Learning Activity: Creating a Pollinator Friendly Environment
Pollinating insects need food, and will be most visible when they are visiting flowers, but they also need suitable places to shelter and to successfully reproduce.
Climate Change
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Vertical greening
Vertical greening can be applied indoors and outdoors in a space-saving way. Green facades are an alternative form of greening for densely built-up cities.
Heat islands
Cities are particularly affected by climate change. Due to the large areas of sealed surfaces and dense building development, cities are more affected by rising temperatures in summer than the surrounding countryside.
Learning Activity: Using Compost
Where there are plants, there is a need for compost. Compost has so many uses you will never run out of ways to use this black gold!
Experiment: Measuring water storage capacity
The experimental set-up is used to simulate a rainfall event on vegetated, open, and sealed ground. In this way, soil erosion and the effect of plants are illustrated. In addition, the different effects of rain on the soil with regards to the degree of sealing and soil vitality are highlighted.
Learning Activity: Grasscycling
Grasscycling is the natural recycling of grass by leaving grass clippings on the lawn when mowing.
Experiment Station: Transpiration and Evaporative Cooling
Through two different experimental approaches, pupils learn about the phenomenon of transpiration in plants. The cooling effect resulting from transpiration is also covered in the text.
Experiment Station: Carbon Dioxide as a Greenhouse Gas
In this experiment, the greenhouse effect is first explained in writing. In the experiment that follows, the pupils discover the effect that carbon dioxide has on air temperature (the atmosphere).
Experiment: Measuring temperatures and surface temperatures
In this practical example, the pupils measure the temperatures at different locations. In this way, they observe at close range what influence materials, green spaces, plants and water have on our microclimate.
Positive effects of plants
Plants have many positive qualities. Through photosynthesis, plants produce the oxygen that is vital for humans and animals and purify the air as well. For many animals, plants form a space to live – from small animals cavorting in moss to large animals living in the forest.
Experiment Station: Shadow Effect
In this experiment, the pupils measure the effect that ‘green facades’ have on the heating of surfaces (facades).
Experiment Station: Green Facades Learning Environment
Using a digital learning environment, pupils explore various green wall systems and plant species. For this activity, plant identification apps or existing green wall models can be used.
Experiment Station: The Photosynthesis
As part of the ‘Photosynthesis’ experiment station, pupils use the inquiry-based learning method to investigate the research question: ‘How does plant photosynthesis affect the composition of the air?’.
Learning Activity: Making Homemade Liquid Plant Feed
Liquid plant feed is an organic fertiliser made by soaking nutrient-rich plants in water to release their minerals and nutrients.
Experiment: Climbing plants@school
With the help of this exercise, the pupils can observe and learn about plant growth and the climbing organs of climbing plants at close quarters. For this purpose, they also grow their own climbing plants.