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Living Things Outdoor Activity: Living or Not?
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Living Things Outdoor Activity: Living or Not?

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For this activity students will look at what makes something living or not. They will complete the table by going outside and drawing living things in the left column and non-living things in the right column. This pack has three differentiated levels. Diff. 1 – Drawing items in the table **Diff. 2 **– Drawing items in the table with an extension activity where they must circle the living things. Diff. 3 – Drawing items in the table with the extension question ‘What makes something living?’. This activity works well both individually or in pairs. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!
Materials and Their Properties: Outdoor STEM Activity - Permeability
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Materials and Their Properties: Outdoor STEM Activity - Permeability

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Your students are set with the challenge to save Eddie who is ship wrecked on a desert island. They will need to research and create a water catching device using only natural materials and some tape. Your class will research the permeability of different natural materials to find out which material will be best to make their water catchers out of. They will then design and create their water catchers before putting it to the test and seeing which catcher can collect the most water and save Eddie! After researching, designing, building, and testing, they will then evaluate their designs and teamwork, looking at what went well and what they could have done to improve it. This activity is best done in mixed ability groups of 2 or 3. Equipment needed: Resource activity sheets Measuring jugs Water -Tape Scissors Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!
Floating and Sinking Outdoor Challenge
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Floating and Sinking Outdoor Challenge

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For this activity students are challenged to make the same object both sink and float, encouraging them to think about why objects either sink or float, and then how it is possible that the same object can be made to both sink and float. This resource has two differentiated results sheets and questions: Diff. 1 – A simple question about the properties of items that sunk. **Diff. 2 – **A question to encourage critical thinking about how it is possible the same object can be made to both sink and float. A great follow up activity is to get your class to design and build a paper boat, seeing which boat is able to carry the most cargo without sinking. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!
Forces and Motion: The Lever Challenge - Outdoor STEM
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Forces and Motion: The Lever Challenge - Outdoor STEM

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For this activity students will be set the challenge to lift their partner off the ground without touching them using a set of materials provided. The idea is that they’ll create some kind of lever so they can stand on one side of the plank of wood and lift their partner on the other. Our suggested teaching structure: Planning sheet: 15 mins Building their lifting device: 20 mins Evaluation sheet: 15 mins This activity works best if students are left to produce their own designs and figure things out for themselves, however if by the end of the session, not all the students have figured out how to lift their classmate by using a lever, get some students to demonstrate and begin to explain how it works. Resources per group: Activity pack Planning sheet Evaluation sheet Plank of wood Log / pipe (something to wrest the lever on) Rope Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!
Halloween Outdoor Bingo
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Halloween Outdoor Bingo

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This is a great bingo activity for Halloween to get your students exploring the outdoors as they hunt for all the different creepy critters, sounds, and feelings they can find in your outdoor space. They’ll use all of their senses to complete their bingo sheet as they, listen, look, and feel for different things.
Humans And The Environment: How Humans Affect The Environment Bundle
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Humans And The Environment: How Humans Affect The Environment Bundle

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This bundle on the affect humans have on the environment contains a powerpoint & quiz and worksheets to get your students thinking carefully about both the positive and negative impact humans are having on our planet. PowerPoint & Quiz An interactive PowerPoint and Quiz on the affect humans have on the environment is perfect for your sustainability / eco-friendly topic. It encourages the children to think about both the positive and negative impacts we’ve had on the environment as well as what they can do in their own lives to try and reduce the problems. Contents Slides 1 – 3: Introduction Slides 4 – 9: Positive or Negative Affect Game Slides 10 – 15: Negative Affects Slides 16 – 23: Positive Affects Slides 24 - 34: Quiz Slide 35: Activity Ideas Worksheets This activity is perfect for your sustainability topic as students will look into what we do that has both positive and negative effects on the environment and our planet. This pack contains a worksheet with three levels of differentiation where they’ll look at items / actions and decide whether or not they have a positive or negatives effect on the environment. Diff. 1: Students will cut and stick objects / actions into the correct column. Diff. 2: Students will cut and stick a wider variety of objects / actions into the correct column. Diff. 3: Students must decide whether or not the object / action has a positive or negative effect and explain their reasoning. Black and white copies are also included. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!
Humans And The Environment: How Humans Affect The Environment Worksheets
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Humans And The Environment: How Humans Affect The Environment Worksheets

