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Understanding wildlife gardensGrades 5–10
A Garden Comes to Life
What lawns and gravel lack – and what brings animals back.
Learning Worlds · Education for Sustainable Development
Wildlife Gardens.
20 interactive 360° learning worlds from the site check to a real garden project: habitats, biodiversity, water, cycles and near-natural care. Focus on lower secondary level.
Module Structure
Every learning world at a glance.
10–15 minutes
Each learning world fits into a single lesson.
5 panoramas
Five 360° scenes with hotspots, images and short videos.
Written + spoken
Narration for every scene, also available as text.
Hotspots & slideshows
In every scene, hotspots open images, short videos and explanations – in any order.
Quiz
Five single-choice questions with feedback, including questions that weigh up options.
PLUS for fast learners
Optional extension after the quiz, not needed for the core objectives.
Hardware-independent use
VR headset
Tablet
Laptop
Digital board
Web player (accessible)
PDF
H5P/LMS
20 learning worlds
SDGs:
Concept catalogue, October 2026. All 20 learning worlds are planned didactically. Each one is produced as soon as it is funded.
Wild bees are one sub-topic here (learning world 15). The separate Wild Bees catalogue covers species, ways of life and protection in depth.
Recommended start:
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Understanding wildlife gardensGrades 7–10
Site Detectives: Sun, Soil, Water
Where sun, soil and water decide – and which plant goes where.
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Understanding wildlife gardensGrades 5–7
Native Plants – Real Diversity
What wild plants offer – and why double flowers stay empty.
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Understanding wildlife gardensGrades 7–10
Planning a Nature Garden
How wishes and habitats fit together – on one plot.
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Understanding wildlife gardensGrades 5–7
Four Seasons, One Living Garden
What the garden offers in winter – and when care really fits.
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Creating habitatsGrades 7–10
From Lawn to Wildflower Meadow
Why meadow flowers need lean soil – and when to mow.
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Creating habitatsGrades 5–7
The Hedge as a Habitat
What lives in the hedge – and when it flowers and fruits.
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Creating habitatsGrades 5–7
Trees, Fruit and Old Garden Giants
What old trees have over young ones – from root to crown.
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Creating habitatsGrades 5–7
Deadwood, Stones and Bare Soil
Who lives in wood, stone and sand – and why sun matters.
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Creating habitatsGrades 5–7
The Wildlife Pond – Life by the Water
Why a pond thrives without fish – and how to make banks safe.
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Experiencing biodiversityGrades 7–10
Beneath Our Feet: Soil Life
Who turns leaves into humus – and what compaction destroys in the soil.
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Experiencing biodiversityGrades 5–7
The Butterfly Garden
What caterpillars live on – and why nectar flowers alone are not enough.
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Experiencing biodiversityGrades 5–7
Birds in the Wildlife Garden
What nestlings eat – and why dense, quiet corners matter.
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Experiencing biodiversityGrades 5–7
Hedgehogs and Other Garden Residents
Where hedgehogs roam at night – and what stops them in gardens.
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Experiencing biodiversityGrades 5–7
Pollinators: More than Honeybees
Who visits flowers – and why each group needs something different.
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Acting sustainablyGrades 7–10
Using Rainwater Wisely
Where heavy rain flows – and how gardens store water for dry spells.
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Acting sustainablyGrades 7–10
Compost, Leaves and Cycles
What happens in compost – and where leaves are better left lying.
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Acting sustainablyGrades 7–10
Natural Garden Care – Without Poison
When to intervene – and how to do it without poison.
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Acting sustainablyGrades 7–10
Nature on Balconies, Schoolyards and in the Neighbourhood
How small spaces connect species – from balcony to tree pit.
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Acting sustainablyGrades 7–10
From Plan to Wildlife Garden: A School Site's First Year
What comes first – and how to tell success after a year.
20
Learning Worlds
4
Topic Areas
6
SDGs Covered
100
Planned 360° Scenes
For Foundations & Sponsors
Sponsorship
Making education freely accessible.
A foundation or company sponsors a learning world for one or three years and makes it free for schools to use during that time — on tablets, computers, interactive whiteboards and VR headsets.
Sponsor a learning world
For €1,000 (one year) or €3,000 (three years) a learning world from this catalogue is produced and made freely accessible to all schools for that period — with visible credit as a sponsor.
High-quality & immersive
Visually and linguistically immersive, didactically sound — a learning world that brings the funded topic to life. Online and offline in the free VR-Suite player.
Free for schools
During the sponsorship, schools use the learning world free of charge — in the browser, on the interactive whiteboard, on tablets and in VR headsets.
Every learning world in this catalogue is planned in terms of content and didactics: learning objectives, key terms, scenes and curriculum links are defined. Sponsorship pays for production — 360° scenes, narration, quiz and tasks.
For Teachers
Quickly check whether a module fits your lesson.
Since all modules follow the same compact basic structure, the decisive question is the content fit and the specific learning value of VR for that topic.
Consistent module structure
All modules follow the same compact format and are therefore easy to place in existing lesson sequences.
Focus on real learning value
The key question is not whether VR looks impressive, but where a spatially coherent 360° experience helps learners understand relationships more clearly than flat media.
School connection at a glance
Learning goals, SDGs and school relevance can be checked directly at the module level.
For the 'Why 360° / VR?' check, we focus above all on whether a module offers a real medium-specific advantage over textbook, worksheet or video. That benefit can already emerge in a browser-based 360° tour; the headset mainly increases immersion.
Make relationships visibleSpatial learningEmotional relevancePerspective changeNarrative embeddingLife-world connectionHard-to-reach placesShared discussion basis
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