Outdoor education provides a great deal of information that may be used for follow-up work back at school from english to art.

The study of invertebrates both terrestrial and aquatic can be linked into work on life cycles, animal classifications, adaptations to habitats and evolution. With species data pupils can also perform statistical analyses using ICT and identify trends within their data. The study of invertebrates also lends itself to the teaching of shapes, with spirals well represented by snails and symmetry demonstrated by many of the insects.

Much of the information collected during a school visit can also be used as a base for artwork. Many groups use their colour catchers to make beautiful displays with watercolours, with their colour catcher in the center of the page the pupil can simply extend the colours outwards and experiment with swirls and shapes.

Descriptive data from different habitats can be used to make comparisons and can provide the background for plays, stories and poems. This type of information is invaluable when exploring language and can help to expand vocabulary.

Look at some of the websites with teaching resources that relate well to outdoor environmental education listed on our links page.