Nature Spaces.
Exploring nature connectedness.
The Kit.
Year 4-8. Identify and adopt a nature space close to you. Observe your space from multiple perspectives - emotions, values, sounds, time etc. Make earth sandwiches and observe the night sky directly above. Document your findings and responses on our guerilla art style DIY map.
Learning Areas: Technology, Social Sciences, Science
Key Concepts: Geographic Location, Colour Palette, Germination, Tracking, Nature Connectedness
Kit Patron: Department of Conservation
Classroom use to date: 250 classrooms
Number of students reached: 8,000
Availability: Term 3, Term 4
“This kit has so much to it. The importance of looking around at your surroundings and thinking about it from different angles, feeling the heart of nature and its beauty is what this kit inspired.”
— Fiona
What people are saying.
Nature connectedness
“This was fantastic as a starting point for me to get my students outdoors and involved in nature around us everyday. It has lead to my students being much more in tune with nature in their lives daily and they have a space which they are connected to at school as well.”
- Pip
Reconnecting and observing nature
“This kit was fantastic. It gave my students the opportunity to reconnect with nature, really observing and taking notice of the every day beauty we are surrounded with.”
- Megan
Your Physical Kit
Our kits are beautiful, physical, tangible, tactile things (with digital components built in) . They are designed to be used and transformed by students into learning keepsakes. If you register for the Nature Spaces kit then you’ll also be granted access to a private kit page within our network where you’ll be able to access prompt support from a member of our School Kit Team to ensure your teaching experience is awesome.
x32 kōwhai seeds and fertipots, A1 cut out sheet, x16 notice this cards signs, our nature space laser cut wooden sign, x4 information cards, x8 chew cards, x32 moon phase student sheets, sandpaper, x4 test tubes, litmus paper strips, southern hemisphere star locator disc, x32 what we saw stickers, inked tracking card, online hyperlinked teacher guide.