Gather the learners and begin a short discussion about sustainable prey populations and predation, including how this applies to us and to everyday things like dandelions.
Gather the learners in a circle.
Without the group knowing, place a piece of naturalist equipment somewhere in the woodland, visible from a start line.
Mark out a nesting territory, roughly half the size of a football pitch for around thirty learners aged seven to ten.
Gather the learners and ask for a volunteer to be the predator, giving them a water squirter and a blindfold.
Gather the learners and ask for a volunteer to be the rabbit, who stands facing away from the group.
Mark out two lines about ten metres apart.
Half fill pairs of small containers with different natural materials, such as ash keys, small stones, water, twigs, hazelnuts, sand, dried leaves or wet mud, so each pair of containers sounds identica
Spread a set of animal picture cards face down on a level surface.
Agree a start and finish point for a short walk, and agree that from the first step to the last nobody will speak.