Mary Anning was one of the world’s greatest fossil hunters. Despite her humble background, she was a pioneer, although she didn’t receive the credit for her achievements that she deserved. Introduce your class to this remarkable British palaeontologist with this 19-slide PowerPoint detailing her life with facts and images. It outlines her major discoveries including ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, winged reptiles, and fossil poop! The presentation ends with some discussion questions. This presentation would complement a rocks and fossils earth science unit, or support learning about women in science (e.g. for International Day of Women and Girls in Science). You could also use it for a history lesson, or biography project. Is the presentation editable? Yes, partially. All titles and images are secured and not editable, but you can amend the body of the text should you need to adapt anything for your pupils. I also offer a Fossils as Evidence PowerPoint in my shop, suitable for KS2. Find it here

Celebrate your pupils’s successes at the end of the school year with this foldable end-of-year reflection activity. A fun and memorable way for year 3, 4 or 5 children to share their favourite memories before the summer holidays. Use during the last week or day of school to finish the year in a meaningful way. What is the activity? Pupils colour their templates and write their responses to the prompts. They then cut and glue, before folding the template. There are options with ‘goodbye year 3’, ‘goodbye year 4’ and ‘goodbye year 5’. Can the prompts be edited? Yes! Open the PDF file in Adobe Reader to change what’s in the text boxes on the template. Ideas are provided for alternative prompts you could use. Only the text boxes on the template page are editable. No other parts of the PDF can be altered. What are the benefits of this activity? A fun way to reflect that’s a bit different from a standard worksheet Finished foldouts are a sweet keepsake of time spent together Low prep Prompts can be adjusted to suit your learners Creates a sense of pride and self-esteem at the end of the school year Can be used for a classroom display

This KS1 plants science display is designed for you to print, trim and mount with minimum fuss. Depending on the space available, you could use all the pages, or just pick the most relevant for your class. Here’s what’s included: ‘Plants’ title over 2 pages. Print, trim, and join together. 9 full-page colour photo posters of parts of a plant (flowers, leaves, stem, seeds, roots, fruit, branches, buds, and trunk). These are also included 2-to-a-page. Poster detailing why plants are important. 2 life cycle posters (tomato and sunflower) What plants need to grow (over 2 pages). Cut out individual parts and group together. Deciduous and evergreen trees posters x 2 An ‘our work’ sign for displaying with children’s work. In total, there are 20 pages to choose from. UK and US paper sizes included (US version uses a different font to that shown in the preview).

Take a colourful journey through the life cycle of a dragonfly with this 25-slide PowerPoint presentation. This engaging slide-show lesson covers the egg, nymph (larva), and adult dragonfly so that your pupils will have a full understanding of the life cycle. Use this resource to support learning about pond or freshwater habitats or insect life cycles. What’s included in the presentation Real photos of dragonflies at different stages of the life cycle. Editable text boxes to make adjustments for your students if needed (images and titles are not editable) Fun animations - some pages have animated elements so make sure you’re using the ‘present’ screen. 2 spare slides to add your own information to if needed. National Curriculum link Living Things and their habitats Describe the differences in the life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird Please note that this resource is not editable. Butterfly life cycle Ladybird life cycle Flamingo life cycle Unusual life cycles Insect life cycles PowerPoint bundle

Explore a rockpool habitat without getting your feet wet with this rock pool safari. This resource introduces children to some of the animals that make their home in a rockpool through an engaging interactive presentation (PowerPoint and Google Slides) and no-prep printables (word wall and 3 worksheets). Use this resource to support a habitats unit, to prepare pupils for a trip to the beach, or to compare/contrast rockpool animals with another habitat. Rockpool safari interactive presentation (18 slides) This is included as both a PowerPoint and a Google Slides document. This resource should be used in presentation/slide show mode to work effectively. After a short introduction, you get to a slide showing a cross-section of a rockpool. Click on each creature in the rockpool and it will take you to a slide telling you what it is, and some information about it! There are 10 creatures in total (starfish, sea urchin, barnacles, mussel, crab, hermit crab, jellyfish, sea snail, limpet, anemone). There are questions to discuss together and once you have looked at a creature, you can easily click back to the rockpool to choose the next one. Animals can be accessed in any order. The presentation is partially editable (text in white boxes can be changed) but images and titles are fixed in place. Rockpool vocabulary word wall 18 words to print, cut, and display with colour images. Worksheets 3 options for printables are also included: Draw some animals in the empty rockpool Cut and paste label a crab activity Blank rock pool animal fact sheet (included with and without lines). Pupils will need to do their own research for this activity. A US version of everything is included which uses the word tide pool instead of rock pool.

