A pencil, a few good questions and a little curiosity. These activities can be enjoyed before or after reading Secrets of Skerry Isle.
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ORA wakes on Blackstone Beach. Draw an island of your own. Give it a beach, a place to shelter and somewhere mysterious. Add a route between them.
My island is called: __________________________________
Who lives here? What would a visitor need to learn before changing anything?
Your robot wants to help a wild place. Choose one small problem it could investigate. Sketch the robot and label three tools it might use.
Before taking action, my robot would ask:
How could it check whether its help was working?
With an adult, choose somewhere safe to observe: a garden, a park, a window view or a plant indoors. Watch quietly for five minutes. Leave plants and animals undisturbed.
Three things I noticed:
One thing I wonder about:
What changed when I looked again?
Original companion activities from Crafter Media, inspired by ORA and the Wild Isles by Eleanor Rose. You may print and share these activities for personal, family, library and classroom use. Please retain this credit. The activities are optional creative prompts, not a curriculum assessment.