151 Resource(s) Found
Activities about animals
A series of teaching activities for use when visiting farms or in school. (Soil Association)
Activities about people
A series of teaching activities for use when visiting farms or in school. (Soil Association)
Activities about Plants
A series of online teaching activities for use on visiting farms or in school. (Soil Association)
Activities about soil
Activities aimed at helping children understand the importance of healthy soil to organic farmers. (Soil Association)
Activities about the countryside
Activity sheets for pupils to use in the countryside. (Soil Association)
Animal camouflage
Children investigate camouflage in the natural world (British Waterways)
Animal care
These resources supply children with information about different small pet animals, including their diets, housing and breeds. The questionnaires are for the students to fill out, concerning the housing and nutrition of the animals.
Apples
All about apples, from growing, through eating to history and cultural links (Food and Countryside Education – FACE)
Are you a plant eater?
Studying metabolic processes in harvested fruit and vegetables, initially developed by Haberdashers’ Aske’s School, Herts
Art and design projects for your garden
Ideas to get your class thinking about art and design in the garden, including decorating flowerpots, turning plants into artwork, customising tools and making decorations (DfES)
Bank erosion in The Broads
Aimed at GCSE Geography and AS/A2 Geography and Environmental Science students, this richly illustrated Fact Sheet discusses the causes and management of bank erosion in the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads.
(Broads Authority)
Budding Gardeners
Set up by garden equipment and sundries supplier Harrod Horticulture to provide advice and resources for school and community gardens on growing food organically. Some discounts available.
Bulb Planting Activity
For teachers - This plan, shows how children at Bents Green Pre-School helped to plant bulbs in their garden, encouraging them to work as a team and to use mathematical language.
Butterfly and bee borders
Grow a beautiful border that will also attract a wide range of insects to study.
Buzz
This resource is a game to encourage children to take a fresh look at farming and wildlife. The main aim is to get the children to ask relevant questions on biodiversity and its importance.
Canal Senses
Children visit a waterway and collect the smells, sights and sounds they observe there.
Celebrations and food
Food forms a central part of festivals and celebrations in many of the world’s major faiths. Discussing the role of food helps explore different faiths and spread religious understanding
Ceramic flowers and plant labels
Imaginative ideas for making your own labels, and decorative ceramic flowers.
Children’s gardening booklist
Suggested books containing information and activities relating to plants and gardens (RHS Campaign for School Gardening)
Compost bins
Construction details and photos for the three-bay compost bin made by West Hill Primary School for the Growing Schools Garden 2007.
Composting
Separate leaflets for teachers and students on making and using a compost bin (Garden Organic for Schools)
Composting and Wormeries
This fact sheet aims to help teachers use their school garden and grounds as a creative resource.
Composting word search
Find the 12 hidden words linked to the process of composting (Garden Organic for Schools)
Controlling pests and diseases
Separate leaflets for teachers and students introducing a dozen organic techniques to control pests and diseases (Garden Organic for Schools)
Crop rotation
Separate leaflets for teachers and students on crop families and how to use them in a four-year rotation (Garden Organic for Schools)
Decorated Pots and Containers
This fact sheet aims to help teachers use their school garden and grounds as a creative resource.
Decorative fencing
A variety of ideas for making your boundaries more interesting.
Developing ICT skills
A selection of websites that will engage pupils and increase their IT skills while teaching them about the environment, healthy eating and wildlife.
Dry stone walling
A practical handbook on dry stone walling. (British Trust for Conservation Volunteers - BTCV)
Earthworks
Available in English and Welsh, Earthworks is a series of animations and activities designed for Education for Sustainable Development. It is aimed at KS1. (Pembrokeshire Coast National Park)
Easy PEAsy Seed Germination
A worksheet on seed germination. (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council – bbsrc)
Ecological relationships
Pupils study their habitat and learn how to compare organisms and model the consequences of environmental change (QCA Unit)
Environment and feeding relationships
(QCA Unit)
Farm animals and us
A thought-provoking and empathy-raising video, guaranteed to promote interest in and stimulate discussion about farm animal welfare. (Compassion in World Farming)
Farm trails
A series of excellent farm trails for use in the classroom. (Soil Association)
Fencing
A practical handbook on fence construction and maintenance. (BTCV – British Trust for Conservation Volunteers)
Fit and healthy
A unit designed to get pupils thinking about how human functions work together. (QCA Unit)
Food and digestion
This unit allows children to explore food digestion using chemical tests and interpreting data. (QCA Unit)
Food Fact Sheet
These fact sheets are aimed to teach children at key Stage 2 level, the knowledge of food and farming. They cover subjects on wheat, nutrition and plants, whilst covering the key environmental issues associated with food production.
