Dr Helen is founder of Palaeoquest, a school workshop provider. She followed an academic career in Earth and Biological Sciences before working in schools, and becoming a workshop provider. All resources have been tested on real children.
Dr Helen is founder of Palaeoquest, a school workshop provider. She followed an academic career in Earth and Biological Sciences before working in schools, and becoming a workshop provider. All resources have been tested on real children.
Wordsearch activity for Evolution and Inheritance topic.
Ideal starter activity with keywords for KS2 Evolution and Inheritance topic. Words listed in sub groups: the scientists, inheritance, fossils, adaptation. Includes wordsearch sheet and answer sheet. Available as PDF or jpeg.
Climate change wordsearch activity. Keywords for climate change or global warming topic KS2, KS3, KS4. Vocabulary for Earth’s atmosphere, climate science, school strike or climate anxiety discussions.
Available as PDF or jpeg : wordsearch plus separate teacher’s answer sheet. Words arranged in groups af the causes and effects of climate change.
A hands-on activity to demonstrate how Evolution occurs by Natural Selection.
Also shows how the process of Adaptation happens - ie. to populations, not individuals. Ideal for KS2 Evolution topic.
A population of bugs is subjected to different environmental pressures (chosen by throwing dice) and the children work out which bugs would have survived in each scenario.
Over time, Adaptive Features within the population of bugs are seen to change in response to the environment. This provides a very clear visual illustration of evolution happening in real time.
This is a group activity.
It can be re-run to produce different outcomes and, hence, prompt further discussion.
Included: sheets of bugs to print off, powerpoint or printed instructions, teacher notes. Needs: dice.
Keywords: KS2 Evolution. KS2 Adaptation. Natural Selection.
Plastics recycling quiz. Ideal for plastic pollution, recycling, eco topics.
Individual or team quiz or challenge. Learn facts and figures about types of plastic, global plastic pollution, issues related to recycling plastic, microplastic pollution, recycling symbols. Based on up-to-date scientific research. Answers provided. 3 page PDF with tick boxes.
A quiz about our carbon footprints and impacts of our daily lives on the environment, particularly the climate, which can be done as a trail with answers located around the school or classroom. Each question and answer addresses one aspect of our lives (eg. transport, clothes, food etc) and provides answers to the quiz questions, as well as tips on how to reduce our impact in each area.
Can lead on to discussions about which things the children themselves can do something about, and which things they may need to ask adults to change. Contains 11 cut-out answer cards and one quiz sheet which also has an explanation of what a carbon footprint is.