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This activity is perfect for your sustainability topic as students will look into what we do that has both positive and negative effects on the environment and our planet. This pack contains a worksheet with three levels of differentiation where they’ll look at items / actions and decide whether or not they have a positive or negatives effect on the environment. **Diff. 1: **Students will cut and stick objects / actions into the correct column. **Diff. 2: **Students will cut and stick a wider variety of objects / actions into the correct column. **Diff. 3: **Students must decide whether or not the object / action has a positive or negative effect and explain their reasoning. Black and white copies are also included. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!
Nature Bingo – Beach And Woodland
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Nature Bingo – Beach And Woodland

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Exploring the outdoors is great fun. Get your student to head out on a scavenger hunt / bingo game where they will have to collect and spot different things, crossing it off their list as they go. It’s a great activity to do on a sunny afternoon to give your class a chance to release some energy and explore the outdoors. This pack contains two sets of bingo sheets, one for school grounds / a woodland area and another for the beach. Diff. 1: Students go outside and cross out the items once they have collected / spotted it. Diff. 2: Students go outside and collect / spot items, working out calculations and identifying different living things. You can add a competitive aspect to this activity by setting a time limit for your students. Resources needed: Diff. 1: Bingo sheet Diff. 2: Bingo sheet, scales, rulers, identification sheets / access to the internet Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!
Magnetism Outdoor Activity: Does It Stick?
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Magnetism Outdoor Activity: Does It Stick?

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This activity gets your students looking at which materials are magnetic. They will go around outside equipped with a magnet to investigate which objects it sticks to. They will go outside equipped with a magnet to investigate which items it sticks to, recording their results in the table. They can then answer the differentiated questions encouraging them to think about which kind of materials the magnet is attracted to. **Equipment needed: ** Resource sheets Magnets **Contents: ** Teacher Guide Activity Sheet - Diff. 1 Activity Sheet - Diff. 2 Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!
British Woodland and Garden Birds ID Guide
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British Woodland and Garden Birds ID Guide

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A guide for birds commonly found in the British woodlands & gardens. Laminate these sheets and take them with you when heading outside or keep a set accessible for students to use as they wish. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!
North American Woodland Birds ID Guide
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North American Woodland Birds ID Guide

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A guide for birds commonly found in the North American woodlands & gardens. Laminate these sheets and take them with you when heading outside or keep a set accessible for students to use as they wish. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!
Animal Adaptation Huge Bundle - PowerPoint, Activities, Investigations & Vocab
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Animal Adaptation Huge Bundle - PowerPoint, Activities, Investigations & Vocab

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This fun, engaging, and practical PowerPoint, activities, and vocabulary cards bundle is perfect for your animal adaptations topic. It gets children to think about how animals have adapted to survive in different habitats, looking closely at camouflage and mimicry with a wide range of activities to suit different learning styles. This pack contains a fun PowerPoint and quiz, a selection of practical indoor and outdoor activities, a science investigation, and a word search and cootie catcher which is great for filler work as well as a key term vocabulary card pack. PowerPoint Contents: Slides 1 – 8: Introduction Slides 9 – 13: Physical Adaptions Slides 14 – 19: Behavioural Adaptations Slides 20 – 29: Quiz Slide 30: Conclusion Worksheets Contents: 1 x ‘Spot The Camouflage’ - Go outside on the hunt for camouflaged animals. 2 x ‘Masters of Disguise’’ - Find the hidden animals in the photos and explain how they are camouflaged. 3 x ‘Camouflage This Bug’ - Color in the bug to camouflage it against the background. 2 x ‘My Invisible Animal’ - Cut out the animal and think of somewhere to hide it. Colour it in to make it camouflage and see if another member of the class can find it. 1 x Word search 1 x Cootie catcher Science Investigation Pack: Children will investigate whether our physical appearances effect our ability to do different tasks, answering question such as ‘do people with longer legs run faster?’ 6 x investigation cards 2 x differentiated investigation plan template 2 x differentiated results table Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!
Jungle Animals Student Research Booklet
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Jungle Animals Student Research Booklet

