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Non-fiction books inspiring children to explore their natural curiosity and passion for learning. The real world is more amazing than anything you can make up!

Non-fiction books inspiring children to explore their natural curiosity and passion for learning. The real world is more amazing than anything you can make up!
KS2 Animals/Mammal colouring sheet with facts
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KS2 Animals/Mammal colouring sheet with facts

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Colouring sheets taken from Explorer Mammals, the final book in the Explorer series, developed in partnership with the Natural History Museum. In these sheets children can colour pictures of mammals including desmodus and dire wolf as well as learning simple facts about them.
KS2 Dinosaur colouring sheets with facts
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KS2 Dinosaur colouring sheets with facts

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Colouring sheets taken from Explorer Dinosaurs, a new Explorer series developed in partnership with the Natural History Museum. As well as colouring images of dinosaurs including diplodocus and stegosaurus, they can learn basic facts about the giant beasts.
KS2 Space and Solar System: Pluto Quiz
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KS2 Space and Solar System: Pluto Quiz

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How to Teach Grown-Ups About Pluto: The cutting-edge space science of the solar system is a witty guide to Pluto’s discovery and demotion, which puts kids in charge. In this quiz, children - or their grown up - can answer simple questions about Pluto to see how much they know. Questions include how many Plutos could you fit inside earth and what colour is Pluto’s sky?
KS2 Space and Solar System: Pluto colouring sheet
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KS2 Space and Solar System: Pluto colouring sheet

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How to Teach Grown-Ups About Pluto - The cutting-edge space science of the solar system is a witty guide to Pluto’s discovery and demotion, which puts kids in charge. In this activity, children can colour the moon and solar system which will help to deepen their knowledge about the planets.
KS2 Insect and bug colouring sheets with facts
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KS2 Insect and bug colouring sheets with facts

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Colouring sheets taken from Explorer Bugs, an amazing new series developed in partnership with the Natural History Museum. Children can deepen their bug knowledge when colouring in these educational sheets. Included are pictures of an edible spider, European honeybee and silkworm.
KS2 Plant colouring sheet with facts
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KS2 Plant colouring sheet with facts

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Colouring sheet all about plants, taken from Explorer Plants, a book developed in partnership with the Natural History Museum. It introduces children to over 100 plants. In the colouring sheets, children can cement their knowledge about plants as they colour in images of barley, grape vines, hemp and hemlock.
KS2 Science Facts - fill in the missing words
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KS2 Science Facts - fill in the missing words

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Simple science quiz ideal for key stage two children based on the book Science Factopia! which introduces readers to 400 scientific facts. Children need to find simple words to link each scientific fact and use each word twice to connect one fact to the next.
KS2 Science: Evolution Word Search
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KS2 Science: Evolution Word Search

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Evolution word search suitable for children in key stage two. Children can search for words relating to evolution including dinosaurs, fossil, predator, species and asteroid. The word search is based on the book Evolution which encourages readers to dive into the history of life on Earth and learn what evolution is and how it works.
KS2 Climate Change Wordsearch with definitions
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KS2 Climate Change Wordsearch with definitions

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A climate change and environment focused wordsearch which includes 10 hidden words/phrases as well as an answer sheet with the definitions of each word/phrase. Based on the book, How to Teach Grown-ups about Climate Change. A witty guide to the science behind climate change, which puts kids in charge. Never has there been a more perfect time to empower children to take the lead and educate their grown-ups about climate change. Featuring a foreword by internationally renowned climate scientist Dr Michael E. Mann and bursting with fabulous original illustrations, this delightfully witty book deals with the pressing topic of our changing planet in an uplifting, positive manner. Interwoven amongst the more serious questions – why is Earth so special in the first place? How do we know about climate change? What causes it? How can we recognise false information? – are fun-filled facts about cow burps, woolly mammoths, panda-shaped solar panels, and much more. Crucially, this book also equips children and adults alike with the practical tools they need to tackle climate change in their everyday lives. And there’s a handy quiz at the end so that you can check your grown-up has been paying attention!
KS2 Climate Change Poster: 10 things you can do
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KS2 Climate Change Poster: 10 things you can do

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A climate change and environment focused poster which includes 10 tips that students can use to help the environment. Based on the book, How to Teach Grown-ups about Climate Change. A witty guide to the science behind climate change, which puts kids in charge. Never has there been a more perfect time to empower children to take the lead and educate their grown-ups about climate change. Featuring a foreword by internationally renowned climate scientist Dr Michael E. Mann and bursting with fabulous original illustrations, this delightfully witty book deals with the pressing topic of our changing planet in an uplifting, positive manner. Interwoven amongst the more serious questions – why is Earth so special in the first place? How do we know about climate change? What causes it? How can we recognise false information? – are fun-filled facts about cow burps, woolly mammoths, panda-shaped solar panels, and much more. Crucially, this book also equips children and adults alike with the practical tools they need to tackle climate change in their everyday lives. And there’s a handy quiz at the end so that you can check your grown-up has been paying attention!
KS2 Climate Change Teacher Guide
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KS2 Climate Change Teacher Guide

