Ecosystem and biodiversity lesson plans and evaluation
12 Club P.A.N. sessions are held in outdoor nature classrooms. Sessions typically involve fact sheets, activities, role playing, songs and games with animal puppets which are based around a chosen theme. Themes deal with ecosystem services, wildlife conservation, sustainability, healthy living and the importance of biodiversity. We aim to promote positive club spirit through interactive ways of learning and essentially having fun.
Each child that participates receives his/her own Club P.A.N. book and T-shirt. Each child participates in pre- and post evaluation questionnaires which aid in refining sessions year after year to better suit the audience, as well as accrue funding for the project.
An extra lesson was added to the Club P.A.N curriculum in 2012 where children were given a small budget to carry out their own mini-conservation-project. They find this support incredibly motivating. Past project examples included planting trees, cleaning village water pumps, and even a goat farm.