Learning activities/Bug Blitz

Teacher Responsibility

Teachers accompanying students on the Blitz have an important role in ensuring it all comes together. Teachers have a particular responsibility to support the organizing their student group before arriving at the Blitz, and ensuring the preparatory work required for the Bug Blitz is completed. During the Blitz, teachers are expected to be fully involved in assisting the student working groups, and supporting the staff and experts working with them.

In advance of the Blitz, teachers will:

• Help students complete the ‘Pre-Bug Blitz activities’ and ensure they are prepared to participate in the outdoor experience and communal activities.

On arrival at the Blitz teachers will:

• Be fully involved with all the field and social activities including walking, navigation, team challenges, conducting activities, working with other teachers in collaboratively supervising students, and assisting with the development of a final day presentation with a group of seven students.

The Blitz Challenge

Teams of 7 comprising students and teacher will work together to trap and identify bugs, investigate the area, collect photos and evidence of bugs, and create the following products to present to the entire group on the final day:

1. Bug-Birds -- 'Under the microscope, telling a story of specific birds or bugs of the area.
2. Creation of a reflective audio-visual display of photos documenting their group’s journey during the Blitz.
3. Time capsule -- Past, present and future. Teams decide on one object they would like to include in a time capsule to be buried and explain what commitment they will make to the future.