Visit a place where you are likely to find several different trees with needles or scale-like leaves.
Gather the learners and examine an old, abandoned bird nest if you have one available, or look at pictures online.
Set up your tripod on stable, level ground and attach the field scope securely to it.
Observe a bird in flight and ask yourself a series of questions.
Gather the learners and introduce them to a poisonous plant.
Use binoculars or a magnifying glass to look for galls on plants, unusual growths often caused by insects, mites or fungi.
Gather the learners and read out a series of eight clues, one at a time, that together describe a specific UK animal.
Choose one plant or tree that you are curious about and settle beside it for fifteen minutes.
Choose a tree you would like to identify.
Choose an area with at least five different kinds of tree.