African Savanna: Plants and animals

Children will enjoy learning about plants and animals in this unfamiliar habitat. As always, this lesson plan is accompanied by a Powerpoint presen...

Alarming fall in African elephant numbers

This dramatic fall has been revealed by the Great Elephant Census, which was funded by American entrepreneur and philanthropist  Paul G Allen.  The...

Britain's Disappearing Wildlife

Britain's wildlife has a troubled past, how can we help protect wildlife for the future?

Britain's Rare Flowers

Explore the UK's rare flowers, each section gives ideas about what you can do to help to protect them.  

British Butterflies in Danger

Many once common British butterflies have become scarce or even extinct in recent times. 

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...

Cat (Wild)

The wild cat was once common over most of the British Isles, but it is now only found in Scotland and is under threat with an estimated 400 individ...

Cold Areas: Antarctica

This suite of lesson plans explores the continent of Antarctica.  Designed to be used alongside the Powerpoint presentation, packed full of stunnin...

Cold Areas: The Arctic

This set of lesson plans explores the Arctic - one of the coldest regions on our planet.  The accompanying Powerpoint presentation brings the Arcti...

Conservation

Conservation of nature means the protection of species from extinction or harm. It can include maintaining and restoring habitats, and protecting  ...

Conservation Education 20 - Britain's Endangered Species

If you went down to the woods today, would you go in disguise expecting to find bears? What animals do you think you really would find? Perhaps a s...

Endangered Animals of the World

Endangered means to be under threat or near extinction.  When a species/animal is endangered it means that they are disappearing fast or have a ver...

Extinction

A species becomes extinct when its death rate is continually greater than its birthrate.

Food Chains and Keystone Species

After introducing food chains and food webs, this suite of four lessons looks at ecosystems, focussing on the species that can completely alter an ...

Gorilla

Largest of the four great apes, the gorilla is a shy, gentle, peaceful animal.

Historic new treaty to protect world's oceans

The treaty sets out to protect 30% of the wold's oceans by 2030, a massive increase on the 1.2% that are currently protected.  Almost two thirds of...

Horse (Przewalski's)

Przewalski's horse (pronounced 'ji-vaal-ski') is the only truly wild horse left in the world. It is believed that it has changed very little since ...

Hot Areas: The Sahara

This suite of lesson plans explores the Sahara - the largest hot desert on Earth.  It also looks at the spread of the Sahara into the Sahel and the...

Last male northern white rhino dies

He was living at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya, and was put to sleep by vets there after the pain from a degenerative illness he was suffering...

Leopard (Snow)

The snow leopard is related to the common leopard of Africa and Asia, but because its way of life and general appearance are so different it is reg...

Lion numbers could halve in next 20 years

The research, carried out by a team led by lion expert Hans Bauer of Oxford University has been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of...

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...

One in six UK species in danger of extinction

Climate change and intensive farming methods were cited in the report as the main causes of nature loss.  Only a fifth of farm land was found to be...

Orangutan

'Orang' and 'utan' are the Malay words meaning 'person' and 'forest'; the orangutan is literally a 'person of the forest'.

Over 60 countries promise measures for climate and wildlife in post-Covid recovery plans

In the 'Leaders' Pledge for Nature', launched virtually in New York today, they have committed to a 10-point plan, which includes measures such as ...

Panda (Giant)

This endangered species is one of the most well-known and well-loved in the world.

Polar Bear

The polar bear is the world's largest land carnivore and one of the largest of the bear family.

Puffin

The puffin's distinctive bill has given it the nicknames of 'sea parrot' and 'bottle nose'. Although it looks a bit like a penguin or a parrot, it ...

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...

Red squirrels making a comeback - thanks to pine martens

Photo right: grey squirrel by Alexander Law But they also damaged native trees like oak and beech by stripping their bark and that damage now am...

Rhinoceros

The name 'rhinoceros' comes from ancient Greek and means 'horned nose'. There are only 5 species of rhino left making them one of the most endanger...

Sand lizard

Sand lizards are among the UK's rarest reptiles.  They are the only egg-laying lizard species in the UK.

Tamarin (Golden Lion)

Tamarins and marmosets are the smallest monkeys (primates) in the world. The golden lion tamarin is the largest and related to the golden headed an...

Tell us about what you’re doing to help the environment and have the chance to win a £30 Go Ape voucher!

So, if you’re aged between 5 and 17 and feel you’re doing something that helps the environment, please tell us about it.  Examples might include: ...

Tiger (Bengal)

The tiger is the largest member of the cat family. The Bengal tiger is one of the five surviving races of tiger.

Tiger (Siberian)

The Siberian tiger is a very rare species of tiger. From an estimated low in 2010 of 360, in May 2015 the Russian Government announced that the Si...

Trade and Endangered Species

Along with habitat destruction, wildlife crimes such as poaching currently pose the largest threat to the future of some of the world’s most endang...

Whale (Blue)

The blue whale is not only the largest living animal but probably the largest creature the world has ever known. One of greatest recorded lengths f...

World on track to lose two-thirds of wildlife by 2020, says new report

It goes on to suggest that 67% of wildlife could be wiped out by 2020 if current trends continue. The biggest impacts on wildlife have been caused...

Zoos

The subject of the rights or wrongs of zoos can be very emotive with many unbalanced views being put forward by people who have little real knowled...