We love teaching and making resources to promote enjoyment, motivation, and understanding for children and teachers with a particular passion for learning outside the classroom.
We love teaching and making resources to promote enjoyment, motivation, and understanding for children and teachers with a particular passion for learning outside the classroom.
Get your detectives hat on with our series of animal crime scene investigations!
These activities will teach your students about animals and their habitats as well as developing their observation, problem solving and inferring skills.
The crime scenes are easy to set up with printable props, clue cards, and suspect cards. If you want to add extra elements or real props this can help to bring it alive for the children even further!
The Hedgehog horror will take your class through an investigation involving the mysterious death of the friendly local hedgehog. They will need to use the clues provided to them as well as their knowledge of the local wildlife to determine who or what is guilty of the murder.
Contents:
Teacher Guide
Prop Cards
Crime Scene Report
Suspect Cards (Blank and Complete)
Clue Cards
Clue Record Sheet
Verdict Record Sheet
Our Verdict
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This activity, which is part of the life cycles unit, consists of 2 cootie catchers (or fortune tellers) for learning or revising plant structures. The children must try to figure out which part of the flower is being described. It’s a great way to have students review their knowledge of different plant parts and not even realise that they’re learning! They’ll be engaged and excited with this addictive activity (as I am sure you will be too!).
This pack contains two Cootie Catchers, each with a second copy included if you would like your students to write their own definitions for each plant part themselves. There are visuals included to meet different learning styles.
Vocabulary included:
- petal
- pollen
- stem
- roots
- seed
- fruit
- leaf
- plant
- stamen
- stigma
- sepal
- ovary
- style
- anther
Folding and playing directions are also included.
Have fun!
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A fun interactive PowerPoint designed to give your class an introduction into the magical world of the human eye (as part of the light and sight topic). This PowerPoint will teach your children all about the key parts to an eye and their function as well as some fun facts to get them excited! Along with this there is a great quiz to play to test their knowledge.
Contents:
- Slides 1 - 10: Parts of the eye and their functions (cornea, pupil, iris, sclera, lens, retina, & the optic nerve)
- Slides 11 – 15: Fun Eye Facts
- Slides 16 – 34: Quiz
- Slide 35: Conclusion
This PowerPoint is a great way to introduce the topic, however we have also enjoyed using it as a recap to give the children an extra boost!
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This QR code quiz is perfect for introducing the topic of ‘States of Matter’ or as a refresher lesson for years 3 - 6. It covers a variety of questions on solids, liquids, and gases. You will be amazed at how much they can learn about states of matter in a short amount of time!
This activity works best in the outdoors. Hide the QR codes around your outdoor area and then give the children the answer sheet and the I-pads. They must go around, find the answers, and complete the answer sheet.
If you are using the QR codes, you will need a QR scanner, which you can download free from the app store.
Alternatively you can print the cards two sided (with the answers on the back) if you do not have the technology available.
I find it works really well if you get the children to do the QR quiz, and then a week later give them the same questions to see what they have remembered.
Contents:
- 16 QR Quiz Cards
- 16 Cards with answers that you can print on the back of the question cards
- 1 answer sheet
We hope you have as much fun as our class did!
This activity is a cootie catcher (or fortune teller) for learning or revising The Rock Cycle. It’s a great way to have students review their vocabulary of the topic and not even realise that they are learning! They will be engaged and excited with this addictive activity (as I am sure you will be too!).
This pack contains two Cootie Catchers with a second copy for each one included if you would like students to fill the definition for each key word themselves.
Vocabulary included:
- Weathering
- Deposition
- Rock Cycle
- Sediment
- Sedimentary Rock
- Igneous Rock
- Rock
- Metamorphic Rock
Folding and playing directions are also included.
Have fun!
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This PowerPoint is the perfect fun and interactive introduction or recap for your electricity topic. It will teach your children general information about electricity, energy types, circuit symbols, and complete circuits.
Contents:
- Slides 1 – 8: Introduction
- Slides 9 – 30: Game 1 (What type of energy)
- Slides 31 – 45: Game 2 (Know your symbols)
- Slides 46 – 48: Circuits
With thanks from Saving The Teachers.
