Easy to follow guide to make a simple bird cake. The numbered instructions and photographs mean this can either be used so that children can do the task independently or with adult help.
A sheet with photographs to help you identify birds and mammals.
For other spot it ID sheets for things such as minibeasts and ponds see our website
https://www.rspb.org.uk/forprofessionals/teachers/resources/school-grounds/index.aspx
Here’s a neat thing for you to make…and the birds will like it too. Provide pencil perches for the perfect hanging feeder.
Simple, fun and easy to follow instructions.
For more instructions on how to make food to attract wildlife to your garden or grounds, including; an apple bird feeder, butterfly bar and a self filling water tray. Look on our web-site
https://www.rspb.org.uk/forprofessionals/teachers/resources/school-grounds/index.aspx
A top trumps style game but with common birds that you are likely to see in your school grounds. Compare wingspan, weight, number of eggs laid and where the bird featured in Big Garden Birdwatch!
Loads of fun and perfect if you're taking part in Big Schools' Birdwatch
Build your very own Bug-ingham Palace! Create a tower block luxury home for ladybirds, frogs, toads and hedgehogs using garden leftovers. Add as many floors as you like.
Simple and easy to follow instructions.
For more instructions on how to build homes for nature; including bat boxes, hog house and bee house look at our web site
https://www.rspb.org.uk/forprofessionals/teachers/resources/school-grounds/index.aspx
All seven of our spot it identification sheets, bilingual in Welsh and English. Includes minibeasts, tracks and signs, ponds, birds and mammals, trees and shrubs and flowering plants.
A fun story for young children about a duck who is learning about the similarities and differences between him and other birds. Great for provoking conversations about how we are all different as well as helping to identify common birds.
Meet Bouncy Blackbird as he flies around his garden and discovers the different types of food his bird friends like.
Great for introducing similarities and differences and birds to young children.
Perfect if you're doing Big Schools' Birdwatch
A tick sheet to help you to identify flowering plants that you might see in your garden or school grounds.
For other spot it ID sheets for things such as minibeasts and ponds see our website
https://www.rspb.org.uk/forprofessionals/teachers/resources/school-grounds/index.aspx
Curriculum linked activity guides;
*One for primary schools and youth groups (ages 4-11) exploring freshwater habitats.
*One for secondary schools and youth groups (aged 11-16) exploring freshwater habitats.
This June, celebrate all the ways your school has helped to protect and restore nature by holding an open day. Download this toolkit for more info, templates and ideas including templates for press releases and letters to your local MP.
A PowerPoint about the People’s Plan for Nature.
What is the People’s Plan for Nature?
It’s the biggest ever conversation about the future of nature in the UK.
It’s thousands of people coming together to create a plan that’s too big for governments, businesses and organisations to ignore!
A tick sheet to help you to identify different trees and shrubs that might be growing in your garden or local park.
For other spot it ID sheets for things such as minibeasts or birds and mammals see our website
https://www.rspb.org.uk/forprofessionals/teachers/resources/school-grounds/index.aspx
Animal migration has fascinated humans for millennia. In this lesson your class can track the amazing journeys some birds make as they cross continents, countries and oceans on their migration journeys.
This resource is a bilingual, Welsh resource. It is suitable as a one-off class activity, or it can be extended into a larger debating, creative or homework project. The materials are aimed at primary aged children, and can be easily adapted and differentiated for your needs so it can be used across the key stages. This lesson forms links with the Geography national curriculum for KS1 & KS2 All of the activity cards are bilingual
By tracking the migration journeys of various birds your children will be able to learn and name the countries, continents and oceans that are crossed and the vast distances these animals cover. As well as understanding more about how and why animals undertake these incredible journeys.
Every January and February hundreds of school children take part in Big Schools' Birdwatch. This is a power point and notes to help you introduce the session. It is designed to give you some ideas about which birds you might see and what you should be looking out for.
This power point and notes have been translated into Welsh
A tick sheet to help you to identify what's living in your pond. Perfect for pond dipping activities.
For other spot it ID sheets for things such as minibeasts or birds and mammals see our website
https://www.rspb.org.uk/forprofessionals/teachers/resources/school-grounds/index.aspx
Get buzzy! Build nesting places for the bees that don’t buzz (and don’t sting either).You can make this for tiny solitary bees to lay their eggs in. And ladybirds might use it as a place to sleep out the winter.
Simple and easy to use instructions.
For more instructions on how to build homes for nature; including bat boxes, hog house and mini beast hotel look at our web site
https://www.rspb.org.uk/forprofessionals/teachers/resources/school-grounds/index.aspx
Are there monsters in the pond? Find out by making your own net to catch them.
Simple, fun and easy to follow instructions.
For more instructions on how to make things for investigating nature; including pooters, an animal trap and a sweep net look at our web-site
https://www.rspb.org.uk/forprofessionals/teachers/resources/school-grounds/index.aspx