Calling young writers
At YPTE, we would like to start giving young people the chance to have their voices heard about environmental issues. So from now on, we'll be pub...
With around 8.7 million different types of animals and plants on Earth, classification is what helps us to group them into different families. This helps us to make sense of the enormous biodiversity of our planet.
Photo of San Salvador rock iguana by James St John.
Conservation Education 08 - Classification
When I’m out in the field with a group of young people, nothing captures the imagination like a sighting of an animal species.
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 ‘...
Evolution and inheritance: Year 6
This set of lesson plans covers the topic of Evolution and inheritance for the Year 6 Science Curriculum. It helps to simplify this challenging to...
List of Talks
The school talks service is available in person for schools within a 30-mile radius of our office in Yeovil OR on Zoom, Teams etc. for schools anyw...
Living things and their habitats: Year 4
This suite of lesson plans includes a wide range of suggested activities and printable resources. It is backed by a Powerpoint presentation, which...
Living things and their habitats: Year 6 (Classification)
This suite of five lessons covers the topic of Classification for the Year 6 Science Curriculum and includes lots of learning activities, resources...
New lesson plans on Classification for Year 6 teachers!
New from YPTE, this suite of five lessons covers the topic of Classification for the Year 6 Science Curriculum. The lessons include a look at the h...