Course: The undergrowth | PropaGate Learning

  • The Undergrowth


     

    Take a deep dive into the undergrowth with Marley...

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  • Instructions: Clicking on the section name will show / hide the section.

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


  • The slimy world of snails

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

    • Camouflaged frog art activity (opens in a new window/tab)Photograph: Brenda White

      Photograph: Brenda White Here is an art activity t...
       
      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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    • Camouflaged frogs art activity File PDF

      View on your computer or tablet or print out

    • Camouflaged frogs art activity (alternative version) File PDF

      Alternative version that is easier to read or for a screenreader to use


  • 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.


    • Meet the worms that live in our wormeries


      Life in a wormery Learning box - click to begin


    • Life in a wormery (alternative version) Page

      A text only version of the above activity in case you cannot use it for any reason.

  • Soil - the world under our feet, click to begin

  • Soil heroes - click to begin


    • Click on the link below to start...

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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.

    • Alternative version: Mud, mud glorious mud - text only File

    • Expedition: soil-superpowers! URL

      Find out about the superpowers of soil!

    • Wonderful Worms Learning Box - click to begin

    • Wonderful worms (alternative version) Page

      A text only version of the above activity in case you cannot use it for any reason.