From changing weather and shorter days to falling leaves and seasonal stories, real-life autumn experiences can spark curiosity and make science more meaningful.
Explore our collection of curriculum-linked resources designed to help you bring autumn into the classroom while developing observation, investigation and discussion skills.
Bring autumnal science to life by linking classroom learning to the great outdoors with this quiz. Keep your class busy with twelve days of 10-minute activities including fun science questions, word of the day and a dive deeper task. Get your class hunting for the incredible science happening all around us this cozy season.
Use this 2-page poster to find out about weather and seasonal changes and how this can be measured.
Use this 2-page poster about seasons to explore topic areas such as, changes in nature, and the features of each season.
Use this presentation to read the story and learn about seasonal changes before choosing the best clothes for the Emperor for a chosen season.
Use this activity sheet to describe the changes that happen in a specific season including the changes to animals and plants).
Use this presentation featuring photographs of ten different types of weather, to develop vocabulary about the weather and to introduce pupils to a weather forecaster.
Pupils can use simple drawings and weather words to record the weather for a week, with this simple weather diary activity sheet.
Develop the vocabulary of weather as pupils match photos to weather words in this simple card-matching game.