Food growing for groups
Simple introduction to food growing activities throughout the year. (Women’s Environmental Network)
Food miles
Explore the issues associated with food miles. Includes information on seasonality and local food (DfES)
Footpaths
A practical handbook on the conservation of public footpaths. (BTCV - British Trust for Conservation Volunteers)
From cow to carton
This Key Stage 1 lesson plan introduces children to the different animals on the Reaseheath Greenway Tour, encouraging them to observe where and how the different animals live.
Fruit and Vegetables in Hanging Baskets
This fact sheet aims to help teachers use their school gardens and grounds as a creative resource.
Funding for schools and community gardens
Comprehensive list of organisations that may help fund your school garden (RHS Campaign for School Gardening)
Fundraising guide
Written for allotments but of general relevance. Includes income generation and grants. (ARI – Allotments Regeneration Initiative)
Garden Entomology
This guide picks out some of the insects that you are likely to see, shares some of the amazing facts that entomologists have uncovered about them, and suggests ways that you can help maintain insect biodiversity in your garden. (Royal Entomological Society)
Gardening for primary schools
Laminated, fold-out guide to help primary school teachers set up and maintain a school garden. Includes a garden calendar linked to the school year (Field Studies Council £3)
Gardens for Life project
A project aimed at integrating the global dimension into gardening, science teaching and school partnerships
Get Your Hands Dirty
New resource to help teachers consider the issues involved in growing plants, or caring for animal, in schools
Grow you own organic food
Tips on how to grow your own organic food. (Women’s Environmental Network)
Grow your own tomatoes – science activities
Worksheets for a wide range of QCA Science Units linked with growing tomatoes (Food and Countryside Education – FACE)
Growing Beans Activity
This activity introduces children to the concept of planting beans and watching them grow. Teachers can use and adapt this plan for their own lessons.
Growing for the Future
This plan introduces children to learn the skills needed to plant fruit and vegetables and what conditions are necessary to care for and maintain the plants.
Growing from seed
Separate leaflets for teachers and students on getting the conditions right for successful sowing indoors and out (Garden Organic for Schools)
Growing Grain
FCFCG has revised its educational Grains Pack to include details of growing grains in the UK and how to grow your own mini wheat field.
Growing in containers
Separate leaflets for teachers and students with ideas for containers and composts, with varieties of flowers and veg to try (Garden Organic for Schools)
Growing on a windowsill
Separate leaflets for teachers and students on making windowsills productive (Garden Organic for Schools)
Growing radishes in film cans
Detailed instructions for growing radishes indoors, with a range of investigations to carry out (Science and Plants for Schools SAPS)
Growing School Garden Teachers Resource Pack
This Teacher’s Resource Pack aims to help all teachers use their school gardens and grounds as a creative learning resource.
Growing Schools Year Planner
Growing Schools has produced a colourful and informative calendar-style year planner for the classroom.
Growing seeds
Seed sowing tips for a wide range of flowers and veg, plus inspirational words and pictures from several schools involved in the Growing Schools Garden
Growing vegetables in school
Guidance on the best vegetables to grow, and how to help them thrive
Growing wild flowers
Ideas for incorporating wild flowers into your school grounds.
Growing zones
These areas were created at the Minstead Study Centre as part of the Growing Schools project. Here are the plans for each zone and related activities.
Habitats
Get pupils to understand their habitat and find out how animals depend on them. (QCA Unit)
Habitats
A Science Scheme of Work for QCA Unit 4B Habitats
Hanging Bird Feeders
This fact sheet aims to help teachers use their school garden and grounds as a creative resource.
Harnessing the mood-boosting power of gardening
Leaflet explaining how gardening can help people to feel happier, healthier and more confident. (Thrive)
Helping Plants Grow Well
In this unit, children learn about what plants need to grow well and why it's important that they do. (QCA Unit)
Herb Books
This fact sheet aims to help teachers use their school garden and grounds as a creative resource.
Holiday ideas (PE and Modern Foreign Languages)
Improving health and promoting an active lifestyle, or brushing up your French, while enjoying, and learning about, the outdoor environment.
Horticulture
These worksheets refer to pictures of plants, asking the students questions about where they come from and what species they are.
How and why?
A guide to conservation tasks through the year. (BTCV – British Trust for Conservation Volunteers)
How to design and set up a school garden
Step-by –step guide to planning, implementing and maintaining your school garden.
Ideas for projects with plants
Pack with activities to help children find out more about plants, including growing their own, and designing a seed packet. Includes detailed curriculum links (Science and Plants for Schools SAPS)
Improving the Environment
Children can use buildings and grounds to investigate environmental issues. (QCA Unit)
Insects in the garden (Science)
Pollinators, pests, predators and parasites – and how to grow broad beans to attract then all.
