Build the Change Tuesday: Build for Birds Live Lesson
Hosted in partnership with the LEGO Group, our Build for Birds live lesson will help your 7-14-year-old students understand how they can make schools into safer homes and spaces for our feathered friends to rest, feed and shelter in.
We also have a special guest expert joining us – Lara Nouri, who is going to share some exciting information with students about the career prospects in this field. Get ready to be inspired!
Register here!
Join us on Tuesday January 23rd, from 1:45 - 2:45PM, for this free LIVE lesson brought to you by Build the Change Tuesdays. Plus, we will also be launching our new competition!
What to expect:
UK bird species are in decline because of habitat loss. This is where Build for Birds comes in! In this lesson, we want to empower students to help make their schools into safer homes and spaces for our feathered friends to rest, feed and shelter in.
Join us on Tuesday, January 23rd, for a FREE live lesson which will:
- Teach your class all about bird species and biodiversity on location at WWT London Wetland Centre.
- Introduce them to environmental careers with our guest expert Lara Nouri.
- Improve their creative problem-solving skills.
The best bit is you won’t even have to lift a finger or plan a single thing!
Our interactive online lesson will explore why birds are under threat, and inspire your class to design innovative solutions to help our feathered friends.
This lesson will be filled with opportunities to learn through play and filled with unique games and quizzes. This lesson is perfect for ages 7-14 and supports PSHE, science, maths and design and technology curricula.
By the end of the lesson, your pupils will have a new appreciation for the natural world and will feel empowered to use their creative thinking to protect our planet.
What you need:
- Access to the internet in your classroom.
- Pens and paper for the live lesson.
- Start collecting bits of recycling or LEGO® bricks now so you’re prepared to enter our design competition!
You’ll have time after the lesson to take part in the Big School Birdwatch and create your designs ready to share with the world and win some amazing prizes! The competition will close on the 5th of March.
Click here to register!
Build for Birds competition!
During our live lesson, we will be launching our brand new competition! We’d love you to enter your students’ work to be in with a chance of winning some amazing prizes including a rewilding installation for your school. So start collecting bits of recycling or LEGO® bricks now! We can't wait to see your student's designs.
Meet our experts!
Lara Nouri
Lara has been working with birds for almost ten years. This has involved photographing museum specimens at the Natural History Museum in London to researching feather colouration and beak evolution. Lara has also studied bird flight behaviour, which involved putting GPS-tracking backpacks on pigeons!
Since 2016, she has been a licensed bird ringer for the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), meaning she catches and surveys birds for science and conservation projects. This has included ringing seabirds on steep coastal cliffs in Scotland, being out at midnight ringing Nightjar in heathlands, and even ringing Barn Owl chicks. Lara’s work with Nightingales with the team at Knepp Rewilding Estate was even featured in David Attenborough's Wonder of Song BBC One documentary.
David Pallash
David works on the LEGO Group's Social Responsibility team, designing programs and experiences that connect more children around the world to environmental and social topics, and give them a chance to share their ideas for a better future, all via learning through play. He spends most of his time on the Build the Change programme, a space where his own passion for all things nature-based and social causes meet with the LEGO Group's objective of being a global force for play. Outside of work he is a conservationist, wildlife photographer and loves music almost as much as nature.
Natalie Rodden
Natalie has worked in the spaces between education, social impact and the creative industries for over twenty years. In 2011 she took the plunge into formal teaching with Teach First, and spent the next 3-years teaching English and Media Studies in two busy inner-city London secondary schools. Since then, she’s focused on using her skills to help brands and charities create learning programmes that deliver real benefits for busy teachers and content that inspires young people from all backgrounds to reach their potential.
WWT London Wetland Centre
During our live lesson, our wildlife expert will take us on an on-site tour of the amazing London Wetland Centre. We are happy to share this message from our friends for anyone who would like to find out more about this location!
Are you looking for a unique and exciting way to teach your students about wetland wildlife? Look no further than London Wetland Centre!
London Wetland Centre offers a range of educational visit packages that cater to learners of all ages and skill levels. Their curriculum-linked learning sessions, pre- and post-visit session plans, and interactive resources are all designed to help enhance children’s learning and provide them with a real-life, hands-on experience.
As one of the UK’s leading providers of outdoor education, they can deliver an action-packed day of exploration and discovery that your students won’t soon forget. So why not join us and get up close and personal with wetland wildlife from the UK and around the world?
Access our News Detectives: Build the Change articles for even more sustainability inspiration!
Build the Change Tuesday is our free, weekly sustainability resource for 7 – 14-year-olds, designed for busy teachers looking for a quick, preparation-free activity. During our competition, each News Detectives will feature a bird-themed story to inspire your pupil’s competition entries.
This sustainability resource was created in partnership with the LEGO Group®, and The Day allows students to think critically about, discuss and debate a new sustainability issue every single week. It’s ideal for settling students into the day, and developing reading, comprehension and discussion skills.
Click here to register for this FREE weekly resource.
Build the Change Tuesday is a sustainability resource brought to you by The Day and the LEGO Group®, which forms part of our News Detectives programme, a no-fuss daily dip into the news for ages 8 – 13. A different theme every day of the week.