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Elementary science
Dinosaur Footprints Math Investigation: Shape, Space, and Measure - Outdoor Maths
Dinosaurs and math. What’s not to love! For this activity your students will walk like dinosaurs as they draw different species footprints onto card using their scaling and measuring skills before cutting the footprints out, strapping it to their own feet, and walk like the dinosaurs.
This outdoor math activity is great if you’re looking at measuring, scaling up, and ratio.
Teaching structure:
Explain that they will be investigation the size of dinosaurs feet. Go through the Google Slides to help to introduce the activity.
Assign each student (or pair) a foot to go off and draw to scale either on card or on the playground using chalk (if you choose chalk on the playground you obviously can’t strap it to their feet!).
Give the students time to look at each others dinosaur feet and compare them.
This activity has two levels of differentiation.
Diff. 1: Students simply read the measurements and draw the foot.
Diff. 2: Students must first work out the true size by using the scale.
There is an extension sheet where they will figure out the body and leg length based on the size of footprint.
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Animal Crime Scenes: The Hedgehog Horror - Science Investigation
Get your detectives hat on with our series of animal crime scene investigations!
These activities will teach your students about animals and their habitats as well as developing their observation, problem solving and inferring skills.
The crime scenes are easy to set up with printable props, clue cards, and suspect cards. If you want to add extra elements or real props this can help to bring it alive for the children even further!
The Hedgehog horror will take your class through an investigation involving the mysterious death of the friendly local hedgehog. They will need to use the clues provided to them as well as their knowledge of the local wildlife to determine who or what is guilty of the murder.
Contents:
Teacher Guide
Prop Cards
Crime Scene Report
Suspect Cards (Blank and Complete)
Clue Cards
Clue Record Sheet
Verdict Record Sheet
Our Verdict
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Plant Structure Activity
This activity, which is part of the life cycles unit, consists of 2 cootie catchers (or fortune tellers) for learning or revising plant structures. The children must try to figure out which part of the flower is being described. It’s a great way to have students review their knowledge of different plant parts and not even realise that they’re learning! They’ll be engaged and excited with this addictive activity (as I am sure you will be too!).
This pack contains two Cootie Catchers, each with a second copy included if you would like your students to write their own definitions for each plant part themselves. There are visuals included to meet different learning styles.
Vocabulary included:
- petal
- pollen
- stem
- roots
- seed
- fruit
- leaf
- plant
- stamen
- stigma
- sepal
- ovary
- style
- anther
Folding and playing directions are also included.
Have fun!
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Animal Adaptions PowerPoint & Quiz
A fun interactive PowerPoint and quiz is designed to give your class an introduction into the amazing world of animal adaptions. It goes through the basics of the different types of physical and behavioural adaptions, giving interesting examples for each. We have found this great for introducing the topic or as a quick refresher for the children.
Contents
- Slides 1 – 8: Introduction
- Slides 9 – 13: Physical Adaptions
- Slides 14 – 19: Behavioural Adaptions
- Slides 20 – 29: Quiz
- Slide 30: Conclusion
Check out our camouflage activities.
Animal Adaptions: Camouflage and Mimicry Activities
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Light and Sight PowerPoint: The Human Eye Introduction
A fun interactive PowerPoint designed to give your class an introduction into the magical world of the human eye (as part of the light and sight topic). This PowerPoint will teach your children all about the key parts to an eye and their function as well as some fun facts to get them excited! Along with this there is a great quiz to play to test their knowledge.
Contents:
- Slides 1 - 10: Parts of the eye and their functions (cornea, pupil, iris, sclera, lens, retina, & the optic nerve)
- Slides 11 – 15: Fun Eye Facts
- Slides 16 – 34: Quiz
- Slide 35: Conclusion
This PowerPoint is a great way to introduce the topic, however we have also enjoyed using it as a recap to give the children an extra boost!
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Have fun!
Exciting Electricity Worksheets and Activities
These 7 differentiated electricity worksheets and activities will teach your children about complete circuits, symbols, and conductors and insulators in a fun and practical way. They work perfectly with your electricity and magnetism topic along with our other ‘Exciting Electricity’ products.
Contents:
- x 2 ‘Know Your Symbols’ (Cut and stick)
- x 3 ‘Will It Light?’ (Working out if the circuit is complete)
- x 1 ‘Will It Conduct?’ (Testing materials to see if they conduct
electricity)
- x 1 ‘Conductor Or Insulator?’ (Cut and stick)
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The Human Body / Animals: Skeletons
This activity looks closely at how different skeletons are made up, encouraging children to think about how different animals are able to move in different ways depending on their skeleton.
This activity works best in groups.
Give each child an animal card and ask them to create the animals skeleton using sticks, thinking carefully about how the animal moves. Once they have done this and you have allowed for sufficient discussion both with each other and an adult, give them the animals skeleton card and let them see how they have done.
They can then take another animal to try. You’ll be amazed at the improvement of their skeletons over the course of one lesson!
