Rainforests
This set of lesson plans looks at rainforests, with particular focus on the Amazon. Lesson plans are brought to life by the stunning images in the...
Teachers
We have put together a number of valuable resources for you including lesson plans, printable fact sheets, videos and various downloads.
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Sustainable development
This suite of lessons looks at the environmental threats to our planet & provides plenty of involving interactive tasks to help children unders...
Plants: Year 1 & Year 2 (Key Stage 1)
A suite of five lesson plans with activities on Plants for Key Stage 1 children, accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation, which contains many fant...
The Greenhouse Effect
Here is a short video to explain the greenhouse effect. Great for teachers to use in lessons!
Renewable Energy
Find out about renewable energy, including wind turbines, tidal turbines, solar power (photovoltaics, solar heating and solar power stations) and w...
How is electricity made?
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...
Rainforest Animals
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
Rainforests are forests which grow in areas of high rainfall. Tropical rainforests are found between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capric...
Energy
The following chapters describe the various forms energy can take and the story behind humans, energy, fuel and the environment.
Conservation Education 17 - How Animals Move
Hop, skip, jump, run, slither, slide, glide, fly, swim, burrow, climb, soar, hover, creep, crawl, wiggle – the list of ways animals move is endless...
Conservation Education 30 - The Problem with Plastic
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...
Conservation Education 11 - Minibeasts
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 ‘...