Explore a Redwood Forest

These resources were made for a school in Rotorua that wanted to explore the redwood forest. They had students in wheelchairs, and the Mokopuna Track was perfect for them to get out into nature in an easily accessible way. We tried to put things into these resources that would get the students looking around them and seeing things in a different way, get them to explore, and get them using their senses. We also wanted to get them noticing the native flora and fauna that was present under the exotic redwood trees.

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Individual Scavenger Hunt Cards

The resource below is designed to be printed onto individual cards, so that you can show one card and the students have to find that item. Cards could also be given to students for them to ‘match’ to the item in nature, or used in class to talk about things that might be seen on an upcoming trip, or to talk about things that were seen on a trip.

Download the pdfs of individual items to print and hunt for here:

Texture Hunt

Download and print these texture hunts. Laminate them and add something of the matching texture to the blank space for students to feel, or have students find something to glue to the space!

Download the pdfs here: Page 1-2 Page 3-4

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