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Contents:
A normal and skeleton sheet for each of the following
Human
Fish
Frog
Snake
Elephant
Horse
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Conductor or Insulator: Outdoor Electricity Activity
Mix up your electricity topic with this activity where your class will explore the conductivity of items in the outdoors. After making a simple circuit, they’ll head outside and place objects within the circuit to test whether they are conductors or insulators, completing the table before analysing their results and starting to produce some simple conclusions.
Contents
Teacher’s guide
Circuit diagram
2 x differentiated results tables
2 x differentiated results and conclusion questions
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Plant Parts and Functions Vocabulary Cards
14 visual parts of a plant and functions vocabulary cards that are perfect for your topic word wall complete with a title. They’re a great way to help your children learn the key terms needed for this relevant and engaging topic. We have found them especially helpful for children with English as an additional language or spelling difficulties. Each card contains the key word, definition, and visual aid.
Contents
14 X Key Vocabulary Cards
Display Title
2 X Blank Cards (for the children to create their own)
Vocabulary Included
Chlorophyll
Flower
Leaf
Ovary
Petal
Photosynthesis
Pistil
Pollen
Root
Seed
Stamen
Stem
Stigma
Style
**Check out our other Word Walls:
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- Animal Adaptations
- Forces and Motion
- The Rock Cycle
- States of Matter
- Types of Energy
- Types of Pollution
- Weather & The Water Cycle
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Healthy Eating - Food Categories Cut and Stick
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.
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Microorganisms Introduction PowerPoint and Quiz
A highly visual and interactive PowerPoint and quiz on microorganisms that looks at bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, and algae. It’s perfect for introducing this microscopic science topic or as a quick lesson recap.
Contents
- Slides 1 – 4: Introduction
- Slides 5 – 11: Meet The Bacteria
- Slides 12 – 17: Meet The Virus
- Slides 18 – 21: Meet The Fungi
- Slides 22 – 27: Meet The Protists (Protozoa & Algae)
- Slides 28 – 49: Microorganisms Quiz
- Slide 50: Conclusion
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Humans And The Environment: How Humans Affect The Environment Bundle
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.
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Forces and Motion: The Lever Challenge - Outdoor STEM
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
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Outdoor STEM: Water Filter Challenge - Materials and Their Properties
This STEM activity gets your students looking at the properties of materials as they are challenged to test their survival skills by getting the dirt out of water using only natural materials and a drinks bottle (they need to design and make their own natural filters!).
To set up the challenge: - Put students into teams of 2 or 3. - Give them the instructions to read. - Give each group a good-sized plastic bottle with four small holes in the bottom (a hot metal skewer is great for this). - Tell them to go into your outdoor space and make their filters. - Test the filters by pouring muddy water in and seeing how much cleaner the water that comes out is. As well as leaves, sticks, stones etc. in your outdoor space, for this activity it is good for them to have access to both sand and gravel.
Once they have completed the activity they can fill in the evaluation sheet which encourages them to think scientifically about what they have done. Extension: You can then move onto looking at real filters and seeing how they work with different liquids – will it separate salt from water?
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Floating & Sinking Cut and Stick Activity: Materials & Their Properties
For this activity students with think about the properties of different materials as they figure out whether they float or sink, cutting and sticking the pictures into the correct columns.
It’s a great lesson or topic starter for your floating and sinking topic.
This pack contains two levels of differentiation.
Diff. 1: The activity contains two columns - float and sink.
Diff. 2: The activity contains three columns - float, sink, and both. Students are encouraged to think about items which can both float and sink depending on the situation.
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Listening Walk: Outdoor Sound Activity
This is a fun and simple activity to introduce students to the world of sound, getting them to observe the world around them, thinking about the different sounds they can hear and where they’re coming from.
Tell the students that they are going to go outside and see how many different things they can hear. Walk around your outdoor space, getting them to draw / write what they can hear on the sheet. Once they have finished, the older ones can complete the question sheet.
For younger students you can simply ask these questions throughout the activity to stimulate thought.
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Day and Night Picture Sort (Cut and Stick) - Venn Diagram & Table: Years 1 and 2
This resource contains two differentiated cut and stick sheets to teach day and night comparisons as part of your science topic. Students will cut out the pictures and stick them into the correct category.
** Activity Sheet 1**: Students will sort the pictures into ‘day’ and night’ and stick them in the table.
Activity Sheet 2: Students will sort the pictures into ‘day’, ‘night’, and ‘both’ in the Venn Diagram.
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Scavenger Hunt Free Template
This free scavenger hunt template lets children develop their creativity by designing their own hunt for friends. They can fill in each box with an item of their choice, sending their friends on a mission to collect them all! Perfect for indoor or outdoor adventures.
Check out our Walking To School Scavenger Hunt!
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Nature Bingo – Beach And Woodland
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
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Drawing Scavenger Hunt
Get your students involved with this drawing scavenger hunt where they’ll head outside to see if they can find and draw all the items on the sheet. It’s great if you’re looking at your local area, wildlife, and observation skills. You can also use this activity to help introduce habitats.
This resource contains a few different activity sheets that allow you to differentiate based on the things they are required to find.
It’s great if you can have a discussion about the scavenger hunt after they’ve completed it. What did they enjoy drawing the most? What did they find exciting to see? What were they surprised they saw?
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