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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.
This health and nutrition bundle is perfect for your healthy eating topic. It contains a 30 slide PowerPoint and quiz which can be used to introduce the topic as well as three fun activities that’ll get your class thinking about the dangers of hidden sugars as well as what a healthy and balanced diet and lifestyle looks like.
Each activity has been differentiated to allow for the correct level of challenge for your students.
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This health and nutrition activity aims to get students to understand which foods create a balanced diet. They will choose their favourite athlete and create either a day or weeks meal plan, researching which foods are needed for them to get the correct amount of nutrients. They will then think about why an athletes diet may be slightly different to somebody who is not involved in so much sport, answering a few scientific based questions.
**Contents:
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Teacher’s Guide
4 x Differentiated Meal Plan Sheets
Question Sheet
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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.
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This activity is a cootie catcher (or fortune teller) for learning or revising animal classifications. The children must try to figure out which key vocabulary term is being described (or visa-versa). It’s a great way to have students review their knowledge of animal classification 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 includes a complete cootie catcher where they need to figure out the definition, another where they need to figure out the key vocabulary, and another where they must complete the definitions themselves before playing.
There is a black and white copy of each sheet included as well as a blank template for them to create their own.
Vocabulary included:
Amphibians
Animals
Birds
Fish
Insects
Mammals
Plants
Reptiles
Folding and playing directions are also included.
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For this investigation students will take a close look at soil and the different properties of three samples that they will collect. They will investigate and compare / contrast how each soil sample reacts when it is covered in water, thinking of reasons as to why the water acts differently for each sample (structure, particle size, etc.).
Your class will first go to collect three different soil samples in their jars and bring them back to the classroom to take a closer look and complete the sample sheet. They will then pour an agreed amount of water onto each sample (one at a time) and observe what happens, recording their observations on the experiment sheet.
This experiment is best done in pairs or small groups.
Each pair / group will need:
Resource sheets
3 jars
Shovel / trowel
Measuring jug
Water
Magnifying glass / microscope (optional)
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This investigation gets your class to look closely at their shadow, specifically looking at how it changes throughout the day. They will measure the length of their shadow at set time intervals and try to spot patterns in their results before thinking about the reasons behind these patterns. It is a great way to introduce the concept of the earth’s rotation while thinking about how you can use the sun to help tell the time.
For this investigation students (in pairs or small groups) will mark a spot with chalk and draw around and measure their shadow at set intervals throughout the day being sure to record their results on the table.
Teaching structure:
Investigation plan
Results table
Bar graph
Results questions
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This activity is a cootie catcher (or fortune teller) for electric circuit symbol recognition. It’s a great science lesson starter or activity that will improve your class’ symbol recognition 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:
2 x completed cootie catchers
2 x blank cootie catchers
Blank template (for them to create their own!)
Folding and playing directions as well as B&W copies are also included.
Have fun!
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For this investigation your class will have a look at how our actions can impact local wildlife, encouraging them to think about what kind of habitats certain animals and plants thrive in. Throughout this study students will develop their investigation, observation, and statistic / data handling skills as they leave an area of maintained grass untouched for a few weeks and observe the changes that happen.
This investigation fits in really well if you are looking at living things, habitats, or sustainability.
To set up this investigation you need to find an area of grass which has been well maintained (cut regularly) that you have permission to corner off (1 meter square per group) and leave untouched for a few weeks.
Contents:
Teacher’s Guide
Investigation Planning Sheet
Results Table (before)
2 x Differentiated Bar Chart Templates (before)
Results Table (After)
2 x Differentiated Bar Chart Templates (after)
2 x Differentiated Bar Chart Templates (comparison)
2 x Differentiated Evaluation Question Sheets
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For this cross-curricular (science and math) activity your students will create a map of where to find different plant species in a chosen area. In order to draw the map, your class will use appropriate equipment to measure the different features of the area, working out the perimeter and area of each feature. They will then use technology and books to identify the plants they can spot and mark it on their maps.
In order to provide enough resources, this activity is best done in pairs or small groups.
Resources needed per group or pair:
Activity pack
Trundle wheel (or equivalent)
iPads or tablets (for a plant identification App)
Plant identification books or posters
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This activity is a cootie catcher (or fortune teller) for learning or revising microorganisms. It’s a great way to have students review their vocabulary of the topic and not even realise that they’re learning! They will be engaged and excited with this addictive activity (as I am sure you will be too!).
This pack includes a complete cootie catcher where they need to figure out the definition, another where they need to figure out the key vocabulary, and another where they must complete the definitions themselves before playing.
There is a black and white copy of each sheet included.