18 visual forces and motion vocabulary cards that are perfect for your topic word wall complete with a title. They are a great way to help your children learn the key terms needed for this exciting topic. We have found them especially helpful for children with English as an additional language. Each card contains the key word, definition, and visual aid.
Contents
- 18 X Key Vocabulary Cards
- Display Title
- 2 X Blank Cards (for the children to create their own)
Vocabulary Included
- Force
- Friction
- Speed
- Velocity
- Pulley
- Acceleration
- Balanced Force
- Unbalanced Force
- Gravity
- Isaac Newton
- Air Resistance
- Streamline
- Magnetic
- Simple Machine
- Work
- Lever
- Effort Arm
- Resistance Arm
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Check out our other Word Walls:
Weather & The Water Cycle
The Rock Cycle
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Enjoy!
Mix up your electricity topic with this activity where your class will explore the conductivity of items in the outdoors. After making a simple circuit, they’ll head outside and place objects within the circuit to test whether they are conductors or insulators, completing the table before analysing their results and starting to produce some simple conclusions.
Contents
Teacher’s guide
Circuit diagram
2 x differentiated results tables
2 x differentiated results and conclusion questions
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This activity is a cootie catcher (or fortune teller) for animal adaptations. It’s a great science lesson starter or activity that will improve your class’ adaptation key word understanding without them even realising that they are learning! They will be engaged and excited with this addictive activity (as I am sure you will be too!).
This pack includes a both complete cootie catchers with all the answers filled in, as well as blank cootie catchers where the blanks must be completed before playing the game.
Contents:
1 x completed cootie catcher
1 x blank cootie catcher
Blank template (for them to create their own!)
Vocabulary:
Adaptation
Behaviour
Camouflage
Habitat
Instinct
Mimicry
Predator
Prey
Folding and playing directions as well as B&W copies are also included.
Have fun!
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A highly visual and interactive 40 slide PowerPoint and quiz on global warming as part of your science or geography unit. The PPT focuses the issues facing our planet caused by greenhouse gases, looking at how it’s damaging nature as well as what we can do to help and be more sustainable. It’s perfect for introducing this topic or as a quick lesson recap.
Contents:
Slides 1 – 4: What is global warming?
Slides 5 – 8: The causes
Slides 9 – 16: The problems
Slides 17 – 20: What we can do to help
Slides 21 – 26: Facts
Slides 27 – 39: Quiz
Slide 40: Activity Ideas
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14 visual parts of a plant and functions vocabulary cards that are perfect for your topic word wall complete with a title. They’re a great way to help your children learn the key terms needed for this relevant and engaging topic. We have found them especially helpful for children with English as an additional language or spelling difficulties. Each card contains the key word, definition, and visual aid.
Contents
14 X Key Vocabulary Cards
Display Title
2 X Blank Cards (for the children to create their own)
Vocabulary Included
Chlorophyll
Flower
Leaf
Ovary
Petal
Photosynthesis
Pistil
Pollen
Root
Seed
Stamen
Stem
Stigma
Style
**Check out our other Word Walls:
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- Animal Adaptations
- Forces and Motion
- The Rock Cycle
- States of Matter
- Types of Energy
- Types of Pollution
- Weather & The Water Cycle
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14 visual states of matter vocabulary cards that are perfect for your topic word wall complete with a title. They are a great way to help your children learn the key terms needed for this exciting topic. We have found them especially helpful for children with English as an additional language or spelling difficulties. Each card contains the key word, definition, and visual aid.
Contents
14 X Key Vocabulary Cards
Display Title
2 X Blank Cards (for the children to create their own)
Vocabulary Included
State
Solid
Liquid
Gas
Viscosity
Temperature
Volume
Pressure
Change of State
Melting
Evaporation
Boiling
Check out our other Word Walls:
- Animal Adaptations
- Forces and Motion
- The Rock Cycle
- Weather & The Water Cycle
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A highly visual and interactive PowerPoint and quiz on microorganisms that looks at bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, and algae. It’s perfect for introducing this microscopic science topic or as a quick lesson recap.
Contents
- Slides 1 – 4: Introduction
- Slides 5 – 11: Meet The Bacteria
- Slides 12 – 17: Meet The Virus
- Slides 18 – 21: Meet The Fungi
- Slides 22 – 27: Meet The Protists (Protozoa & Algae)
- Slides 28 – 49: Microorganisms Quiz
- Slide 50: Conclusion
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This fun, engaging, and practical PowerPoint, activities, and vocabulary cards bundle is perfect for your animal adaptations topic. It gets children to think about how animals have adapted to survive in different habitats, looking closely at camouflage and mimicry with a wide range of activities to suit different learning styles.
