Jordans Biodiversity Creature Challenge - Harvest Festival Live

14th Sep 2020

Learn more about biodiversity and why it's so important for the world we live in with this fun and creative activity.

Activity

• If the whole class picks a letter and a creature, you should have enough to spell ‘Biodiversity’.
• Now, in your class, line up with your letters to spell ‘Biodiversity
• What happens when you take a letter out? Without all of the letters you can’t read the word!
• That is why Biodiversity is so important: without a variety of letters (animals), words (our planet) can't survive!

Resources

• BIODIVERSITY letters print-out for drawing
• British animal & plant cards to match to each of the letters in BIODIVERSITY
• Find out facts about the BIODIVERSITY animals found in the UK at the links below:-

Bumblebees   Barn owl Bat	https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/invertebrates/bees-and-wasps/buff-tailed-bumblebee https://www.wildlifewatch.org.uk/wildlife-explorer/birds/birds-prey/barn-owl https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/mammals/common-pipistrelle
Ivy Insects	http://www.bbc.co.uk/earth/story/20141008-why-should-i-love-ivy https://www.wildlifewatch.org.uk/blog/tom-hibbert/incredible-insects
Otter	https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/mammals/european-otter
Dormouse Dung Beetle	https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/mammals/hazel-dormouse https://farmwildlife.info/2019/04/15/british-dung-beetles-here-to-help/
Ivy Insects	See above
Vole	https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/mammals/field-vole https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/mammals/bank-vole
Earthworms	https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/other-garden-wildlife/insects-and-other-invertebrates/worms-slugs-spiders/earthworm/
Rabbit Red Fox	https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/mammals/rabbit https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/mammals/red-fox
Skylark Spider	https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/skylark/ https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/invertebrates/spiders/garden-spider
Ivy Insects	See above
Turtle Dove Toad	https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/birds/pigeons-and-doves/turtle-dove https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/amphibians/common-toad
Yellow hammer	https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/birds/finches-and-buntings/yellowhammer