Building career connections: Ecologist (primary)
A guide for teachers with suggestions for how to build awareness of a career in ecology. Includes ideas for role play and vocabulary development.
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Be a minibeast habitat explorer delivery guide
A delivery guide for teachers giving background to the challenge and providing suggestions for how to use the resources.
Be a minibeast habitat explorer self-check
A skills and knowledge self-assessment sheet for pupils to use after they have completed the 'Be a minibeast habitat explorer' challenge.
Minibeast survey activity sheet
Pupils can use this sheet to record the number of minibeasts they find and where they found them, whilst suveying their school grounds.
How to build a minibeast hotel
Simple, clear instructions for how to build a variety of minibeast hotels.
Minibeast ID sheet
Use this ID sheet and key to help pupils identify the minibeasts they find in their school grounds.
Be a minibeast habitat explorer presentation
In this challenge, pupils become ecologists as they find out about minibeast habitats before they conduct a survey in their school grounds.
Food chains activity sheet
Complete these simple food chains by drawing and labelling.
Food chains presentation
Discover how animals get their food from plants and other animals and learn about food chains with this interactive presentation.
What is a habitat? poster
Use this 2-page poster to find out about habitats and to look cosely at animals and plants from different habitats.
Living, dead, never been alive quiz
Use this quiz to explore the differences between things that are living, dead and have never been alive.
Animal fact-file activity
Choose an animal and create your own animal fact file with this activity sheet.
Animal fact-file activity (detailed)
Choose an animal and create your own animal fact file with this activity sheet.
Animal fact-file activity (simple)
Choose an animal and create your own animal fact file with this activity sheet.
Animal explorer fact-file sorting cards
Identify, group and classify animals with these sorting cards.
Animal explorer fact-file sorting cards (detailed)
Identify, group and classify animals with these detailed sorting cards.
Animal explorer fact-file sorting cards (simple)
Identify, group and classify animals with these simple sorting cards.
Food chains poster
Use this 2-page poster to look closely at animals, discuss what they eat and to make food chains.
Living things and their habitats activity sheet
Find out about the key features of different animals and plants and decide what habitat each one lives in, with this activity sheet.
What lives where? presentation
Learn about the animals and plants that live in a woodland habitat, a pond and at the seashore and discover how they are suited to where they live.
Super scientist: Sir David Attenborough
Learn how Sir David went from a naturalist to a broadcaster and campaigner and explore the natural world along the way.
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Super scientist: Mary Anning
Learn about fossils and tongue twisters through the life story of Mary Anning, the fossil hunter!
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Science in stories: The Enormous Turnip
Learn about the different parts of plants and the plants that we eat though the popular children's story 'The enormous turnip'.
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Science in stories: Humpty Dumpty
Find out how to recognise properties of different materials though the popular children's story 'Humpty Dumpty'.
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Science in stories: The Emperor’s new clothes
Discover seasonal changes and learn about the weather through the children's story 'Emperor’s New Clothes'.
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Rocks and Fossils
Learn about real-world examples of sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks and fossils, plus learn how each rock type is formed.
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Biodiversity challenge (primary)
Learn about biodiversity and why it is important; explore how to improve biodiversity and use all the acquired knowledge to design a wild area.
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Be a fossil detective
Become a fossil detective exploring animal adaptations and make suggestions about how they lived.
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Primary posters
A selection of vibrant posters providing essential knowledge and careers connections for a range of science topics. Perfect for refreshing your classroom wall, sparking curiosity and encouraging group discussions.
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Grouping and classifying rocks video
Maia and Keiran observe rocks on Lyme Regis beach and investigate the properties of granite and sandstone.