Here are some resources to help you get ready for your trip!
Get familiar with your kit
To carry out the tasks you will be given some exciting kit to use.
Clipboard & worksheet
You can download a copy of the worksheet and have a look at this now.
Kit bag
You will be grouped into five teams and each team will be given a bag with all the kit you need.
Stopwatch
Your kit bag will contain a stopwatch for timing.
Click counter
Your kit bag will contain a click counter for counting.
Camera
Your kit bag will contain a camera for taking pictures.
GPS tracker
Your kit bag will contain a GPS tracker to track your team as you move around the nature reserve.
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Practice your tally counting
Take a sheet of paper outside and create a tally count of things you can see. This can be numbers of windows, benches, doors or even chimneys, or it could be number of people wearing white, blue, grey, green or any other colours you choose.
Decide on your subject to monitor and then record what you see using tally counting.
Real-life scientists
Watch these two videos to find out what WWT’s real-life conservation scientists do in the UK and across the globe.