Downloadable Resource | Birds and Botanicals

All science starts with observation. Everyday we see different things in our environment—on our walk to school or at the park for example. When we think about what we see and ask questions about it, we are observing the natural world.

Many scientists and curious minds make notes of their observations or record it in some way. They might keep a field journal, take photographs or draw scenes they see.

This resources draws upon several items in the NLI collection, included Miss Battersby's watercolours which were originally in the Royal Dublin Society collection, to encourage children to take note of their surroundings and develop a curiosity for the natural world. 

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