Downloadable resources to help people understand why bogs are special.
Bog Day activity sheets:
Bog Day colouring (three species round-leaved sundew, curlew and emperor moth caterpillar)
Bog Day quiz
Bog Day wordsearch
Bogs Talking Poetry Class from The Poetry Society.
Peatland Educational Resources from LIFE Welsh Raised Bog Project & Natural Resources Wales.
Moors for the Future educational resources:
- Explore Moor field guide app
- Moorland Discovery Teachers’ Pack
- Bogtastic Top Trumps Card Game
- Plant Identification Chart
- Moorland Discovery Teachers’ pack
- Investigating populations teaching resource
- Carbon cycle work sheet
Yorkshire Peat Partnership resources:
Wildlife Watch activities from The Wildlife Trusts:
- Common frog mask
- Make your own compost activity sheet
- Dissect an owl pellet activity sheet
- Summer wader spotter sheet
- Heathland wildlife spotter sheet
- Peatland and bog wildlife spotter sheet
Irish Peatland Conservation Council resources:
- Bogland Food Web
- Bog Plant Book
- Bogland Habitat Guide
- Fen Habitat Guide
- Bog Watch – Flower Identification Dial
- Bog Watch – Pool Bug Identification Dial
- Field Studies Programmes focusing on peatlands
- How to Make a St Bridget’s Cross
- How to Make an Origami Frog
- Bog Walk Scavanger Hunt
- Tips for Leading a Bog Walk
- Discovering the Wild Bogs of Ireland Primary Schools Pack: Junior & Senior Infants
- Discovering the Wild Bogs of Ireland Primary Schools Pack: 1st & 2nd Classes
- Discovering the Wild Bogs of Ireland Primary Schools Pack: 3rd & 4th Classes
- Discovering the Wild Bogs of Ireland Primary Schools Pack: 5th & 6th Classes
- Cranberry Recipe Book
Fens East Peat Partnership resources:
- Fantastic Peat activity book (for primary school)
- Amazing Peatlands activity book (for secondary school)
