Ideas for activities
For plants and gardening go to…
RHS School Gardening
An immense amount of practical information
of activities, projcts, how-to guides, lesson plans,
seasonal ideas and teacher courses
Garden Organic home page
Lots of great information and ideas on games,
activities, construction and other projects,
posters and booklets.
For all aspects of outdoor education...
Green Space Education Pack
Written by Annie Massey for the Our Green Space Project - a wonderfully complete guide to activities, preparation, risk assessment and more. temporarily unavailable
For general wildlife look at…
Wildlife Trusts
Guidance for Wildlife Watch clubs, with information
on habitats, animals, plants and activities
RSPB
Sections for children and teachers, activity challenges,
free visits to centres, lesson plans, resources
Countryside classroom
A website by a consortium project, with a food
and farming focus. Lots of resources, places to visit,
and search results can be emailed to your desk.
For Mammals look at…
The People’s Trust for Endangered Species
Register first, then good for stag beetles as well
The Mammal Society
Fact sheets on all native and non-native British
mammals
Bat Conservation Trust
Education pack
For Reptiles and Amphibians…
Amphibian and Reptile Groups UK
KS1 KS2 resource packs and more
Froglife
Pond info, survey guides, and an
inter-generational memory project
For insects…
Our WLGF pages starting here
Buglife
Fact and colouring sheets, lesson plans
and practical guides
For some other great wildlife science projects…
See our surveys page here
The Big Garden Birdwatch
For schools as well as homes
OPAL
Important survey packs and other resources
Polli:Nation
Lots of activity ideas and info related to plants
and insects
Big butterfly count
Great citizen science for schools