Make this activity into an amazing race/scavenger hunt.

Investigate the role of plants for our body’s health – as a source of nutrition and fuel, as well as medicinal/rongoā qualities.

Sort items collected by size, colour, shape, texture, weight.

Use photos of the items found during your bingo activities and mirrors to investigate reflection symmetry.

Using the items collected, investigate examples of patterns and symmetry in nature (eg a daisy flower is a good example of rotational symmetry).

What do these shapes have in common? Are all the sides the same? Are all the corners the same?.

Can you see any shapes that are different? How are they different?.

Do you see any ways that these shapes that are alike? How are they alike?.

Draw and describe attributes of the shapes you found in your outdoor space (eg sides, corners, curved and straight lines, edges, pointed).

Mathematics and statistics – geometry and measurement Discuss what you could predict about your outdoor space from the collection of objects (Are there many native plants? What animals/birds/insects might live in and around these objects? How would they use them or benefit from them?)

Categorise your treasures according to characteristics (eg living and non-living).

Collate your nature words and create a class nature word bank.

Find synonyms to describe the things you found in different ways.

What one word best describes an item you found? (Choose your most interesting five items.).

Use the items found during the colour bingo activity as prompts to create a colour poem.

Use your senses – what do the plants and leaves look, smell and feel like? Avoid tasting. Take bingo sheets outside and in groups, pairs or individually, explore and record what you find.Įncourage tamariki to collect individual leaves, flowers or seeds if appropriate to do so. Plant sensory bingoĭownload and print the plant sensory bingo card (PDF, 133K), or create your own. Use your imagination to find shapes/objects/creatures in the clouds. Take your bingo sheets outside and record what colours/shapes you find.Ĭan you find anything surprising? Different? Unusual? Repeated? Cloud bingoĬreate a simple bingo sheet with various shapes or objects. Plant sensory bingo card (PDF, 133K) Activity Colour and shape bingoĬreate a simple bingo sheet with different colours or shapes. Nature sensory bingo activity card (PDF, 1,087K)

Through learning we know, by knowing we understand, by understanding we are confident. Mā te ako ka mōhio, mā te mōhio kā mārama, mā te mārama ka mātatau.

Natures bingo