This pack contains a fun PowerPoint and quiz, a selection of practical indoor and outdoor activities, a science investigation, and a word search and cootie catcher which is great for filler work as well as a key term vocabulary card pack.
PowerPoint Contents:
Slides 1 – 8: Introduction
Slides 9 – 13: Physical Adaptions
Slides 14 – 19: Behavioural Adaptations
Slides 20 – 29: Quiz
Slide 30: Conclusion
Worksheets Contents:
1 x ‘Spot The Camouflage’ - Go outside on the hunt for camouflaged animals.
2 x ‘Masters of Disguise’’ - Find the hidden animals in the photos and explain how they are camouflaged.
3 x ‘Camouflage This Bug’ - Color in the bug to camouflage it against the background.
2 x ‘My Invisible Animal’ - Cut out the animal and think of somewhere to hide it. Colour it in to make it camouflage and see if another member of the class can find it.
1 x Word search
1 x Cootie catcher
Science Investigation Pack:
Children will investigate whether our physical appearances effect our ability to do different tasks, answering question such as ‘do people with longer legs run faster?’
6 x investigation cards
2 x differentiated investigation plan template
2 x differentiated results table
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For this activity students will be set the challenge to lift their partner off the ground without touching them using a set of materials provided. The idea is that they’ll create some kind of lever so they can stand on one side of the plank of wood and lift their partner on the other.
Our suggested teaching structure:
Planning sheet: 15 mins Building their lifting device: 20 mins Evaluation sheet: 15 mins This activity works best if students are left to produce their own designs and figure things out for themselves, however if by the end of the session, not all the students have figured out how to lift their classmate by using a lever, get some students to demonstrate and begin to explain how it works.
Resources per group:
Activity pack
Planning sheet
Evaluation sheet
Plank of wood
Log / pipe (something to wrest the lever on)
Rope
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This STEM activity gets your students looking at the properties of materials as they are challenged to test their survival skills by getting the dirt out of water using only natural materials and a drinks bottle (they need to design and make their own natural filters!).
To set up the challenge: - Put students into teams of 2 or 3. - Give them the instructions to read. - Give each group a good-sized plastic bottle with four small holes in the bottom (a hot metal skewer is great for this). - Tell them to go into your outdoor space and make their filters. - Test the filters by pouring muddy water in and seeing how much cleaner the water that comes out is. As well as leaves, sticks, stones etc. in your outdoor space, for this activity it is good for them to have access to both sand and gravel.
Once they have completed the activity they can fill in the evaluation sheet which encourages them to think scientifically about what they have done. Extension: You can then move onto looking at real filters and seeing how they work with different liquids – will it separate salt from water?
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For this activity students with think about the properties of different materials as they figure out whether they float or sink, cutting and sticking the pictures into the correct columns.
It’s a great lesson or topic starter for your floating and sinking topic.
This pack contains two levels of differentiation.
Diff. 1: The activity contains two columns - float and sink.
Diff. 2: The activity contains three columns - float, sink, and both. Students are encouraged to think about items which can both float and sink depending on the situation.
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Welcome the arrival of spring with this free downloadable scavenger hunt! Get your students outdoors to spot all sorts of spring-related items. Perfect for all ages, this scavenger hunt is a delightful activity for a sunny afternoon, whether at school or home.
You may also like our Walking To School Scavenger Hunt!
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A guide for birds commonly found in the British woodlands & gardens. Laminate these sheets and take them with you when heading outside or keep a set accessible for students to use as they wish.
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Get your students involved with this drawing scavenger hunt where they’ll head outside to see if they can find and draw all the items on the sheet. It’s great if you’re looking at your local area, wildlife, and observation skills. You can also use this activity to help introduce habitats.
This resource contains a few different activity sheets that allow you to differentiate based on the things they are required to find.
It’s great if you can have a discussion about the scavenger hunt after they’ve completed it. What did they enjoy drawing the most? What did they find exciting to see? What were they surprised they saw?
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