A fun, foldable science craft activity for the life cycle of a butterfly! Use as part of a lesson on minibeasts, insects, growth, life cycles or symmetry. This resource could be used as part of your Big Butterfly Count, 30 Days Wild or National Insect Week activities. Benefits of this activity: Low prep Children learn about the butterfly life cycle in a fun and hands-on way, that’s a bit different from a standard science worksheet. Can be used to introduce the life cycle, or as a review/assessment to check understanding. Encourages fine motor/scissor skills, hand-eye coordination (folding), and sequencing. Differentiated options allow for multiple age ranges or abilities to do the same activity. Finished foldouts can be inserted into an interactive notebook where they can be referenced by children. The templates This resource has 5 similar templates so that you can choose which best suit your pupils. Designs 1 and 2: Colour, cut and fold (including the the simplest edges for cutting). Design 3: Create a butterfly wing pattern, colour, cut and fold. Design 4: Create a butterfly wing pattern, draw the life cycle stages, colour, cut and fold. Design 5: Create a butterfly wing pattern, sequence the life cycle stages, glue, cut and fold. Designs 2, 3, 4 or 5 could also be decorated with stickers, sequins, pompoms or other embellishments! Instructions outlining how to fold are also included. There are 2 versions of this file in a zip folder - one with US paper size and spelling, the other for the UK/AUS. This resource is not editable.

Introduce or review the stages of how fossils form with this folding dinosaur cut-and-paste activity. This Triceratops foldout sequencing resource will help KS2 pupils recall 6 stages of fossilisation in a fun and engaging way, that’s more hands-on than a standard fossils worksheet. The templates There are 4 similar templates to choose from: Template 1: Colour the images, match the labels to the pictures, glue, cut, and fold. There are 2 label options to choose from. Template 2: Colour the images, arrange the stages of fossilisation in order on the template, glue, cut, and fold. Template 3: Coluor the images, write a short description of each stage, glue, cut, and fold. This one could be used as a review if you’ve already covered the fossilisation process. Template 4: Colour the images, match the pictures to the words, arrange them in order on the template, glue, cut, and fold. Also included: Directions for students (including a picture showing how to fold) Questions for a whole class discussion. Some suggested answers are provided for this. Paleontologist’s diary writing page for students to imagine and describe the experience of finding a triceratops fossil US and UK versions of the PDF are included. Is this resource editable? This PDF resource is not editable.

From the 1st December, use this festive digital advent calendar to count down to Christmas. A fun addition to your daily December routine for KS1 or KS2! This resource is included as an editable PowerPoint and Google Slides document so you can use the one you prefer. The PowerPoint file has more options for slide transition (especially sounds) but otherwise, both files are the same. How does it work? There are 24 slides (one for each day of the month up to 24th December). A fixed, animated background is included for each slide, and you can add your own text and/or extra images for each day. You could include some mental or physical warm-ups, festive jokes, mindfulness activities, motivational quotes… the choice is yours. When you’ve filled in your slides, switch to present mode and click one of the numbered doors on slide 1. The link will take you to the corresponding slide.

Kick off a classification topic with this colourful and engaging PowerPoint presentation. This resource will introduce the 5 vertebrate animal groups to younger pupils - fish, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and birds. There are 40 slides in total, designed to be used over 1 or several lessons. It ends with a short quiz to re-cap knowledge. This resource also contains: Animal sorting activity - 5 cards labeled with each animal group name, plus 24 animal pictures to sort. Print on white card. Activity booklet - Double-sided sheet (black and white) to print and fold in half. Includes ‘draw the scales on the fish’, ‘identify the reptiles,’ and ‘what do you know about mammals’. Is this resource editable? The headings and images in the PowerPoint are not editable. Most of the text boxes are editable (except on a few slides where I have used clip art that does not allow this). The activity sheet and sorting activity are not editable. UK and US paper sizes of the activities are included.

Introduce your KS1 children to the life cycle of a dinosaur with this fun, foldable activity. In this no-prep science resource, there are 4 similar dinosaur life cycle templates to choose from. Children have options to colour and fold, as well as a sequencing option. Use to support a lesson or topic about dinosaurs, or as a life cycle activity linked to reptiles or prehistoric life. In addition to being a fun and engaging alternative to a worksheet, this resource also encourages fine motor and scissor skills. The four stages on each template are: egg egg hatching young dinosaur adult The templates Templates 1 and 2: Colour, cut, and fold. Template 2 has an easy-cut straight edge. Template 3: Colour, sequence the life cycle stages, glue, cut, and fold. Template 4: Colour, match the pictures to the words, glue, cut, and fold. A printable of the full life cycle in colour and in black and white is included for children to reference if required. There is also a folding guide and options for both US and A4 paper sizes. Please note, this 10 page PDF is not editable.

