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CLUB challenge

Friday 13th January 2011
 
Do you want to go out on a big nature
detectives adventure this weekend?

Find a local wood, big or small, young or mature,
bright or spooky and have lots of fun!

You could play games, hunt for wildlife,
take photos and then make a memory
badge to remind you about your adventure.

 

Your challenge - make a woodland memory badge :O) 

 

          Find a wood 

Find a brilliant wood for your adventure :O)

VisitWoods logo find a wood

 

 

If you go down to the woods today...

We've been getting reports of ladybirds being active and birds building nests already! 

this nature resource for kids is a pdf documentdownload this resource from the nature detectives wildlife websitetop spots for this week

Spotted anything unusual? 

nature detectives wildlife club arrowtell us

 

 

Collect

Make this handy little collecting so that you can collect natural items in the woods.

You could collect empty acorn cups, pine cones, bits of moss, feathers etc...

this nature resource for kids is a pdf documentdownload this resource from the nature detectives wildlife websitecollecting bag template

 

 

Make

You'll want to remember your woodland adventure so have a go at making these woodland memory badges :O)

this nature resource for kids is a pdf documentdownload this resource from the nature detectives wildlife websitewoodland memory badges

Send us a photo of your badge and we'll publish it on the website for other nature detectives to see.

nature detectives wildlife club arrowemail us

 

 

Hunt

While you're out in the woods you'll see lots of bare trees around although some, like hazel, will have catkins. Can you tell which tree is which? 

Use this ID sheet to help you :O)

this nature resource for kids is a pdf documenttwigs and buds id sheetdownload this resource from the nature detectives wildlife websitetwig ID

Which bare trees did you see?

nature detectives wildlife club arrowtell us

 

 

Play a game

Here's a cunning game of Fox and Rabbits. But who will be the fox and who will be the rabbits?

this nature resource for kids is a pdf documentdownload this resource from the nature detectives wildlife websitefox and rabbits game

 
 

How adventurous are you? 

Use our adventurometer to find out how adventurous you are.

this nature resource for kids is a pdf documentdownload this resource from the nature detectives wildlife websiteadventurometer

How adventurous are you?

 nature detectives wildlife club arrowtell us

 

 Email your suggestions and stories to:nature detectives wildlife club arrownaturedetectives@woodlandtrust.org.uk   

  

 
  

Made a woodland memory badge?

Stick this snowdrop sticker on your CLUB
poster and get ready for next
week's challenge :O)

 

 

 

 

Have you spotted snowdrops?

CLUB member Jamie has!