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15-02-2009, 05:01 PM
| | Wild Member | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Gloucester
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| | | Child friendly wildlife groups
National RSPB - see website. Children can join and get magazines, with lots to do & see.
Wildlife Trusts (search by county) Children can join Wildlife Watch (magazine sent) and get involved with local activities, such as lond dipping, badger watching, bat walks and so on.
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Please contribute information about non-commercial wildlife groups which involve and encourage children and could be of interest for children wanting to learn more about wildlife.
It would help if you could start your post with either "national" or "local - (area covered)" so people reading can scroll down. Please put discussions underneath for ease of use. 
Thought this could be useful resource for children & their parents/ g.parents and teachers. Many thanks in advance! |
15-02-2009, 05:35 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Yateley, Hampshire
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| | | Re: Child friendly wildlife groups
National Association of British Fungi Groups (ABFG)
The ABFG supports many child friendly groups nationwide and in particular organizes a series of family forays each year as follows:
Local NT Stourhead, Wilts
(Ref: Association of British Fungus Groups )
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16-02-2009, 08:55 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: knowle, solihull (just south of b'ham)
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| | | Re: Child friendly wildlife groups
i am (and have been for a while) a member of the AES, the amateur entemologist's society, which i have found to be really good. as well as a very informative bulletin (and 'bug club' magazine for the younger members (which i enjoyed so much i still get   )) they also do really great members days and outings 
(the website is Amateur Entomologists' Society (AES) )
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18-02-2009, 12:51 PM
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| | | Re: Child friendly wildlife groups
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A useful resource for looking at evolution. Evolution magalab is a great website, well worth a visit. You can conduct your own snail hunt and send them your recorded findings to compare with historical data. These observations all contribute to a record of evolutionary changes in banded snails over the last 50 years. Evolution MegaLab
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18-02-2009, 01:04 PM
| | Wild Member | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Gloucester
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| | | Re: Child friendly wildlife groups
National Buglife - The Invertebrate Conservation Trust - does a tremendous job of undertaking and supporting invertebrate conservation initiatives and raising awareness about the challenges to their survival.
I had not realised before I joined Buglife that many bugs are facing extinction, or that without bugs we would not have chocolate, coffee or strawberries.
They produce a great children's leaflet "Bugbuddies" for child members.
Visit the website for more information. Buglife | Welcome to Buglife |
18-02-2009, 04:45 PM
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| | | Re: Child friendly wildlife groups
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This is more of a resource than a group. A useful website to help with identifying wildflowers and learning about plant classification. The website is easy on the eye and very easy to use. However the plant database is probably not not complete, and some areas of the website are still in progress (such as the glossary). This should not prove to be a problem for learning about plant classification but it would be best to have a look at the website and choose plants on there to identify, otherwise children might draw a blank. WILD FLOWERS |
18-02-2009, 05:26 PM
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| | | Re: Child friendly wildlife groups
National (internet based, from Kent) aimed at teachers.
Early years.
A useful website to supplement habitat exploring and learning. There is also a plant section, interesting online children's books (click Infants) and an environment seaction (eco explorers). Canterbury Environmental Education Centre
habitats covered are woodland, grassland and ponds. |
18-02-2009, 05:43 PM
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Teaching & home schooling resource. An exciting new project to get involved with. The Great Plant Hunt is a collaboration between RBG Kew and The Wellcome Trust inspired by the 200th birthday celebrations of Charles Darwin in 2009. Lesson plans and teaching resources for different age groups. The Great Plant Hunt ... following in Darwin's footsteps |
18-02-2009, 05:51 PM
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British Naturalist's Association. See website for suggested projects for older children and ways to get involved in surveys, identification and aging taking a serious interest in wildlife to new heights. The British Naturalists' Association | | | |
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