The undergrowth

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  The slimy world of snails

  Click on the play button to watch Marley and the snail, created by Sharon Tingey one of our Botanical Illustration tutors

  • Learn all about snails
    

  • Slimy world of snails learning Box Interactive Lesson

    
    

    
    

    Whenever you turn over a stone or look under a log you might be lucky to find a snail. Find out more about these slimy creatures that live in Marley's garden.

    
    
    This is designed to work on tablets and computers devices. Make sure you have the sound on!
    
  • Slimy world of snails (alternative version) Page

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  Snail art activities

  

  
  The slimy world of snails

  Here are some activities that are inspired by snails. Choose one you like and have a go.

  • Snails Art Activities File PDF document

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  • Snails Art Activities (Accessible document) File PDF document

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  Camouflaged frogs art activity

  • Photograph: Brenda White

    
    

    Camouflaged frogs art activity
    
    

    Here is an art activity that is inspired by the way the camouflaged skin of the frog helps it stay safe and blend into the background of where it lives.

    If you want to find out more about the way animals (and plants) use camouflage visit the Expedition storeroom and do the Expedition camouflage activities.
    

    
    

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  Marvellous Mini-beasts! Learning from home with Edinburgh Zoo

  
  

  Have you found any mini-beasts when you've been out and about, maybe sitting on a dandelion, hiding under a pot or running across the pavement? Find out more about different mini-beasts with this identification guide below from our friends at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.
  

  • Identifying Mini Beasts Interactive Lesson

    
    

    Here is a short lesson from our friends at Edinburgh Zoo. Use this guide to discover what creatures you've come across.
    

    
    This is deisgned to work on phones, tablets and computers.
    
  • Identifying mini-beasts File

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    Find out more about mini-beasts

    
    

    Find more Learning from Home Activities from Edinburgh Zoo

    
    

  
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  Life in a wormery

  
  

  • Meet the worms that live in our wormeries

    
    

    Click on the image below to enter the wormery learning box and find out all about these hard working creatures.
    

    
    

    
    
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  Soil - the world under our feet

  
  
  
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  Soil heroes

  
  
  
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  World beneath our paws? Activities

  
  

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  • Mud, mud glorious mud File

    Do you know there are different types of soil? It all depends on which rocks were worn down to make the soil.
    

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  • Expedition: soil-superpowers! URL

    Find out about the superpowers of soil!
    

  
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  Brilliant bumblebees!

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    Brilliant Bumblebees Learning Box
    

  • Learning box: Brilliant bumblebees Interactive Lesson

    Find out how bumblebees are so important for all nature, including humans.

    
    

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  Wonderful worms

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    Wonderful worms learning box
    

  • Learning box: Wonderful worms Interactive Lesson

    Unearth the secret lives of the wonderful earthworms that live under our feet. Gardeners love them - do you?

    
    

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