Discovering Edinburgh…

NATURAL FEATURES

Holyrood Park1. Look at your map. Can you find where is Holyrood

Park? Colour the place with a crayon. Is the park

in the South, North, East or West of the city?

2. Visit this webpage:

3. Answer these questions:

a. What is the highest point in the park? What can people see

from this point?

b. What are some of the landmarks in Holyrood Park?

4. Watch this video and try to locate the mentioned landmark:

https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-

place/places/holyrood-park/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIk_05p_PBA

Water of Leith1. Look at your map. Can you locate Water

of Leith? Colour it with a blue crayon.

2. Visit this webpage:

http://www.waterofleith.org.uk/river/

3. Answer the following questions:

a. Where does the river begin?

b. Where does the river flow into?

c. What biodiversity is there in the river?

4. Watch this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=250bq9X2uuA

Royal Botanic Garden

https://www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/royal-

botanic-garden-edinburgh-p246181

1. Look at your map. Can you find where is the Royal

Botanic Garden? Colour the place with a crayon. Is

the park in the South, North, East or West of the city?

2. Visit this webpage:

3. Ask the following questions:

a. What is the Royal Botanic Garden?

b. What is the Victorian Temperate Palm House?

c. How can we distinguish the ten Glasshouses?

NOT FAR AWAY…

Highlands1. Visit this webpage:

2. Answer these questions:

a. What are the Highlands?

b. Where are they located?

https://www.roughguides.com/destinations/

europe/scotland/highland-region/

3. Watch this video:

https://www.youtube.com/wat

ch?v=AMfyQD8oKHQ

4. Let’s investigate: Which is

the highest mountain in

Highlands?