Welcome to my store and thanks for stopping by! I've been teaching in out-of-school settings for over 15 years. From helping children understand wriggling pythons as a zoo education officer (dream job!), to using historical objects as keys to unlock our past, my teaching experience has been far from typical. I'm currently a schools manager for a museum and art gallery, working with hundreds of children of all ages each year.
Welcome to my store and thanks for stopping by! I've been teaching in out-of-school settings for over 15 years. From helping children understand wriggling pythons as a zoo education officer (dream job!), to using historical objects as keys to unlock our past, my teaching experience has been far from typical. I'm currently a schools manager for a museum and art gallery, working with hundreds of children of all ages each year.
Re-cap some of the key words/vocabulary associated with Charles Darwin’s life.
Words can be found going forward, backwards, vertically and diagonally.
As an extension, challenge pupils to explain the significance of each word.
Includes answers.
Also available:
Who was Charles Darwin PowerPoint presentation
Who was Charles Darwin Google Slides presentation
Introduce the topic of materials and their properties to your KS1 class with this colourful and engaging pack of display materials. This resource is ready to print, with minimal trimming required. Just print the pages you need for science classroom display.
This 20-page science display resource (PDF) includes:
9 A4, full colour photo posters showing examples of everyday materials (glass, wood, metal, fabric, wool, plastic, ceramic, leather and paper).
12 descriptive words to add to your display if required (presented 3 to a page, to be cut out and mounted)
5 A4 posters with simple questions about the use of materials (e.g. Which material would be best for a superhero’s cape?).
Materials title - print over 2 A4 pages and join together.
Please note that this PDF file is not editable.
Inspire your class to become trainee paleontologists with this fossil identification activity! This printable KS2 science resource has 15 colour photo cards of different fossils, with labels to match. Print and laminate to use as a small group activity again and again.
Fossil examples include an ammonite, a mosasaur tooth, a megalodon tooth, shells, coral, and a plesiosaur backbone.
There are 2 sets of labels to choose from (1 set requiring some internet research, the other more descriptive to allow pupils to try to identify without needing to go online).
Teacher notes provide guidance for how to deliver this activity with pupils, as well as suggested discussion points and answers.
Both US and UK paper sizes are included.
Teach or review the life cycle of a turtle with this foldable sequencing. This fun and engaging alternative to a worksheet covers 4 stages of a turtle’s life cycle from egg to hatchling, juvenile, and adult sea turtle.
Print the templates you need on A4 paper ready for children to colour, cut, sequence the stages, glue, and fold. Once folded they can carefully bring the 2 halves together like an accordion, then pull apart to reveal the life cycle inside.
Use to support a lesson on life cycles, growth, sea life, reptiles or for National Marine Week.
This resource is a 9 page PDF and includes:
Black and white differentiated templates to copy (4 similar versions, including two for less confident cutters and one which doesn’t require glue).
Simple instructions.
Guidelines for how to fold the turtle.
A full-colour diagram of a turtle’s life cycle to discuss together (display on a screen).
This resource is not editable. Versions with both US and UK spelling and paper sizes are included.
A set of science PowerPoint to complement evolution and inheritance in year 6.
There are 4 resources in this bundle:
Insect adaptations PowerPoint.
Discover the wonderful world of insect adaptations with this 22 slide presentation. This resource gives pupils the opportunity to identify adaptations on a variety of insects from around the world including the atlas moth, hissing cockroach, thorn bug and stag beetle.
At the end, pupils are set the challenge of designing their own insect for a named habitat, outlining its adaptations to survive there.
Who was Charles Darwin PowerPoint
A 20 slide presentation covering information about Darwin’s early life, Beagle voyage and theory of natural selection.
Mary Anning PowerPoint
Introduce your class to this remarkable British paleontologist with this 15 slide presentation detailing her life and major discoveries including ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs and winged reptiles!
What can fossils tell us?
How can a chipped tooth reveal what a giant shark ate? Why are mammoth teeth found in the North Sea?
Find out how fossils can unlock the secrets of ancient creatures with this informative 25 slide presentation. Full of high quality images and questions to get your pupils thinking about what fossils can and can’t tell us about the past.
Inheritance PowerPoint and monster activity
26 slide PowerPoint presentation ntroducing inheritance and inherited characteristics.
Printable monster activity. Pupils meet the 3-eyed monsters and draw what their offspring might look like, with a focus on inherited physical traits.
Please note, it is not possible to edit the text or images in these resources.
A fun, foldable activity for KS1 pupils, designed to get them thinking about smaller habitats (micro-habitats) and the animals that live there. An engaging alternative to a standard worksheet, this printable resource is particularly appropriate for year 2 science. It could be used to support a lesson on microhabitats, minibeasts, or habitats.
This resource is an 8-page PDF. It looks at 3 micro-habitat examples; a rock pool, under leaves, and a flower bed. There are 2 templates for each microhabitat so children can either colour the animals already included, or research and draw their own.
Once they have colored a template, they can cut it out and fold using the instructions provided. Some children may need assistance with this part and it’s a good idea to have a pre-made example.
