Go on a lichen hunt with information and activities for KS1–4 in this colourful and engaging activity pack.

Covering foreign species, changing environments, habitat destruction and hunting, this pack provides a definitive guide to biodiversity.

Activities in this pack include:  

• Mini beast news report
• How many trees can you find
• Make a bird mobile
• Food web
• Tell me a story
• We're all going on a lichen hunt
• Hedgerow Game 
• Don't pick the flowers

What is biodiversity? Biodiversity can be broadly defined as the variety of life on Earth. It can also be used as a measure of the variety of life found in one place. For this pack it is used to describe how many different species are in an ecosystem.

Biodiversity [1]