Teach or review the life cycle of a turtle with this foldable sequencing. This fun and engaging alternative to a worksheet covers 4 stages of a turtle’s life cycle from egg to hatchling, juvenile, and adult sea turtle. Print the templates you need on A4 paper ready for children to colour, cut, sequence the stages, glue, and fold. Once folded they can carefully bring the 2 halves together like an accordion, then pull apart to reveal the life cycle inside. Use to support a lesson on life cycles, growth, sea life, reptiles or for National Marine Week. This resource is a 9 page PDF and includes: Black and white differentiated templates to copy (4 similar versions, including two for less confident cutters and one which doesn’t require glue). Simple instructions. Guidelines for how to fold the turtle. A full-colour diagram of a turtle’s life cycle to discuss together (display on a screen). This resource is not editable. Versions with both US and UK spelling and paper sizes are included.

Help your pupils understand the cocoa (or cacao) tree life cycle with this foldable sequencing activity and photo display materials. An easy-to-use, low prep resource that can support lessons on plant life cycles, the rainforest, plants we eat, or a chocolate topic/project. This resource contains: Differentiated foldable sequencing activity for the life cycle of a cocoa tree. The finished foldouts are ideal for an interactive science notebook, for display, or for use as part of a lap book. Set of life cycle cards to sequence (colour and black and white, 6 to a page). Use as a science center or small group activity. Real photos of some of the life cycle stages with descriptions. These could be used for display, or to reference during the completion of the above activities. Both US and UK paper sizes are included. Please not this resource is not editable.

Explore the stages of a daffodil’s life cycle with this fun folding science craft. Use this activity to support learning about plants, life cycles, spring/seasonal changes, growth or St David’s Day. Print the black and white templates onto paper or card for pupils to colour and cut out. There are 4 similar templates to choose from so you can pick one that best matches your pupils’ needs. Template 1: Colour the template and life cycle stages, sequence the stages, glue, cut, and fold. Template 2: As above but with a simple, straight cutting edge. Template 3: Draw the life cycle stages onto the template, cut and fold (no glue required). Template 4: As above but with a simple, straight cutting edge. Simple instructions with pictures are provided to help with folding. Once complete, the 2 halves of the daffodil are brought together, then gently pulled apart to reveal the life cycle stages inside. US and UK versions of the file are included, as well as some questions to discuss together.

Set your class a 7-day kindness challenge with this cup of kindness activity. This activity is a fun addition to a kindness week, month, or lesson, and will get your pupils thinking about why kindness is important, and how to show it to others. The activity Print a kindness cup template for each child. Each stripe on their cup represents a day of the week. For each of the next 7 days, they will try to complete an act of kindness. For each one, they can colour in a stripe on their cup (starting at the bottom), and write what they did. By the end of the week, they will have a rainbow-striped cup of kindness, ideal for creating a whole class display. In addition to the activity template, this resource includes: Teacher notes 2 optional worksheet printables for children to complete before and after the challenge Colour and black and white award certificates for children on completion of the challenge (optional). Both UK and US paper sizes are included.

Create an eye-catching and informative skeletons-themed display for your classroom. This resource contains the following: ‘BONES’ title letters. There are 2 design options (one with a pattern, the other with bone-shaped letters). Skeleton poster (a mixture of scientific and common names used). A version is included for A3 and A4 sizes. 10 A4 posters with facts, information, and x-ray pictures of bones. There are also 4 individual bones to cut out and mount with some extra facts! Check out the video preview to see exactly what’s in this resource. UK and US paper sizes included. The file is not editable. This resource has been designed to support the KS2 (year 3) science curriculum, in particular: ‘Identify that humans and some other animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement’.

A fun foldable craft for exploring the stages of a chicken’s life cycle. A great follow-up activity after hatching out chicks! Alternatively, use for a farm animals or Easter/spring activity. Benefits of this activity Low prep Children learn about the chicken life cycle in a fun and hands-on way, that’s a bit different from a standard science worksheet. Can be used to introduce the life cycle, or as a review/assessment to check understanding. Encourages fine motor/scissor skills, hand-eye coordination (folding), and sequencing. Differentiated options allow for multiple age ranges or abilities to do the same activity. Finished foldouts can be inserted into an interactive notebook where they can be referenced by children. The templates There are 5 similar cut-and-paste templates so you can select the one that best suits your needs: Children colour, cut and fold their template. The words used are egg, embryo, chick and chicken, As above but using the words egg, egg hatching, chick and chicken. Children colour their template, cut out the life cycle words, glue them in order onto the template, cut and fold. Uses same vocabulary as template 1. As above but with the same vocabulary as template 2. Children colour their template, sequence the life cycle labels, glue, cut and fold. Instructions are provided as well as a folding guide with pictures. What else is included? Full-page description for each life cycle stage (colour picture and text). These can be used for an introduction, either printed or displayed on a screen. Chicken life cycle poster Label the hen cut and paste with 6 body parts (wattle, crown, beak, wing, claw, tail). Chick maze with solution for early finishers. Is this resource editable? This 16-page PDF is not editable. UK and US versions of the file are included.