Science
Our Secondary School Science sessions give students a hands on experience at pellet and spraint dissection as well as animal and plant surveying. Take a look at the different sessions on offer below.
To provide you with the best experience, cookies are used on this site. Find out more here.
We host around 500 events and activities across Milton Keynes' green space every year, check out our calendar to find out what's on in the parks.
Explore this section to discover the different activities you can enjoy across the parks including walking, running and cycling.
Find out how our charity cares for the city's parks and green space to ensure they will be loved by the people of Milton Keynes forever.
Every year we help around 6,000 people to learn about their local environment through outdoor learning sessions.
Our Secondary School Science sessions give students a hands on experience at pellet and spraint dissection as well as animal and plant surveying. Take a look at the different sessions on offer below.
Students explore different types of habitat and get to grips with surveying techniques used by scientists to monitor biodiversity. Students will make and record observations and measurements using a range of methods for different investigations; and evaluate the reliability of methods and suggest possible improvements.
read moreStudents learn survival skills through this bush craft themed session with an environmental message. This session develops understanding of how human and physical processes interact and our responsibility to recognise that the Earth is a source of limited resources. Through shelter building they will work objectively, modifying explanations to take account of new evidence and ideas and subjecting results to peer review.
read moreLet your students get closer to wildlife as they study a range of different bird species in this interactive session at Linford Lakes Nature Reserve. Students will consider the links between structure and function in living organisms and apply their scientific knowledge to explain adaptation and evolution.
read moreLet your students be wildlife detectives as they investigate the evidence left behind by the birds and mammals that call Linford Lakes Nature Reserve their home. By asking questions to work out who the tracks belong to they will develop a line of enquiry based on observations of the real world, alongside prior knowledge and experience.
read moreStudents get to try their hand at different observation, surveying and measuring techniques used by geographers and scientists to monitor species and understand the natural world. They will collect, analyse and communicate with a range of data.
read moreGive your students the opportunity to immerse themselves in the local environment in this A level specific session which includes activities on land management techniques, species conservation and practical fieldworks skills.
read more