22 May marks the International Day for Biological Diversity. To commemorate this, NParks has organised Biodiversity Week for Schools, which will be conducted from 16th to 22nd May 2022.
A series of exciting activities is lined up for students to learn more about our rich flora and fauna. Registration has closed. Email CIN@nparks.gov.sg for any queries.
Interested to participate in Green Wave 2022?
Schools can select up to five plants from either a shrub or tree species. The Green Wave Infokit will be uploaded shortly.
Shrub species: Rose Myrtle (Rhodomyrtus tomentosa)
Tree species: Belinjau (Gnetum gnemon)
Interested to participate in Playtime with Sam and Ben?
Materials for Playtime with Sam and Ben will be provided by NParks and delivered to the participating schools, to be administered by the teachers.
Interested to participate in BioBlitz for Schools?
Materials for BioBlitz for Schools will be provided by NParks to the participating schools, to be administered by the teachers.
NParks will be conducting a training session for teachers from participating schools on 22 April 2022, 3:00pm to 5:00pm via Zoom. Attendance is highly recommended as we will be sharing tips on facilitating the survey in the school.
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Activities for Schools
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Target Audience
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Green Wave
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All Schools
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Playtime with Sam and Ben
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Pre-schools
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BioBlitz for Schools
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Upper Primary and above
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Festival of Biodiversity
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All Schools
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A briefing of all programmes will be provided for teachers on 8 April 2022 from 3.30pm to 5pm at via Zoom. Link will be sent to registered participants For more information about these activities, please email us at CIN@nparks.gov.sg.
Green Wave
Green Wave is a worldwide biodiversity campaign that educates children and youths about the importance of protecting our natural environment. As Singapore continues to urbanise, we should all strive to keep our City in Nature green and vibrant.
Each year, students from around the world plant locally important trees in their school compounds at 10 am on the International Day of Biological Diversity, 22 May. This creates a figurative “green wave” that begins in the Far East before eventually rippling across the globe.
As part of Green Wave, NParks will provide plants for planting, while each school is to make their own arrangements to have their plants delivered. NParks has contracted a vendor who can deliver the tree or shrub to the schools.
Resources for Green Wave:
NParks will provide a Green Wave 2022 Infokit as reference to conduct the activity this year.
*Registration is now OPEN. Registration will close on 15 April 2022.
Playtime with Sam and Ben
Pre-school students (K1/K2) can learn about the sounds of Nature Parks and Nature Reserves in Singapore through an activity book that follows Sam, the Straw-Headed Bulbul, and Ben, the Banded Bull Frog, in their quest to win the Battle of the Bands.
Resources for Playtime with Sam and Ben:
Materials for Playtime with Sam and Ben will be provided by NParks and delivered to the participating schools, to be administered by the teachers.
Materials from previous years
* Registration is now OPEN. Registration will close on 15 April 2022.
BioBlitz for Schools
BioBlitz is a form of collaborative wildlife survey to document as many species of flora and fauna as possible, within a set location, over a defined time period.
Upper primary and secondary school students can conduct wildlife surveys in their own campus as part of a nation-wide initiative to document our urban biodiversity.
Resources will be provided to classes and/or CCA groups to learn wildlife survey techniques and how to identify common birds, butterflies and dragonflies. Each school will then select a group of students to participate in a formal survey where they collect the data and submit it to NParks.
Resources for BioBlitz for Schools
Materials for BioBlitz for Schools will be provided by NParks to the participating schools, to be administered by the teachers. Download the Common Birds of Singapore, Common Butterflies of Singapore and Common Dragonflies of Singapore posters for more information.
* Registration is now OPEN. Registration will close on 15 April 2022.
Festival of Biodiversity
The Festival showcases Singapore’s impressive and unique array of native flora and fauna. We hope that this event, which celebrates our natural heritage, will bring about greater awareness of Singapore’s rich biodiversity. Students can look forward to a range of interactive activities and exhibitions by NParks and our interest group partners.