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The kids varnished the signs they had made so that they would withstand the weather and last for a little bit of time.

Our patch is so long that we thought a few more signs were necessary....

Once they were all varnished and dry Math made stakes for the signs and helped the kids to attach them with screws....

We waited for the rain to stop and went out to put the signs out. We spaced them out over the whole of the patch so that where ever you are you can be reminded to pick dog poo up or not to drop litter! While we were there we met a dog owner who was super pleased with our signs and thought they were a great idea!

We had a discussion about different types of birds, Large and Small that we can find locally in our gardens and in the Wild. We later made bird feeders from recycled materials. These photos show some of them hanging in our gardens.

We have been exploring Soil Bio diversity and have watched informative videos paying attention to the importance of the earthworm. We have also had the opportunity to PH test our own garden soil. Most of them were neutral.

We took some time to listen outside with our eyes closed to pick out the different sounds that could be heard. Some of us chose pictures to represent those sounds. We also played a word association game where I gave the students a word and they found/took photos of things in nature that could represent that word. This was a challenging but fun activity.

Our lecturer took us for a "live" scavenger hunt to Kinghorn Beach in Late February where we discovered signs of spring in sea life like the fresh seaweed growth in the second photo. We also used a local land mark rock to measure the tides. In our photo it is clearly visible but when the tide is right in, you can't see it at all. On our Scavenger Hunt, we found: Empty crab, oyster, mussel and razor clam shells as well as other things that are not pictured, like sea glass, whelks, driftwood and sadly, some dead seabirds that had struggled with the recent storms. The last photo is the view from Kinghorn in Fife of Arthur's Seat and parts of the Edinburgh and East Lothian Coast to show how we are connected by our wild waters as well as by the land.