We love teaching and making resources to promote enjoyment, motivation, and understanding for children and teachers with a particular passion for learning outside the classroom.
We love teaching and making resources to promote enjoyment, motivation, and understanding for children and teachers with a particular passion for learning outside the classroom.
This session is best done in autumn when there is a significant difference between the trees. It’s also important to ensure that there are coniferous / evergreen trees in the area where you’re doing this activity.
Once the students have completed the sheet we suggest they are laminated to make them last. It can make a fantastic display!
Equipment needed:
Resource sheets
Internet access / tree identification sheets or books
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13 visual animal adaptations vocabulary cards that are perfect for your topic word wall complete with a title. They are a great way to help your children learn the key terms needed for this exciting 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
13 X Key Vocabulary Cards
Display Title
2 X Blank Cards (for the children to create their own)
Vocabulary Included
Adaptation
Camouflage
Carnivore
Endangered Species
Extinct
Habitat
Herbivore
Instinct
Mimicry
Omnivore
Predator
Prey
Behaviour
Check out our other Word Walls:
- Forces and Motion
- The Rock Cycle
- Weather & The Water Cycle
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This is a nice non-fiction writing activity where students will explore your outdoor space while they write their very own nature guide for friends, family, or other students.
They will go around your outdoor space and choose four subjects to focus on (trees, animals, habitats, etc.). After carrying out some observations and research (using books / the internet) on each of their chosen subjects they can complete the guide templates.
You could laminate their guides or scan them and turn them into QR codes to be displayed in the outdoor area.
We hope you find this resource useful and enjoy working outside with your class!
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This is a great cross curricular activity where students will create a video tour on the nature around your outdoor area. It’s perfect if you’re looking at script writing, living things (habitats, animals, etc.) and video making. This activity is best done in pairs or small groups.
Teaching Structure:
Explain to the students that they’re going to create a virtual video tour for nature around your outdoor space. Get them to complete the ideas sheet that encourages them to think about what they may want to include and how they will create the video. It can be good for them to walk around the outdoor space while doing this to help them get ideas.
Examples of things they could talk about: different habitats, trees, plants, animals, etc.
After this they will complete the script where they’ll write exactly what they are going to say and what video will be played during the audio. Once they’ve completed their script it’s time to film, record the audio, and edit it all together. These videos can be used in loads of different ways. You can create them into QR codes and put them up in your outdoor space, put them online, or simply share them with friends, family or other students.
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Banned words is a great game to review or learn your electricity topics key vocabulary. Your class will become word detectives and put their communication skills to the test as they describe key topic words without using a list of banned words. As they think about the electrical themed key words and phrases they will take time to consider the meaning and deepen their understanding. We have found it extremely effective in helping students to retain the definitions.
Banned words can be played in pairs, groups, or as a class. It is great to be used before, during, and after a topic to help their retention.
This pack has two sets of 9 cards. The first set contains slightly easier vocabulary and the second set will provide more of a challenge. It also contains a digital version on Google Slides as well as blank copies for you to create your own.
Vocabulary Included:
Set 1
Battery
Circuit
Electricity
Insulator
Light bulb
Magnet
Switch
Wire
Light
Set 2
Conductor
Current
Electron
Motor
Parallel Circuit
Series Circuit
Resistor
Volt Meter
Voltage
Watt
Fuse
Cell
You may also like our Electricity Symbols Pair Cards.
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Banned words is a great game to review or learn your forces and motion topics key vocabulary. Your class will become word detectives and put their communication skills to the test as they describe key topic words without using a list of banned words. As they think about the forces and motion themed key words and phrases they will take time to consider the meaning and deepen their understanding. We have found it extremely effective in helping students to retain the definitions.
Banned words can be played in pairs, groups, or as a class. It is great to be used before, during, and after a topic to help their retention.
This pack has two sets of 9 cards. The first set contains slightly easier vocabulary and the second set will provide more of a challenge. It also contains a digital version on Google Slides as well as blank copies for you to create your own.
Vocabulary Included:
Set 1
Force
-Motion
Speed
Gravity
Friction
Mass
Magnet
Air Resistance
Unbalanced Force
Acceleration
Weight
Balanced Force
Set 2
Deceleration
Net Force
Velocity
Tension
Compression
Potential Energy
Isaac Newton
Momentum
Lever
You may also like our Electricity Banned Words Game
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These pond life ID cards are the perfect addition to your trip down to explore the pond. Simply print them off, laminate them and have them available for the next time you head down to investigate this fascinating habitat.
You may also like our Butterfly ID Cards.
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These butterfly ID guides are the perfect addition to your outdoor classroom. Simply print them off, laminate them and have them available for the students to take outside to help them identify the butterflies in your outdoor area.
They are also easy to view digitally to save on printing and laminating.
This resource goes perfectly with our butterflies dinner investigation.
