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Numbers in Nature

Audience: KS1 Numeracy
Location: Cuffley, Hudnall Park

Description of Activity
  • Estimation and counting plant or animal species
  • Number trail
  • Measuring heights or girth of plants
  • Measuring distances travelled
  • Collecting and matching shapes and patterns in plants
  • 2D and 3D shapes challenges
  • Temperature trail and temperature range
Learning Outcomes

Children will:

  • Develop approaches to solving number problems out of doors
  • Practise calculating and communicating using mental methods
  • Be able to use mathematical equipment to solve practical problems
  • Recognise patterns and shapes in natural objects
  • Improve their ability to estimate measures