This project facilitates the research and conservation of wildlife
within the local area. Learners will create a presentation of their
findings both from excursions and from guest speaker information.
There is potential of creating a conservation group within the
school and promoting through school website and magazine.
Broad Outcomes of learning
• Subject knowledge gained and enhanced e.g. how we can help
conserve local wildlife
• Enterprising skills improved by developing creativity,
confidence, positive attitude; increasing motivation to learning;
taking responsibility and making decisions; consideration of others
through group work and discussion; raising achievement and
fostering ambition
• Developed employability skills: Communication, planning,
organisation, time management, researching, co-operating,
contributing, sourcing, negotiating, analysing, reporting,
presenting, marketing
• Confidence of working independently from teacher-led lessons
demonstrated by setting own targets, carrying out research,
negotiating resources and managing time and resources
• Pupils take responsibility for their learning through making
decisions about assessment, roles within the group, timescales for
activities, important areas of research
• Learners have developed 4 capacities of CfE
Relevance to curriculum
• Supports CfE Social Studies