The Education
Centre is well resourced, and scientific equipment such as thermometers,
hygrometers, soil moisture meters and rain gauges are available. Tape recorders
can be provided for the development of oral communication skills.
The following worksheets are available to use with your pupils in the Tropical House:
1. The Rainforest Layers
2. Blank World Map
3. Blank Tropical House Map
4. Explorers Diary
5. Measuring Climate
Details of National Curriculum cross referenced activities using the worksheets above can be found in the handbook 'Plants and Environments'. This also describes how other environments at the Botanical Gardens can be used with children.
Background information sheets on Staple foods of the Tropics, Fruits of the Tropics, Epiphytes of the Rainforest, Climbing Plants, Water Plants, Bananas and Plantains and the Madagascar Periwinkle can be obtained from reception at a cost of 10p each.
