John Muir Discovery Award

This year Form 4 have been taking part in the John Muir Discovery Award during their science lessons and activity sessions. The award consists of four sections: Discover, Explore, Conserve and Share.

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Here are some pictures to share of what the children have done so far.

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DISCOVER EXPLORE CONSERVE

DISCOVER

We found out a little bit about who John Muir was, where he lived and grew up. We also talked about the different habitats within the school grounds and learnt about the Country Code.

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Posters about the Country Code

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A dial highlighting the Country Code

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EXPLORE

We decided to explore the school grounds. We used pooters to look for minibeasts and also made friends with trees. Each group took a tree and completed a leaflet about it. We also made some bark rubbings and leaf rubbing and arranged them so they looked like our tree. We also took a trip down to explore the rockpools at Belhaven Bay.

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Our Tree Artwork

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Looking for minibeasts with the pooters

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CONSERVE

As part of the conserve element, many of the children have a plot of garden in which they are planting their own flowers to attract wildlife. Some of the boys are in the middle of making a bird table and next week we will be making some 'fat balls' to hang from trees around the grounds. Photos of these will be posted soon.

Katie Gale, 01/06/2011