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These pond life ID cards are the perfect addition to your trip down to explore the pond. Simply print them off, laminate them and have them available for the next time you head down to investigate this fascinating habitat.
This resource can also easily be viewed digitally.
This resource is the perfect addition to our ‘Underwater Viewer’ pond investigation.
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Observing weather changes over time is simple but fascinating and a great learning experience for students where they will look at measuring and reading scales before presenting their results in a line graph (for the older children). For this activity they will record the temperature everyday for a week.
There is two activity sheets. One where they record the temperature once a day, the other where they will record the temperature twice a day.
You may also be interested in our Walking To School Scavenger Hunt.
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Our ‘20 Outdoor Things To Do Before You’re 12’ is an absolute must for your young outdoor lovers!
Engaging with the great outdoors is an integral aspect of fostering children’s growth and development. We’ve curated an exciting collection of 20 outdoor activities designed to inspire children to embrace the wonders of nature before they reach the age of 12.
Each activity challenge page within this package not only offers a delightful experience but also provides space for children to capture their adventure through pictures or drawings. Additionally, they can reflect on their newfound skills through thought-provoking review sections.
For convenient access, we’ve also included a digital version of this resource on Google Slides.
Discover the joy of outdoor learning and make cherished memories together!
If you like this, you’ll love our Year of Outdoor Homework Challenges!
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These tree ID cards for North America are the perfect addition to your outdoor classroom. Simply print them off, laminate them and have them available for the students to take outside to help them identify the the trees in your outdoor area or as a field trip aid. This pack contains cards for 14 different common tree species.
They can also easily be displayed on an iPad.
You may also love our North American Woodland Birds ID Guide.
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These fun outdoor task cards are the perfect addition to your living things topic. They are a great way to introduce or recap your topic. Each card has a challenge that your students will complete. The cards cover a range of subject areas from your topic.
This resource contains 10 challenge cards along with two differentiated answers sheets.
A digital version is also included.
Topics covered: Food chains, lifecycles, classification, skeletons, habitats, & the human body.
Check out our ‘Bug Book’ outdoor writing activity.
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These minibeast ID guides are the perfect addition to your outdoor classroom. Simply print them off, laminate them and have them available for the students to take outside to help them identify the minibeasts in your outdoor area. They can also be used digitally on your outdoor adventures.
This resource contains 28 cards with the insects name and an image.
One of the downloads are insects more specific to North America.
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These tree ID cards for the UK and Europe are the perfect addition to your outdoor classroom. Simply print them off, laminate them and have them available for the students to take outside to help them identify the the trees in your outdoor area.
Check out our other ID Guides.
- British Woodland and Garden Birds ID Guide
- North American Woodland Birds ID Guide
- 24 Pond Life ID Cards
- Butterfly ID Guide
- A4 Pond Life Identification Sheet
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These constellation ID cards are great fun for clear nights on school trips or at home. Give them to your students and see if they can identify the constellations in the night sky. You can also use them in school by having them draw the constellations on the playground with chalk. See what different images they can create!
You might also love our Moon Diary Activity Pack.
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Get into the spring spirit with this visual spring themed word search! Pictures accompany each hidden word, making it perfect for early readers and visual learners (EAL/ESL students). Requiring no prep, it’s a great activity for early finishers or a fun spring celebration for the whole class!
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Welcome the arrival of spring with this free downloadable scavenger hunt! Get your students outdoors to spot all sorts of spring-related items. Perfect for all ages, this scavenger hunt is a delightful activity for a sunny afternoon, whether at school or home.
You may also like our Walking To School Scavenger Hunt!
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This HUGE bundle is packed full of outdoor science goodies from fun investigations to practical activities. It covers a huge range of topics for years 1 - 3.
Topics covered:
Animal Adaptations
Animal Classification
Earth & Moon
Electricity
Floating and Sinking
Habitats
Magnetism
Materials and their Properties
Mini-Beasts
Plants
Skeletons
Sound
STEM Investigations
We hope you find this pack useful and enjoy working outside with your class!
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The Egg Drop STEM Challenge is a nice variation on the commonly used egg parachute challenge. Your class will work together in small teams, thinking about the best way to protect an egg from being dropped using natural materials. They will be encouraged to think about the properties of different materials, considering which one will work best.
The whole activity is based around a story of an explorer who is trapped in the North Pole and needs food supplies, and of course, his favourite food is egg!
Read the instructions to your class before putting them into groups of 2 or 3. Encourage them to hunt out different natural materials that they think will protect them egg from breaking. Once they have padded out the tubs, give them the egg and see if it works by dropping it from a good height!
To save on money and waste, if an egg does not break, it can be re-used by the following team.
Once the challenge is complete each student can fill in an evaluation sheet.
Resources needed:
Supply of natural materials in an outdoor space
Activity sheets
Small tubs (big 500ml or similar)
Somewhere high to drop the eggs from (first floor or second floor)
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