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This jungle animals student booklet is a great project for students to carry out research and record facts on all their favorite jungle animals. They’ll create a page for each animal with space for a picture along with a front and back cover page. It’s perfect as a personal project or extension activity if you’re doing a jungle topic. This pack comes in both color and black and white as well as a blank template. To create the booklet, cut each A4 page in half, hole punch the top corner, and use some string or treasury tags to hold them together. Animals included: DART FROG ELEPHANT GORILLA GREEN ANACONDA JAGUAR ORAGUTAN SCARLET MACAW THREE-TOED SLOTH TIGER LEOPARD Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!
Microorganisms Student Booklet
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Microorganisms Student Booklet

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This microorganisms student booklet is a great project for students to carry out research on algae, protozoa, bacteria, fungi, helminths, and viruses, creating a page for each with space for a diagram or picture along with a front and back cover page. It’s perfect as a personal project or extension activity project if you’re looking at microorganisms. This pack comes in both color and black and white. To create the booklet, cut each A4 page in half, hole punch the top corner, and use some string or treasury tags to hold them together. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!
Forces and Motion Word Search Activity
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Forces and Motion Word Search Activity

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This forces and motion visual word search is a great way to reinforce or introduce your topics key vocabulary. It’s great for morning work, filling activities, or just as some fun! Your class will learn the key terms in no time with the help of our fun visuals and word search. Key Vocabulary: Acceleration Balanced Force Deceleration Energy Force Friction Gravity Joule Kinetic Energy Mass Momentum Motion Newton Potential Energy Velocity Weight Check out our other science word searches: - Animal Adaptations Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new resources and hear about upcoming sales!
Animal Adaptations Word Search Activity
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Animal Adaptations Word Search Activity

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This animal adaptations visual word search is a great way to reinforce or introduce your topics key vocabulary. It’s great for morning work, filling activities, or just as some fun! Your class will learn the key terms in no time with the help of our fun visuals and word search. Key Terms: Adaptation Behavior Camouflage Conservation Ecosystem Environment Endangered Species Extinct Habitat Herbivore Carnivore Omnivore Predator Prey Invertebrate Vertebrate A color and black and white copy are included in this pack. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!
Science Murder Mystery - Materials and their Properties - States of Matter
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Science Murder Mystery - Materials and their Properties - States of Matter

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Science Murder Mysteries are great fun for both you and the students. For this mystery students will use their knowledge of materials and their properties as well as their states of matter knowledge to investigate who poisoned Andrew Smith. They’ll look at the 5 suspects poisons both using their eyes and under a microscope and compare the poisons to the one found at the crime scene. They’ll have to figure out how to separate the substances in the water (salt, sugar, etc.) to take a closer look and make their comparisons to figure out which suspect to put in jail! Contents: Teacher’s Guide Bottle Labels The Crime Brief Investigation sheet part 1 Investigation sheet part 2 Conclusion questions Equipment needed: Resource pack 6 plastic bottles per group Petri dishes Pipet Microscope (or magnifying glasses if not available) Salt, sugar, & coffee Please don’t forget to rate this resource if you enjoyed it. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new resources and hear about upcoming sales!
Healthy Eating - Food Categories Cut and Stick
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Healthy Eating - Food Categories Cut and Stick

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This cut and stick healthy eating activity looks at the different food categories, getting students to think about what makes a balanced diet. This pack contains three worksheets, one where they look at unhealthy and healthy foods, another where they compare carbohydrates and proteins, and another where they look at fats and sugars. Check out our bundle for more activities that will fit in perfectly with your healthy eating and nutrition topic. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new resources and hear about upcoming sales!
Periodic Table Tarsia Puzzle Activity
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Periodic Table Tarsia Puzzle Activity

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A set of entertaining NO PREP periodic table puzzles for your students to practice recognising symbols in the periodic table. Each differentiated puzzle has a complete set and a muddled puzzle set. I have used these to great success over the last few months. These puzzles are a great extension or main activity to help revise this tricky topic in a fun and engaging way. Contents: 2 x Complete Tarsia Puzzles 2 x Mixed Tarsia Puzzles Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see our new resources and hear about upcoming sales!
Mini-Beast Identification Sheet
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Mini-Beast Identification Sheet

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A useful resource that can be laminated and taken outside for your students to explore and identify different mini-beasts. This resource fits in perfectly with our outdoor science activities. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store Saving The Teachers and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!