Biology students at Ridgeway School have been learning about ecology and factors that affect the distribution of organisms by collecting and studying woodlice.
They set up a classic experiment with an environment of three choices for the insects. Light and dry, moist and dark and dark and dry in one chamber.
The woodlice were placed in the light dry side and monitored every...
Academics from Plymouth University are leading a project to develop software which will give young people an enhanced understanding of the natural world.
PhenoloGIT is a three-year project which will design, build and test an educational platform which teachers and students can use to share information about the physical environment and the living world.