SBBOT: School Visits
Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust (SBBOT)
OTHER VISITORS ...
Outside of Field Centre and Tower
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School visits
Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory has a purpose built Field Centre where a variety of educational activities are avaliable. These activities cover many elements of Key stage 2 and are therefore suitable for all pupils aged 7 to 11. Activities can be tied in with the National Curriculum e.g. QCA Science Units 2C,4B & 6A.
However we can cater for all age groups for example at a recent visit twenty 6th form pupils from a local grammar school visited the field centre as part of their geography A level course. They were shown the reserve areas with special emphasis on conservation work:
- why it is necessary to intensively manage reserves
- the type of work that is done
- the expected outcomes of the work
- what work is planned for the future
- the role of sheep and cattle as 'conservation volunteers'
- the industrial history of our gully areas.
A typical visit could also include:
- Lots of hands on practical work
- A demonstration of bird ringing.
- A chance for the pupils to see wild birds close up
- How we record the scientific data and will also explain why we ring birds.
- A short walk to a grassland habitat for bug hunting, habitat comparison and discovering plants.
- Weather permitting, the pupils can be taken to the beach to do some beach combing
- Look at some of the marine life that is at the Bay.
- Sort through and identify some of their beach finds at the Field Centre
Facilities:
A hall area is suitable as a meeting point, for packed lunches or for wet weather activities.
Lab / classroom: microscopes, whiteboard.
Viewing tower: views across the Bay and Worth marshes.
Library: Various wildlife reference books.
Picnic area: Outside Field Centre.
Toilets: Inside main building.
Hand-washing facilities.
Access for those with disabilities: Disabled toilets. The whole Field Centre building is wheelchair friendly.
Cost £1.00 per hour each pupil, up to £5.00.
For more details please contact Peter Dean at the Field Centre via email or telephone 01304 617341.
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