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This printable scavenger hunt is made for exploring ponds and freshwater habitats. Children are challenged to find 12 things, from lily pads and tadpoles to dragonflies and other common pond life. . Ideal for science lessons, nature walks, or outdoor learning sessions, it helps children slow down, look closely, and discover what lives in and around the water. . We think you’ll also love our fun Pond Underwater Viewer Science Investigation! . Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. . Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This PowerPoint is designed to get your children thinking about how animals use camouflage and mimicry to blend into their habitats. The children will play a fun quiz where they must spot the animal in the photos and think about how and why it is so well camouflaged. It is the perfect introduction to your adaption topic. This PowerPoint is designed to go with our engaging and practical Camouflage and Mimicry activities. Check them out HERE ------------------------ Have fun!

A simple guide for your students to identify common British trees. For each tree it shows a picture of the tree, its’ leaves, and seeds. Laminate these sheets and use the time and time again. Equally, leave them in your outdoor space for students to use as this wish while exploring the world around them.

The Egg Drop STEM Challenge is a nice variation on the commonly used egg parachute challenge. Your class will work together in small teams, thinking about the best way to protect an egg from being dropped using natural materials. They will be encouraged to think about the properties of different materials, considering which one will work best. The whole activity is based around a story of an explorer who is trapped in the North Pole and needs food supplies, and of course, his favourite food is egg! Read the instructions to your class before putting them into groups of 2 or 3. Encourage them to hunt out different natural materials that they think will protect them egg from breaking. Once they have padded out the tubs, give them the egg and see if it works by dropping it from a good height! To save on money and waste, if an egg does not break, it can be re-used by the following team. Once the challenge is complete each student can fill in an evaluation sheet. Resources needed: Supply of natural materials in an outdoor space Activity sheets Small tubs (big 500ml or similar) Somewhere high to drop the eggs from (first floor or second floor) Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This is a simple but fun activity that will help improve your classes measuring skills. Using a ruler, meter stick, trundle wheel, tape measure, or other measuring tool get your class to measure and record different items in your outdoor space. It can be useful to give clear demonstrations as to how to use the different equipment. This activity can be further differentiated by allowing students to use a variety of equipment as well as asking them to measure to a greater level of accuracy. Diff 1 - Students are given a pictures of which objects to measure. Diff 2 - Students get to choose their own objects to measure. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

These 10 outdoor STEM activities are perfect as a stand-alone outdoor team building activity or as a team builder at the start or end of year. This pack contains 10 challenge cards that you can laminate and use time and time again. Each resource is easy to facilitate, with most challenges only needing a selection of natural resources. We recommend you allow at least 20 minutes for each challenge card, however depending on how you want to use them, students could spend hours on just on one challenge. We’ve seen them used really well when each team does 1 card per week, spending around 1 hour on each challenge. ** Recommended resources in your outdoor space:** A variety of different sized sticks Plants with a variety of different sized leaves (ferns etc.). A variety of different sized stones / bricks. Wooden benches / chairs etc. Logs A variety of thin / thick rope and string. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

A FREE sample of our pirate themed addition and subtraction word problems using the bar model. Check out the full pack here. A set of pirate themed NO PREP differentiated word problems using the bar model strategy, focussing on addition and subtraction for years 4 and 5. The bar model is great to help children visualise and solve problems and is becoming much more widely used across schools. This pack will guide your children through the idea, giving them loads of practise at applying it to word problems. The full pack contains 3 sets of word problem sheets each with 3 levels of differentiation. Please don’t forget to rate resource if you enjoyed it. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This is a great STEM team building activity that’ll get your class working together as they create their own giant marble runs following the criteria given on the task cards. This activity works best outside in groups of 4 or 5. Each group will need a set of different sized drain pipes to create their marble run. Your caretaker will often be very good at getting hold of these! If not, a letter out to parents will often bring in way more than you need. To make the marble run you class can use a combination of propping the pipes up on things and supporting them themselves. The less things you have to prop the pipes up, the bigger the group sizes need to be. This activity work really well at the start of the year or just as a fun brain break. **Resources needed: ** Task Cards Cut up drain pipes Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store Saving The Teachers and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

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. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Plant scavenger hunts are great fun and easy to do. It can be a great brain break or part of your living things topic. Print out the sheet for your students to take into your outdoor space and mark off the plants as they find them. It’s great if you can provide some magnifying glasses so they can look at all the amazing details of each flower. Check out our minibeasts scavenger hunt. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

These Solar System Dominoes are perfect for an extension activity or an end of unit refresher, and best of all, we are giving them away for free! The children must match the facts with the correct planet in order to complete the dominoes. They can be used individually, in pairs, or as a whole class. - Individual: Complete the dominoes puzzle - Pairs: Take it in turns to complete the puzzle - Class: Give each child a card and get them to make a line by matching the facts and planets.

