Activity Sheet Try to find as many different types of flowers grasses or other plants as possible growing in grass in your school or local area Grassland Plants Hula Hoop Toss Before you start ID: 1048439
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1. Grassland Plant Bioblitz Activity SheetTry to find as many different types of flowers, grasses or other plants as possible growing in grass in your school or local area!
2. Grassland Plants- Hula Hoop TossBefore you startLook at some pictures of grassland plants online so you are familiar with their features.Identify where you will go. Do you have a playing pitch or grass verges on your school grounds. Discuss whether areas like maintained grass used for sports will have more or less plants growing than wilder areas. Consider comparing one or more locations.Divide students into groups and print out spotter sheet on next page or some from our additional links and give one to each group along with a hula hoop or quadrat.Completing the activityInstruct each group to throw their hula hoop so that it lands on a patch of grass you are investigating.The group should then closely examine everything inside the frame. Count how many different plants you can see.Try to identify, photograph or draw each different plant. Throw again in the same area and notice whether you are finding the same or different plants. Which are the most common.Move to a different area and repeat.You will needHula Hoop or QuadratSpotter sheet below and the May Spotter Sheet from LEAFCamera/phone/ipadPaper and pencilFurther information and LinksIf there were plants you could not identify outside try again back in the classroom by checking the following:For an in depth look try the Wildflowers of Ireland Or search by colour on the Irish Wildflowers website
3. Green Schools Grassland Spotter SheetTick every time you see me!