend this idea to nature, explaining that even trees of the same species are never t
Choose a safe, accessible woodland trail with a variety of natural features, such as streams, varied plants or wildlife.