Science
Year 1 – Animals including humans
Year 2 – Living things and their habitats, Plants, Animals including humans
Geography
Place knowledge
Amazing Adaptations
Overview
Amazing Adaptations focuses on how plants and animals have adapted to suit living in a rainforest environment. The tour discusses the different layers of the rainforest including microhabitats and how adaptation can lead to evolution over time. It covers areas including: the ability of rainforest leaves to get rid of excess water; plant adaptations to maximise light and nutrient uptake; and the way various animals are suited to life in the rainforest.
Key curriculum terms
adaptations, layers, drip tips, epiphytes, climbers, aerial roots, camouflage, habitat, microhabitat
Key stages supported
Key stage 1
Key stage 2
Science
Year 3 – Plants
Year 4 – Living things and their habitats
Year 6 – Evolution and inheritance
Geography
Place knowledge, Human and physical geography, Geographical skills
Key stage 3
Science
Interactions and dependencies – Relationships in an ecosystem, Genetics and Evolution – Inheritance chromosomes DNA and genes
Geography
Place Knowledge
International primary curriculum
Milepost 1
Flowers and Insects, I’m Alive, Live and let live, Our World, The Earth our home
Milepost 2
Saving the world, Do you live around here?, Land, sea and sky, Nature of life
Milepost 3
Extreme survivors, Existing endangered extinct, What a wonderful world, Out of Africa
Downloadable resources
Tour details
£171 per group (including VAT)
Tours take place each weekday at the following times: 10.15am, 11.30am, 12.40pm.
They are conducted in groups of 15 students and 2 adults. Up to 4 groups (60 children and 8 adults) may be booked per time slot.
We do book up quickly, so please book or enquire early to avoid disappointment.