Over 16s

All of these activities take place outdoors in our beautiful ancient woodland. You can request one or several of these activities, depending on your desired educational outcomes and curriculum requirements. All visits are priced at the half-day or full-day tutor rates, depending on how many activities you would like during your visit.

Comparison of two different coppice areas

We have coppices of different ages within our ancient woodland setting, meaning students can compare variables such as invertebrate diversity, plant diversity or percentage cover of a particular plant alongside abiotic factors.

International Baccalaureate

Students can make use of our woodland site for data collection for their Internal Assessment. Having formulated a research question, identified vairables and equipment needed, students can carry out their methodology at our site with tutors on hand to help. Please contact us with your proposed research questions so we can ensure they are feasible for the time of the year you are visiting.

Invertebrate leaf litter sampling

Conduct random sampling with sieves and pooters to investigate invertebrate diversity in our woodland, incorporating measuring abiotic factors such as light, temperature and humidity.

Invertebrate mark and recapture

Learn why we conduct mark and recapture studies, before marking our study species (typically woodlice). Continue with other planned activities, and see how many individuals you recapture at the end of the day for analysis.

Line transect

Taking place through a gradient of deciduous to coniferous woodland, sampling insect diversity with changing abiotic factors.

Random sampling using quadrats

Start with a discussion of why and how we randomise sampling, then practice setting up quadrats and identifying woodland plants within them.

Small mammal trapping

Available from September through March. Students will learn why we catch small mammals, what sort of traps we use, and how to set them correctly. Students will then work together to weigh, sex and identify the species of mammals caught, before they are released.

Statistics

We can include Lincoln Index calculations within the mark and recapture session, or Simpson's Diversity Index and Spearman's Rank calculations as taught presentations.

All visits are priced at the half-day or full-day tutor rates, depending on how many activities you would like during your visit.

Sand dune succession

Conduct a belt transect across the sand dunes at Botany Bay, from the high tide mark all the way up to the base of the cliffs. Your students will work together to identify sand dune plants and collect data which can be used to graph sand dune diversity and succession.

Rocky shore ecology

Carry out a belt transect along the rocky foreshore at low tide. You can focus on either intertidal zonation or identification of algae and animal species.

Ever wondered if you could be a zookeeper or how much goes on behind the scenes to keep a zoo operating?

This session combines a presentation on our work and our roles at Wildwood with a half-hour behind the scenes tour of our yards to hear more about our conservation projects, and time to aks questions to our staff.

If you would like a longer, bespoke careers session, please get in touch  to discuss with our Education team.

Learn how rewilding native animals can restore natural processes in an ecosystem and hear how our current projects are progressing.

Handle related animal artefacts or have a go at planning your own conservation project.