Tree for All
Our five year campaign with an
ambitious target to involve one million children helping to plant 12
million trees. There are lots of opportunities to plant real trees
as well as planting an etree online.
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Tree for All
website
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Trafalgar Woods
Part of our five year Tree for All campaign, this website explains
how the Woodland Trust is commemorating the bicentenary of the
Battle of Trafalgar. It explores the relationship between trees,
ships and people and includes a chance to search a database of all
the crew who were at the battle.
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Trafalgar Woods website
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Nature
Detectives website
An exciting way for 4-18s and those who lead and teach them to learn
more about the natural world. Visit the website for fun and
curriculum-linked indoor and outdoor activities and the chance to
help scientists with their research on climate change by looking out
for common species of animal and plant.
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Nature Detectives website
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Free trees for
youth groups
Is your local community in need of some tender loving care? If so,
you can benefit from a free pack of 30 native trees (enough for a
small grove or short length of hedge) which come with hints and tips
for planting and looking after the trees plus an activity pack.
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Hedge and copse pack
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Wild about Woods video and CDROM
These resources celebrate Britain’s ancient woodland and are designed to
inspire pupils. They are ideal as an indoor activity or to support visits
to woodland. Featuring Childrens’ TV presenter Howie Watkins, the video
takes you on a journey back through time to when the country was covered
with wildwood. The CDROM contains a variety of exciting activities to
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Wild about woods
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Visit a wood – Is there a Woodland Trust wood near you?
You can find out more details of our
woods via a
directory
and
online
maps. A number of woods have special waymarked trails
which groups will find particularly helpful. You can also discover
what’s happening
in woods close to you. In the winter months we have
tree planting
activities around the country. We
warmly encourage everyone to participate in this inspirational
experience.
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Visit a wood
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Exploring Woodland Guides
In partnership with HarperCollins, the Woodland Trust is producing a
series of Exploring Woodland guides featuring a selection of the best
woodlands in the UK. The following guides are currently available:
Peak District & Central England, East Anglia & North Thames, Southeast England, Northwest England and Yorkshire & the
Northeast. Copies can be
purchased online. A useful resource if you are planning a woodland
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Exploring Woodland Guides
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Native
Tree Shop
In partnership with Alba Trees, the Woodland Trust offers you the
chance to buy British native trees and shrubs online. A great
opportunity for your group to enhance the wildlife value of the local
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Native Tree Shop
website
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here
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Resources suitable for pre-teen age groups
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Nature Detectives
book
A collection of new activities for primary school age children has
been devised and published in partnership with the Association for
Science Education. The book contains a range of ideas for group
leaders or teachers wishing to conduct environmentally based outdoor
or indoor activities. Sample exercises are accessible online. A
book for secondary aged children will follow in late 2005. |
Nature Detectives
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Forest Education Initiative
The Forest Education Initiative is a joint venture between eight
conservation and forestry organisations, including the Woodland Trust.
The FEI website includes an excellent set of free, downloadable
learning resources aimed at the 5 to 11 age range. These are aimed at
the school curriculum, but also offer some good ideas for informal
outdoor learning.
This is not a Woodland Trust website. For our
disclaimer click here |
FEI
website
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Resources available for teenage groups
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British
Trees
The British
Trees website lists all 33
native British Tree species and for each one provides a description,
details of preferred habitat, natural distribution and uses. A
valuable resource for groups interested in the natural environment.
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British Trees website
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Great links for youth
leaders
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Learning
about Forests
This site is hosted by an international schools and forests programme
and includes contributions from many countries. It contains some
really imaginative exercises for both indoors and outdoors, with ideas
for all ages. The majority of the material is aimed at primary age
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Environment Agency
A very good site with animated movies and games about a wide range of
environmental topics including threatened wildlife, waste, recycling
and flooding. It is also an excellent starting point for discussion of
environmental issue with older children and contains useful factsheets. |
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WWF “go
wild”
This site has quizzes and information about important environmental
topics like climate change and extinction. To reach this site scroll
to the bottom of the homepage and follow
the link called 'WWF websites for....kids' on the left hand toolbar. |
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Whose land
is it anyway? (The National Trust)
Young people find out some of the real issues about land use in
Britain today through this interactive activity which discusses the
arguments for and against a local farmer selling his land to a
property developer. Lots of local people have opinions about what he
should do, including the conservationist, the rambler and the
developer. Young people have a chance to contribute their views at the
end. |
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Environment Agency
Lots of excellent animated movies, games and factsheets about the
environment. Learn about the problems of waste, flooding and loss of
UK wildlife. |
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Scottish
Natural Heritage
This site has a good set of factsheets on threatened species eg red
squirrel, habitats, eg peat bogs and environmental issues such as
sustainability and biodiversity. |
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