Loan Box – Teacher Notes – Downloadable documents

Introduction

SOTEAG has created a free loan box full of activities for Shetland schools/ clubs to borrow.

The loan box focuses on the work of SOTEAG and includes an array of activities linked to environmental monitoring, seabirds and the rocky shore.

Are you interested in finding out more about SOTEAG’s loan box?

Contact: Heather Runnacles Goodridge

hsrg@st-andrews.ac.uk

For further Information about SOTEAG follow the links below.

• Introduction to SOTEAG

• SOTEAG Monitoring – For further information about SOTEAG’s monitoring and previous monitoring reports please follow this link

Feather Experiment:
Exploring the effects of oil spills on birds

Teachers Instructions           Feather experiment diagram

Anatomy of a bird feather   End of loan period equipment check list

Ice cube experiment: The effect of oil on animals

Teacher Instructions                 Ice cube experiment diagram

End of loan period – Equipment check list

Bird ID Game

• Teachers Instructions – Bird Identification Game

• Bird ID game sheet

• Bird ID Images

• Bird ID names

• Bird ID answers

• End of loan period – Equipment check list for bird identification game

Seabird Boardgame

SOTEAG Seabird Boardgame board

SOTEAG Seabird Boardgame Instructions and board pieces

Other small activities included in the loan box

ID Dials

Seabird Dial                               Rocky shore Dial

Rocky shore bunting

Rocky shore bunting template

Rainbow the Puffin storyboard

Puffin story board

Winter themed colouring Sheets

Winter border colouring in sheet starfish

Winter border colouring in sheet seaweed

Winter border colouring in sheet jellyfish

Winter border colouring in sheet hermit crab

Winter border colouring in sheet fish

Winter border colouring in sheet crab

Winter border colouring in sheet boat

Spring/ Summer themed colouring sheets

Starfish

Seaweed

Jellyfish

Hermit Crab

Fish

Crab

SOTEAG Monitoring Boat

Shetland birds – common names and Shetland names

Common and Shetland seabird names

Word searches

Bird word search

Rocky shore word search

SOTEAG word search

Teacher Instructions – SNAP Game

Contact details

Contact details – SOTEAG