Vocabulary included:
Bacteria
Decomposers
Decomposition
Fungi
Germ
Hygiene
Reproduce
Virus
Folding and playing directions are also included.
Have fun!
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This activity is a cootie catcher (or fortune teller) for learning or revising forms of energy. 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 includes a complete cootie catcher where they need to figure out the definition, another where they need to figure out the natural disaster, and another where they must complete the definitions themselves before playing.
There is a black and white copy of each sheet included.
**Vocabulary included:
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Absorption
Electrical Energy
Energy
Heat
Light Energy
Mechanical Energy
Sound Energy
Thermal Energy
Folding and playing directions are also included.
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This activity is a cootie catcher (or fortune teller) for learning or revising states of matter. 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 includes a two complete cootie catchers where they need to figure out the definition, another two where they need to figure out the key vocabulary, and another two where they must complete the definitions themselves before playing.
There is a black and white copy of each sheet included.
Vocabulary included:
Cootie Catcher 1:
Solid
Liquid
Gas
Matter
Melting
Evaporating
Compensating
Mass
Cootie Catcher 2:
Freezing Point
State
Boiling Point
Matter
Sublimation
Evaporation
Condensation
Mass
Folding and playing directions are also included.
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Develop your class’ report writing by getting them to observe nature in the world around them. They will head outside to find an animal to produce a report on, gathering their information through close observation and research.
Once they have decided on their animal, they need to begin their research through observation, books, and the internet, recording their findings on the sheets. It is best if your students have access to magnifying glasses for this activity.
When the research is complete, they can then write their report using the templates, or create their own unique design. It is good for students to go outside and capture their own photos to use within the report.
Resources needed:
Research sheets
Differentiated template sheet
Magnifying glasses
Books / technology for research (optional)
This resource can work well in pairs where students are able to support one another.
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This is a great activity around Halloween, if you’re looking at living things, or just as a fun team building / problem solving outdoor activity. Your students will hunt out and take a close look at a spider’s web before working as a team to create their own human web using string or wool.
First, get your class to find a spider’s web (ideally with a magnifying glass) and draw a picture of it on the sheet, looking carefully at the small details. Once they have completed the sheet, give each group (of 3 or 4) some string / rope and scissors and ask them to go find two trees or posts that are close to each other. They will use the trees / posts to create their human webs, thinking carefully about the design of the spider’s web they looked at.
Once they have finished they can draw their web or take a picture and stick it on the sheet.
It can be useful to give your class a lesson on simple knots before doing this activity.
Equipment:
2 x human web sheets
Magnifying glasses
String / rope
Scissors
Camera (optional)
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My Magical Potion
Magical Masks
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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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Grab the magnifying glasses, binoculars, and pond nets to explore the habitats in your school grounds / outdoor space. Your class will see how many different habitats they can spot and which animals are lurking there.
In pairs, get your class to walk around to see how many different habitats they can spot. They should fill in the differentiated record sheets as they go.
For each habitat that your students identify they can use the available equipment to find and record any animals that might be living there. Some students may find it easier to draw pictures of the animals that they find.
Contents
Teacher’s guide
4 x differentiated resource sheets
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It’s time for your class to put their detective’s hats on and go on a mission to figure out who eats what. This resource is split into three differentiated activities, each of which involve your class finding animals and trying to figure out what it is through observation, any clues in the area, and prior knowledge.
Contents:
Teacher’s guide
3 x differentiated resource sheets
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Floating and sinking in the outdoors so a fantastic way to investigate this topic. This activity works perfectly as the first lesson for floating and sinking or just as a fun stand-alone lesson on a nice afternoon.
For this activity the children will head outside with a bowl of water to collect natural objects and predict and test whether they float or sink. They can then fill in their table with their results before thinking about reasons behind their results.
Contents:
Teacher’s Guide
Letter from Captain Smitty (the hook)
2 x differentiated results tables
Conclusion questions
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This activity looks closely at how different skeletons are made up, encouraging children to think about how different animals are able to move in different ways depending on their skeleton.
This activity works best in groups.
Give each child an animal card and ask them to create the animals skeleton using sticks, thinking carefully about how the animal moves. Once they have done this and you have allowed for sufficient discussion both with each other and an adult, give them the animals skeleton card and let them see how they have done.
They can then take another animal to try. You’ll be amazed at the improvement of their skeletons over the course of one lesson!
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Contents:
A normal and skeleton sheet for each of the following
Human
Fish
Frog
Snake
Elephant
Horse
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This is a great investigation if you’re looking at animal adaptations or the human body.
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?’ These investigation can then lead onto a discussion about how animals have adapted to be better at things to help them survive.
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Contents:
6 x investigation cards
2 x differentiated investigation plan template
2 x differentiated results table
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