Grovetown School students create bird hunt resource
Students at Grovetown School have created a ‘bird scavenger hunt’ resource for use at Grovetown Lagoon.
Grovetown School has had a long-standing connection with the nearby lagoon, being involved in regular whole-school tree-planting days and hosting a shade house where lagoon volunteers propagate and grow native plant seedlings. This project was part of a student inquiry looking at connections with the local community and local places.
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- Shadehouse at Grovetown School
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- Grovetown Lagoon
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- The ‘hide’ is a great place for bird-watching.
Students in Waverley class came up with the idea of creating a resource during a class visit to the lagoon when they photographed and observed the birds that they saw. Students worked in pairs to research one of the birds that they had seen and to make a fact sheet with information about their chosen bird’s appearance, habitat, diet and conservation needs, as well as a ‘fun fact’. They also created a ‘bird scavenger hunt’ activity that eagle-eyed visitors to the lagoon can use to tick off the bird species that they have seen.
The project was challenging due to the large amount of information available about the birds online: the students had to search for accurate and relevant facts and then present them as ‘bite-sized’ pieces of information. They are proud to have created a resource that will be both useful and fun for other visitors to the lagoon.
Their next step is to share their mahi with others in Marlborough so that more people can learn about and enjoy the birds in this special place.
You can find the full resource in our Enviroschools Marlborough google drive and in our digital resource padlet collection.