Once folded, they can then ‘hide’ the animals away by closing the template, and then pull it gently apart to reveal what’s inside.
US and UK paper sizes included. Please not that this is not an editable resource.
Do your pupils need a visual reminder of the vocabulary for plant life cycles. This colourful life cycle of a bean plant word wall can be printed and displayed to help support them.
This resource contains the following:
Life cycle stages of a bean plant (3 to a page)
As above but with descriptions
Words for the parts of a plant (stem, leaves, roots, flower, stem).
UK and US paper sizes are included. Please note that this free resource is not editable.
Take a colourful journey through the life cycle of a butterfly with this 27-slide PowerPoint presentation. This engaging slide show covers the egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, and adult butterfly so that your students will have a full understanding of the life cycle.
What’s included in the presentation:
Real photos of different species of butterflies and their caterpillars
Editable text boxes to make adjustments for your students if needed (images and titles are not editable)
Fun animations - some pages have animated elements so make sure you’re using the ‘present’ screen.
2 spare slides to add your own information to if needed.
This slide show is suitable for KS2 or upper KS1. Check out the video to see a full preview.
National Curriculum link
Living Things and their habitats
Describe the differences in the life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird
Want a fun and engaging way to teach food chains at KS1? This sequencing science craft activity is hands-on alternative to a food chains worksheet. Children can construct a 4-stage food chains for 3 different habitats - a woodland, ocean/sea and a rainforest.
For each habitat, there are 4 options included:
Colour the pre-designed template, with animals and plants already included, cut out the template, and fold.
Colour the food chain, sequence the animals/plants to show who eats who, glue them onto the template, cut and fold.
Children draw their own food chain on a black and white template, cut and fold.
Pupils draw their own food chain on a pre-coloured template, cut and fold.
Once folded, pupils can hide their food chain by bringing the 2 halves of the template together, then gently pull apart to reveal the inside.
There is minimal prep required. Print the designs you plan to use on paper or card. Pupils need coloured pencils and scissors. One template in each habitat set requires glue.
Instructions for how to fold are included (you may wish to make an example beforehand for those who might find folding tricky).
This resource is 17 pages long and contains a version for both UK and US paper sizes.
These foldable crafts are ideal for science work books, and to support life cycle, growth, plants or seasonal changes units/lessons.
This resource contains PDF templates for 4 different plants - pumpkin, apple, bean plant and sunflower.
For each plant you’ll find at least 2 options (e.g. pupils colour, cut and fold the template, or sequence the life cycle stages before cutting and folding).
Please note, the templates are not editable. Instructions for students are provided including guidance for how to fold.
The activity
Review the layers of the soil beneath our feet with this differentiated foldable activity. This fun alternative to a worksheet allows pupils to order the layers in the soil profile with either descriptions or name labels. There’s also an option for pupils to write descriptions in the boxes.
The templates
There are 3 template options to choose from in this PDF:
Colour the layers of soil, cut out the names or descriptions of the layers, glue, cut, and fold.
Colour the layers of soil, cut out the pictures of the layers with their descriptions, arrange them on the template, glue, cut, and fold.
Colour the layers of soil, write descriptions for each layer, cut, and fold. No glue is required for this option.
Curriculum links
Lower KS2 Science (Year 3 Rocks and Soils)
‘Recognise that soils are made from rocks and organic matter’.
US and UK paper sizes are included. Please note that this is not an editable resource. Layers of the soil are not presented to scale.
Recap vocabulary associated with fossils with this printable word search activity. There are 12 fossil themed words hidden forwards, backwards, vertically and diagonally.
Ideal as a filler for early finishers or as a quick science activity. Answers included so you don’t have to search for them yourself! Extend the activity by asking children to explain how each word is related to the fossil theme.
The 12 words are:
Fossil
Jurassic
Ammonite
Extinct
Cast
Shell
Bone
Dinosaur
Trilobite
Sedimentary
Paleontology
Rock
A fun alternative to a standard worksheet to introduce or review the life cycle of a ladybird. Children will LOVE that they can open and close their finished ladybird life cycle foldout to reveal the stages inside.
This differentiated activity could be used to support a lesson on insects/bugs, symmetry, minibeasts, or life cycles.
This resource is a 10 page PDF with 4 similar template options for differentiation:
Colour the template, cut, and fold.
Colour the ladybird and the stages of its life cycle, cut out and match the life cycle descriptions to the pictures, glue, and fold.
Colour the ladybird and the stages of its life cycle, cut out and sequence the life cycle stages (2 options, one with the names of the stages, the other with descriptions), glue and fold.
As above but with a straight cutting edge around the ladybug.
The file is included with both US (ladybug) and UK spelling (ladybird). A picture guide showing where to fold is also provided.
Teach the stages of fossilisation in year 3/KS2 with this folding fossil craft. This fun alternative to a standard fossils worksheet allows children to sequence the stages of how an ammonite could have become a fossil.
