Choose a frequency on your detector suited to bat species that might live in your area.
Decide what you want to measure, such as species diversity, vegetation cover or animal signs, and choose a study area that suits this objective.
Choose a healthy, mature tree with a thick trunk, ideally after recent rain or during the active growing season in spring or summer, when sap flow tends to be more noticeable.
Choose a location where birds are visible against open sky or a bright horizon, such as a park, wetland, woodland edge or garden.
Set up a trail of manmade and natural objects, such as a mirror, a rusty nail, a rusty chain, a rubber band and a clothes peg, along either side of a path or similar open space.
Print or prepare a shape scavenger hunt card listing natural shapes and patterns to find, such as a triangle, heart, star, oval, curve, wavy edge, pointy edge, bilateral symmetry, radial symmetry, ser
Gather the group in a quiet place and ask everyone to sit comfortably, close their eyes and listen until they can hear the quietest sound around them.
Gather the learners and explain that somewhere between here and your next destination is a new friend waiting to be found, perhaps a twig, a stone or a leaf.
This game needs four or more people.
Gather the learners at a quiet, awe inspiring spot, ideally somewhere each learner can find their own space alone.