Education
Last updated: 2 April 2010
The titles in this section are suitable for children and adults alike. However, they are written mostly with children in mind to be used as activities for groups or families. They are designed to enhance the readers understanding of the natural world. Please note that some of the activities need adult supervision.
- Catching Insects (.PDF 1.70Mb)
- Setting up a Butterfly Garden (.PDF 310Kb)
- Making an Ant Farm (.PDF 522Kb)
- Making a Wormery (.PDF 640Kb)
- Pond Dipping (.PDF 570Kb)
- Making a Pond Life Aquarium (.PDF 377Kb)
- Rearing Frogs from Frogspawn (.PDF 484Kb)
- Making a Garden Pond (.PDF 511Kb)
- Making an Underwater Viewer (.PDF 545Kb)
- Skulls and Skeletons (.PDF 741Kb)
- Badger Watching (.PDF 371Kb)
- Making a Hide (.PDF 303Kb)
- Animal Tracks (.PDF 360Kb)
- Bird Watching (.PDF 333Kb)
- Feeding Birds (.PDF 368Kb)
- Artificial Nest Sites (.PDF 534Kb)
- Feather Collection (.PDF 337Kb)
- Adopt a Tree (.PDF 890Kb)
- Pressing Leaves and Wildflowers (.PDF 236Kb)
- Raising Plants from Mud (.PDF 418Kb)
- Bark and Leaf Rubbing (.PDF 692Kb)
- Making Spore Prints (.PDF 660Kb)
- Measuring the Age of a Hedge (.PDF 284Kb)
- Identifying and Studying Bird Pellets (.PDF 2.21Mb)
- Food for Free Recipes (.PDF 594Kb)
PDFs are available for download and hard copies are also available from our Country Parks, Countryside Centres and certain Monuments. Further information can be obtained from:
NIEA Education Manager
Klondyke Building
Gasworks Business Park
Lower Ormeau Road
Belfast BT7 2JA
Tel: (02890) 569 270
Fax: (02890) 569 264