Interdependence and Adaptation
In this unit, pupils find out how plants and animals depend upon each other in different habitats. (QCA Unit)
Investigations with fruit and vegetables
A range of investigations using bought or home-grown fruit and veg. (Science and Plants for Schools SAPS)
Keeping Healthy
This unit helps children to learn that there are many aspects to keeping healthy. (QCA Unit)
Knowledge and understanding of the world
Two lesson plans for both Foundation and Key Stage 1. They are both part of the Reaseheath Greenway Experience and introduce children to learning about farm animals.
Life Cycles
Here, children learn about the processes that take place when plants and animals reproduce as part of their life cycle. (QCA Unit)
Life Cycles - Animals, Plants and Seeds Activity Sheet
This activity sheet introduces how fruits and seeds are dispersed and whether they are edible. Seed planting and what conditions are necessary for a seed to germinate. (Meanwood Valley Urban Farm)
Links to the National Curriculum
Ideas for activities in the garden linked to elements in the curriculum. (RHS Campaign for School Gardening)
Little Rotters Composting Club
Designed to be used in primary schools to inspire teachers and other members of staff to start a Little Rotters Club and begin composting in school.
Llyndy Isaf - case study of a farm in Snowdonia
Aimed at KS4 Geography, this factsheet presents a case-study of an upland pastoral farm in Snowdonia National Park.
Making a composting column
How to make a compost column (to study the composting process) from plastic drinks bottles (Science and Plants for Schools SAPS)
Making a mini-propagator
Step-by-step instructions for making a self-watering propagator from a plastic drinks bottle (Science and Plants for Schools SAPS)
Medieval Herb Beds
This fact sheet aims to help teachers use their school garden and grounds as a creative resource.
Micro Organisms
Pupils learn about micro-organisms which feed, grow and reproduce and discover which may be harmful or beneficial. (QCA Unit)
Minibeast Discovery Pack
An activity booklet for 5-12 year olds. Through the activities suggested in this pack, children are introduced to the world of invertebrate minibeasts. (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council – bbsrc)
Mosaics
Permanent, or temporary, mosaics can reflect many aspects of school life.
Mud, muck and fun
Six weekly lesson plans, for KS3 students, based on the Growing Schools Project at East Durham and Houghall Community College which focussed on land based activities.
Murals
Creating a mural is an ideal collaborative project with the potential to teach many skills.
Musical washing lines
How to make this popular acoustic addition to the school grounds, and what children can learn from it.
National Parks: A national treasure
Particularly suitable for KS4 Geography, this 4-page factsheet is designed to outline why Yorkshire Dales National Park is a special place
No-dig gardening
Separate leaflets for teachers and students outlining the pros and cons of this method and showing how even potatoes can be grown without lifting a spade (Garden Organic for Schools)
Organic gardening factsheet list
List of factsheets available on the Garden Organic website
Photosynthesis Explored
A worksheet on photosynthesis. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council – bbsrc)
Pictures of the Yorkshire Dales
15 black-and-white line drawings of National Park scenes, carrying key National Park and countryside messages,
Plan for Outdoor Learning: Physical
This plan introduces children to working outdoors. From using tools safely to experimenting with movement, this plan helps to use imagination and creativity.
Planning a garden (Mathematics)
Planning and maintaining a garden offers numerous opportunities for exploring Maths in a practical setting
Plant Detective
An interactive presentation, describing the different parts of a plant. The plant detective covers topics such as reproduction, photosynthesis, and adaptation. (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council – bbsrc)
Plant Families
Happy Families card game based on Linnaean classification, from the Chelsea Physic Garden.
Plant labels
Ideas for making plant labels from waste materials.
Plants and Animals in the Local Environment
Learn how differences between environments very close to each other result in a different range of plants and animals being found. (QCA Unit)
Plants for primary pupils: Living processes and what plants need to grow
Investigations and activities centred around growing plants. (Science and Plants for Schools SAPS)
Plants for primary pupils: Parts of a plant and their functions
Pack that introduces pupils to the basic parts of a flowering plant, and provides a range of curriculum-linked activities (Science and Plants for Schools SAPS)
Plants for primary pupils: Reproduction and life cycles a) Parts of a flower
Pack that includes dissection of a flower and other curriculum-linked activities (Science and Plants for Schools SAPS)
Plants for primary pupils: Reproduction and life cycles b)Pollination, fertilisation, fruits and seed dispersal
Pack that includes activities to help children become familiar with pollination, fertilisation, fruits and seed dispersal. (Science and Plants for Schools SAPS)
Playground markings
Creating cheerful designs to stimulate play and learning. BTCV - British Trust for Conservation Volunteers)
Practical conservation advice for teachers
A book on conservation available on-line and in print.