A FREE sample of our pirate themed addition and subtraction word problems using the bar model. Check out the full pack here. A set of pirate themed NO PREP differentiated word problems using the bar model strategy, focussing on addition and subtraction for grades 3 - 4. The bar model is great to help children visualise and solve problems and is becoming much more widely used across schools. This pack will guide your children through the idea, giving them loads of practise at applying it to word problems. ** The full pack contains 3 sets of word problem sheets each with 3 levels of differentiation.** Please don’t forget to rate this resource if you enjoyed it. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Exploring the outdoors is great fun. Get your student to head out on a scavenger hunt / bingo game where they will have to collect and spot different things, crossing it off their list as they go. It’s a great activity to do on a sunny afternoon to give your class a chance to release some energy and explore the outdoors. This pack contains two sets of bingo sheets, one for school grounds / a woodland area and another for the beach. Diff. 1: Students go outside and cross out the items once they have collected / spotted it. Diff. 2: Students go outside and collect / spot items, working out calculations and identifying different living things. You can add a competitive aspect to this activity by setting a time limit for your students. Resources needed: Diff. 1: Bingo sheet Diff. 2: Bingo sheet, scales, rulers, identification sheets / access to the internet Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

**Download the full pack here: **Problem Solving Easter Addition and Subtraction Bar Model Word Problems. This is a free sample of the following resource: A set of Easter themed NO PREP differentiated word problems using the ‘part-part-whole’ bar model strategy, focussing on addition and subtraction for years 1 - 2. The bar model is great to help children visualise and solve problems and is becoming much more widely used across schools. This pack will guide your children through the idea, giving them loads of practise at applying it to word problems. This pack contains 3 sets of word problem sheets each with 3 levels of differentiation. Have a fantastic Easter break! Please don’t forget to rate this resource if you enjoyed it. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

A useful resource that can be laminated and taken outside for your students to explore and identify different mini-beasts. This resource fits in perfectly with our outdoor science activities. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store Saving The Teachers and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This is a great bingo activity for Halloween to get your students exploring the outdoors as they hunt for all the different creepy critters, sounds, and feelings they can find in your outdoor space. They’ll use all of their senses to complete their bingo sheet as they, listen, look, and feel for different things.

A FREE sample of our Christmas themed addition and subtraction word problems using the bar model. Check out the full pack here. A set of Christmas themed NO PREP differentiated word problems using the bar model strategy, focussing on addition and subtraction for years 3 and 4. The bar model is great to help children visualise and solve problems and is becoming much more widely used across schools. This pack will guide your children through the idea, giving them loads of practise at applying it to word problems. The full pack contains 3 sets of word problem sheets each with 3 levels of differentiation. Please don’t forget to rate this resource if you enjoyed it. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This free activity is a great way to get your class thinking about which foods create a healthy balanced diet as part of your health and nutrition topic. They will take a look in their lunch box to see what goodies are waiting for them and investigate the sugar content of each item using our sugar sheet, food packages, and the internet for research. They will then complete the results table and answer some simple questions getting them to think carefully about what’s in their lunchbox, if it’s healthy, and what they could do to make it even healthier. Contents: Teacher’s Guide Sugar Sheet Results Table & Questions This activity also has great links to addition with decimals. Check out our bundle for more activities that will fit in perfectly with your healthy eating and nutrition topic. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This activity is a great lesson to do before our ‘simple addition’ task cards as it’s slightly more adult led. Students will look at dividing a group of sticks into equal groups and seeing if there are any left over. It’s a great way to introduce multiplication and division to your students in a very visual and practical way. Teaching directions: Give your students an amount of time (1-2 minutes works well) to collect as many sticks as they can. Come back together with their sticks and get them to work through the differentiated worksheets. You can either let students complete the worksheet individually / in small groups or go through the worksheet as a group or class together. As you go through the sheet, try to introduce them to vocabulary such as ‘divide, division, share, remainder, etc. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

These pond life ID cards are the perfect addition to your trip down to explore the pond. Simply print them off, laminate them and have them available for the next time you head down to investigate this fascinating habitat. This resource can also easily be viewed digitally. This resource is the perfect addition to our ‘Underwater Viewer’ pond investigation. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!