
In The Garden
You are only a few steps away from an amazing environmental adventure... Where? In your own back garden! Just check out some of these beasties.
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You are only a few steps away from an amazing environmental adventure... Where? In your own back garden! Just check out some of these beasties.
Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change.
Some lovely birds
Animals of the rain forests are provided with a variety of habitats in the different layers of the forest trees. Some live at the top of the talles...
Rainforests are forests which grow in areas of high rainfall. Tropical rainforests are found between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capric...
The following chapters describe the various forms energy can take and the story behind humans, energy, fuel and the environment.
The new findings were released at the American Association for the Advancement of Science's annual meeting. The amount of plastic reaching the oce...
For the competition, young people aged 11-18 are invited to create a short video clip sharing their views on the environmental issues that concern ...
This is great news for renewable energy, but it's not likely to continue for long. The very windy conditions of the last few days meant that our t...
Hop, skip, jump, run, slither, slide, glide, fly, swim, burrow, climb, soar, hover, creep, crawl, wiggle – the list of ways animals move is endless...
No matter where you look these days, you're likely to spot something made of plastic. It can be shaped in all kinds of ways, it can be really thin...
Spiders - aaaarrrggh! Slugs - yuk! Wasps - ouch! This is many people’s first reaction to the sight or mention of many of our minibeasts. The word ‘...
Here is a short video to explain the greenhouse effect. Great for teachers to use in lessons!
Find out about renewable energy, including wind turbines, tidal turbines, solar power (photovoltaics, solar heating and solar power stations) and w...
Film on how electricty is made. Take a look at how we generate electricity using coal, oil and gas, hydroelectric power and nuclear energy. See a...