Ammonites were pre-historic sea creatures with tentacles and a spiral shell. Their fossils can be found all over the world in many different types of sedimentary rock.
There are 4 similar PDF templates to choose from for this foldable activity:
Colour the images, cut out and fold
Colour the images, cut out the words and sequence them, glue the words in place, cut and fold.
Colour the images, cut out the words and pictures, sequence, glue, cut and fold.
Larger version of template 3 (over 2 pages).
When closed, you’ll just see the large fossil ammonite but when opened, the fossilisation process will be revealed!
Instructions for pupils are provided (including a picture showing how to fold) as well as some questions for a whole class discussion. Some suggested answers are provided for this.
US and UK versions are included. Please note this resource is not editable.
Help Dr Bones identify the body parts in his X-ray pictures. This Google Slides whole-class activity is a fun and interactive way to build on pupils’ knowledge of the human skeleton at lower KS2 (year 3 in particular).
Pupils see each picture, identify the body part/bones, and see if they were right on the next slide.
This presentation consists of 23 slides and includes real x-ray images of the skeletal system.
Check out the video preview to see the full resource.
Can this resource be edited?
This resource is partially editable. The images, title page and borders are fixed in place and not editable. The text CAN be amended should you need to make any adjustments for your students.
When you download you’ll receive a 1-page PDF with a link. When you click the link, you’ll be prompted to make a copy of the presentation for your own Google Drive
Mary Anning was one of the world’s greatest fossil hunters. Despite her humble background, she was a pioneer, although she didn’t receive the credit for her achievements that she deserved.
Introduce your class to this remarkable British palaeontologist with this 19-slide Google Slides presentation detailing her life with facts and images. It outlines her major discoveries including ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, winged reptiles, and fossil poop!
The presentation ends with some discussion questions.
This presentation would complement a rocks and fossils earth science unit, or support learning about women in science (e.g. for International Day of Women and Girls in Science). You could also use it for a history lesson, or biography project.
Is the presentation editable?
Yes, partially. All titles and images are secured and not editable, but you can amend the body of the text should you need to adapt anything for your pupils.
When you download this resource you’ll receive a one page PDF with a link. When you click the link, you’ll be prompted to make a copy of the presentation for your own Google Drive. You’ll then be able to share with pupils via Google Classroom.
Take a colourful journey through the life cycles of a dragonfly, butterfly, and ladybug with these engaging Google Slides presentations.
These slide-show lessons cover the different stages from egg to adult insect so that your students will have a full understanding of the 3 life cycles.
Each presentation is packed full of images and facts, as well as quiz questions. For example, did you know butterflies taste with their feet? Or that adult dragonflies have excellent eyesight?
These slide shows can be used to support learning about insects and their life cycles, allowing students to compare and contrast different bugs.
What’s included in the presentations:
Real photos of insects at different stages of their life cycles.
Editable text boxes to make adjustments for your students if needed (images and titles are not editable)
Fun animations - some pages have animated elements so make sure you’re using the ‘present’ screen.
Spare slides to add your own information to if needed.
The file is a one page PDF. Click on each link and you will be prompted to make a copy of the presentations for your own Google Drive. In total, there are 75 slides.
A bright and fun look at the life and work of naturalist Charles Darwin, this 20 slide presentation includes discussion points, colourful images and interesting facts. An ideal starting point for introducing natural selection to KS2 pupils or for Darwin Day in February.
When you download this resource, you’ll receive a 1 page PDF with the link to the presentation. When you click the link, you’ll be prompted to make a copy for you own Google Drive so that you can then share the resource with your students via Google Classroom. You just need a Gmail account.
If you’re studying animal life cycles in year 5 and are looking to introduce your pupils to some of the more weird and wonderful examples, this PowerPoint slide show is for you. It will expand their learning beyond the butterfly, frog, or chicken life cycles that they may have encountered before.
Explore the features of some of the more unusual life cycles in the animal world. From frogs whose tadpoles hatch in their stomachs, to fish that change sex and egg-laying mammals, this presentation lesson is full of interesting facts about lesser-known animal life cycles.
What’s included?
36 Colourful slides featuring real photos and realistic clip art
Editable slides (see below for details)
Information and facts about interesting animal life cycles including the echidna, axolotl, atlas moth, and the 17-year cicada.
Re-cap questions at the end to discuss or have pupils write up in their notebooks.
-2 spare slides to add your own information to if needed (not included in the overall page total).
Is the PowerPoint editable?
You can edit any body text on the slides. Titles and images are not able to be moved or edited.
Can I see a full preview?
Yes! The video preview shows the full slide show so you can check suitability for your learners.
Owls are amazing creatures! Help your class discover more about the fascinating birds with this 19-slide PowerPoint presentation.
In this resource you’ll find information about:
Owl adaptations
Owl pellets and how they are produced
An owl’s life cycle
Fun facts about owls
You can see a full video preview of the resource to determine if it’s suitable for your learners.
Is this an editable resource?
Yes, partially. Images and titles are fixed in place and not editable. Most of the body text can be edited should you need to make any adaptations for your pupils.
