Explore
How will you experience, enjoy and find out more about your wild place(s)? How is it good for nature and humans? What might threaten it? What can you do to protect it?
You might:
- Visit at different times of day and night, in different seasons, alone or with others.
- Sit, look, listen and feel – engage your senses.
- Identify and learn about habitats - and what lives and grows there.
- Travel extensively – walk, camp, bike, canoe. Is there a route, trail or stream to follow?
- Research the landscape, geology and cultural history.
- Map your wild place. Highlight the features you think are significant – how are they connected to other aspects?
Resources
Creative Star Index
Mission:Explore John Muir
Geocaching
Muir related Activities
Nature Activities
iSpot
Resource Guides:
Outdoor Learning
Surveys
Wildlife Gardening
Literacy & Nature
Biodiversity
For education groups:
John Muir Award and the Curriculum for Excellence (Scotland)
John Muir Award and the Curriculum (England)
For groups with support needs:
I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.
- Richard Feynman, American Physicist