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A teacher guide focused on activating climate change agents in the classroom. The guide looks at tackling misinformation and helping your student gain a new understanding of global warming to become a protector of the planet in the classroom, at home, and throughout the community. The activities are split into two parts: personal choices and global progress. Based on the book, How to Teach Grown-ups about Climate Change. A witty guide to the science behind climate change, which puts kids in charge. Never has there been a more perfect time to empower children to take the lead and educate their grown-ups about climate change. Featuring a foreword by internationally renowned climate scientist Dr Michael E. Mann and bursting with fabulous original illustrations, this delightfully witty book deals with the pressing topic of our changing planet in an uplifting, positive manner. Interwoven amongst the more serious questions – why is Earth so special in the first place? How do we know about climate change? What causes it? How can we recognise false information? – are fun-filled facts about cow burps, woolly mammoths, panda-shaped solar panels, and much more. Crucially, this book also equips children and adults alike with the practical tools they need to tackle climate change in their everyday lives. And there’s a handy quiz at the end so that you can check your grown-up has been paying attention!
KS2 Animals/Primary Science - Match Fact to the Animal
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KS2 Animals/Primary Science - Match Fact to the Animal

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Can your students match these awesome jaws, teeth, tongues, and spit facts to the right animal? The activity sheet covers a nile crocodile, snake, great white shark, human, yellowhead jawfish, giraffe, kangaroo and nectar bat. Includes an answer page which you can print separately. Based on Open Wide! - Jaw-dropping mouths of the animal world by Letizia Diamante. Explore the most marvellous mouths of the animal kingdom, from the awesome jaws of the great white shark to the tiny teeth of the garden snail. Some animals sport tongues that are longer than their bodies, others have super-sticky spit that can speedily snare an insect snack. And animals use their mouths for lots of things other than just eating – to carry their food or their babies, to build their homes or even to climb waterfalls! Join scientist and author Letizia Diamante to discover some of the most important animal body parts that are often overlooked, even though they’re right under our noses!
KS2 Science: Teeth and Mouth poster
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KS2 Science: Teeth and Mouth poster

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A poster which shows children how much their teeth and mouths are like other animals. And also what the differences are! Based on Open Wide! Jaw-dropping mouths of the animal world by Dr Letizia Diamante. Explore the most marvellous mouths of the animal kingdom, from the awesome jaws of the great white shark to the tiny teeth of the garden snail. Some animals sport tongues that are longer than their bodies, others have super-sticky spit that can speedily snare an insect snack. And animals use their mouths for lots of things other than just eating – to carry their food or their babies, to build their homes or even to climb waterfalls! Join scientist and author Letizia Diamante to discover some of the most important animal body parts that are often overlooked, even though they’re right under our noses!
KS2  Science: simple scientific concepts - quiz, wordsearch and crossword
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KS2 Science: simple scientific concepts - quiz, wordsearch and crossword

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Britannica All New Children’s Encyclopedia takes you on a journey from the beginning of time to the present day and even into the future! It explores a wide range of topics and is divided into eight chapters by subject: Universe, Earth, Matter, Life, Humans, Ancient & Medieval Times, Modern Times and Today & Tomorrow. The resources include a quiz about simple scientific concepts, a wordsearch and crossword.
KS2 Space and Solar System: Quiz, Wordsearch and Crossword
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KS2 Space and Solar System: Quiz, Wordsearch and Crossword

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Britannica All New Children’s Encyclopedia - What We Know & What We Don’t. The encyclopedia takes you on a journey from the beginning of time to the present day and even into the future! It explores a wide range of topics and is divided into eight chapters by subject: Universe, Earth, Matter, Life, Humans, Ancient & Medieval Times, Modern Times and Today & Tomorrow. In this pack children can answer simple questions about space and universe, fill in a crossword and do a wordsearch.
KS2 Science: Greatest Stuff on Earth drawing sheet
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KS2 Science: Greatest Stuff on Earth drawing sheet

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In the book, The Greatest Stuff on Earth, Steve Tomecek looks at the amazing science behind everyday stuff. Sp what do you think is the greatest stuff on Earth? It could be rocks, water, fire, food, electricity, your home, clothes, wheels, paper, books, medicine, smartphones, microphones… there is so much! Take a look around you and draw your favourite stuff using our free downloadable sheet. Based on The Greatest Stuff on Earth: Have you ever stopped to think about all the stuff you encounter every day? There’s the stuff you breathe, the stuff you eat, the stuff you wear, the stuff you read, the stuff you walk on, the stuff you ride in, the stuff your body is made of… plus water, trees, sunlight, soap, electricity, vaccines, smartphones, and so much more! In The Greatest Stuff on Earth, Steve Tomecek and John Devolle show us how this stuff works, including the miracle of transforming energy into matter and matter into energy. Stars do it…and also internal combustion engines…and living things, including grass and bacteria and worms and cheetahs and even us humans. With contagiously enthusiastic and chatty explanatory text, fast facts, and clever, stylish and sometimes funny photos, illustrations, and diagrams, this fantastically browsable book offers hundreds of entry points for knowledge-hungry kids. Steve holds a degree in Geology and has 30 years’ experience educating children (and their teachers) about science in a super fun, friendly way – as a writer, a radio and television presenter, and a live performer. He’s the perfect person to introduce kids to the inner workings of the material world.