Welcome back to school. Thinking ahead this academic year, there are many opportunities for incorporating a Moss Safari into your curriculum and extra curricular activities. This blog give you six suggestions. Let us know what you are doing!
1. Science lessons
Moss Safari is a great way to introduce topics such as characteristics of life, unicellular and multicellular organisms, classification or ecology.
Looking at moss squeeze can spark curiosity, generate questions and give another opportunity to increase confidence in using a microscope.
2. Open evenings
Showcasing your schools science department for prospective students often happens in September or early October. Why not get out a few microscopes with a moss squeeze and even have one microscope projected on the screen to show a giant moving mite, rotifer or tardigrade?
3. Transition Days and Projects
If you are planning transition activities for primary to secondary school, Moss Safari makes a great one day project or even a joint project for over a few weeks.
Why not get primary students to bring a moss sample from their school grounds and observe a moss squeeze from it? Existing Year 7 students can support the new students with using a microscope and getting used to working in a laboratory.
You can purchase the Moss Safari resource book and Moss Safari Kits from Edulab.
4. Science clubs
Moss Safari makes a great project to be carried out over 5-6 weeks. Students can spend time learning to use their microscope, ask scientific questions and investigate them. A full investigation and report can be completed within a few weeks using scientific skills, scientific knowledge and imagination.
Share your finds and projects with us a Moss Safari where we can post them in our Gallery.
5. See a live Moss Safari
Live Moss Safaris are becoming popular with schools, teachers, technicians and the general public. It’s a great way to see the microscopic world and go on a narrated tour of a slide of a moss squeeze.
We will be at New Scientist Live, Association for Science Education Northern Conference (online visit) and Association for Science Education Annual Conference in January with more events being planned.
See events page for more information and new events.
6. Host a Moss Safari event
Do your own Moss Safari using our free resources, the Edulab booklet or the Edulab Moss Safari Kits to support your events.
You can do a Moss Safari anytime of the year or during your own school’s Science Week. However, there are two national events you might want to put in your diary.
You can invite us in to do a Live Online Moss Safari
Royal Society of Biology: Biology Week October 2024
British Science Week: March 2025
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