Publications from Learning through Landscapes
Link to searchable publications page of this organisation that champions school grounds as a setting for formal and informal learning
Putting The Oooh Back into Food: A resource Pack for Teachers.
Growing Schools has worked with British Food Fortnight 2004 to produce this resource pack for Teachers. The pack includes food related lessons and activities for each curriculum subject.
Quick guide to creating a school garden
Outlines what you will need to get started, with tips for growing veg and attracting wildlife, plus curriculum-linked activities
Renewable World
Want to know more about renewables but don’t know who to ask? Try The Renewable World, a website grounded in good-quality science, and offering an innovative way into this sometimes perplexing area.
Renewable-energy watering system
How to harness solar or wind power to water your garden.
Rhododendron ponticum - friend or foe?
A 'mystery' activity designed to develop thinking skills in KS3 Geography through an example of the management of Snowdonia National Park.
River habitat pack
Aimed at KS2, this forms a complete unit of work which covers habitats, making and using identification keys, water quality, life cycles, adaptation, food chains and conservation.
(Northumberland National Park)
Rocks
Fold-out chart to assist outdoor learning. . (Field Studies Council £3)
Rocks and Soil Activity Sheet
This activity sheet introduces Foundation, Key Stage 1-2 children to the wealth of rocks that exist in and around farms. This lesson plan shows how different rocks and soils can be identified by taking the children on a farm trail. The children will have to remember the information for later.
Saving seed
Leaflet describing techniques for saving your own seed, plus a diy seed-packet template (Garden Organic for Schools)
Seed and Plant Growth Discovery Pack
Designed to allow pupils, aged 5 to 12 years, to explore the world of seeds and plant growth. (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council – bbsrc)
Shade umbrellas
Making shade umbrellas from recycled materials.
Soils factsheets
Factsheets explaining the significance of soil to the farming world.
Square foot gardening
Separate leaflets for teachers and students on this useful technique for growing a lot of veg in a small space (Garden Organic for Schools)
Starting a school garden
Detailed guidance on getting your school garden underway (RHS Campaign for School Gardening)
Stimulus response
How calves, hens and pigs respond to a range of stimuli. (Compassion in World Farming)
Storytelling chairs
How one school created a magical chair to enhance the storytelling experience.
Suggested Crop rotation for allotments
This is a layout of the crop rotation used by the 'Know your Onions' campaign in Bromley.
Sunflower art and science
How to grow sunflowers, and some projects based around them.
Teach Renewables
On this site you can find useful links to free educational resources for teachers on what plants are used for and how plants can help prevent climate change.
The balance of good health
Investigating the importance of a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle (Food and Countryside Education – FACE)
The Countryside Curriculum
A resource for Key Stage1/2 concentrating on farming and the environment, to be used in conjunction with a farm visit. It includes hands-on activities, and curriculum-linked lesson plans.
The Urban Handbook
Information on wildlife and environmental issues within an urban setting. (BTCV - British Trust for Conservation Volunteers)
Tips for easier gardening
Leaflet on improving access to the garden, with advice on low-maintenance solutions, tools and techniques for the less able, and easy-care plants (Thrive)
Tool care
A guide to the care and storage of a workshop's equipment. (BTCV - British Trust for Conservation Volunteers)
Top 50 garden birds
Fold-out identification chart for the top 50 garden birds.
Tree planting and aftercare
Useful information on tree planting, planning and design, law and safety. (BTCV - British Trust for Conservation Volunteers)
Using mulches
Separate leaflets for teachers and students on the why, what, when and how of using a range of mulches (Garden Organic for Schools)
Vegetable garden word search
Find the 12 hidden words linked to vegetable gardening (Garden Organic for Schools)
Vegetable gardening
Separate leaflets for teachers and students on creating a vegetable garden from scratch (Garden Organic for Schools)
Waste and composting (Citizenship/PSHE)
Looks at the issue of what happens to our waste, and the practicalities of making good compost.
Weather station instruments
Making simple weather-watching aids
Well dressing
A traditional technique interpreted for schools.
What made the ladybird bad tempered?
Information, worksheets and teachers’ notes on the topic of ladybirds (Science Matters)
What’s in your lunch box?
This factsheet uses pupils’ lunches as a starting point for discussing sustainable development and human impact on the environment.
Willow sculptures
Simple or ambitious, willow scuptures add a new dimension to your school grounds.
Woodlands
The management of woodland flora and fauna. (BTCV - British Trust for Conservation Volunteers)
Working across languages and cultures
Guidance notes for working with groups from different backgrounds (Women’s Environmental Network)
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