Design Your Dream Nature Holiday
Plan and budget for your dream three day nature-based holiday.
Nature Find and Draw
Head into nature with a pencil to observe and draw birds, bugs/invertebrates, flowers, leaves and seeds
Beak Size & Feeding Game
Explore different bird beaks and food types in a hungry hippos style competitive teams game.
Macroinvertebrate Scavenger Hunt
Hide and seek macroinvertebrates identification/scavenger hunt.
Waterways through Te Whare Tapa Wha
Think about how your body, mind, whānau, spirit, and connection to the land are all supported by healthy water.
Observation Sheet: Waterways
Use your senses to discover the sights, sounds, smells, and living things around your local stream, river, or lake. This activity helps you slow down, look closer, and wonder about the world of water near you.
Kaitiaki Action Plan: Waterways
Identify a local waterway that you are keen to explore, observe, and take action for. At the waterway record your observations (both good and bad).
Invertebrate Bioblitz Tally Sheet
Head outdoors and explore your local nature space to discover the incredible world of invertebrates!
Celebrating Growth
Reflect on your learnings (seeds planted), skills you have been developing (growth), and the impact you are having (ripples made).
Green City Design
Design your own dream green city building on knowledge of climate-resilient landscapes/green city design features.
Climate Resilient Landscapes
Dive deep into climate resilient landscape features, and green city planning.
Create a Pest
Learn about adaptations and create a creature that would be well adapted to becoming a ‘pest’ here in Aotearoa.
Tracking Game
Get to know some native and introduced creatures through their identifying features, food sources, poo and tracks in our tracking game.
Bird Trait Identification
Study the feet, features and beaks of some of Aotearoa’s native birds, then test your identification skills.
Nature’s Recycling Heroes
Let’s dive into nature’s recycling heroes! Investigate which decomposers play a part in breaking down different types of resources.
Waste not Wasted
Investigate ways to reduce, reuse and repurpose resources so they don’t become ‘wasted’.
Migration Mapping
Research our five selected migratory animals and match them to their migration destinations.