- Watching Snails! - Some tips and ideas for using and observing snails in the classroom.
- Dino Planner
- A set of plans which can be used to support lessons about dinosaurs. Contributed by Amy Watt. - Animal Grouping
- Sort and group animals using the slides on this Notebook file. Contributed by Tom Priestley. - Create Your Own Animal - Assess children's understanding of your work on habitats with this open-ended activity.
- Ladybirds
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A complete set of teaching ideas and resources about ladybirds. Contributed
by Science Matters. - Life
Cycle of a Butterfly Book
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A printable booklet, containing the front, middle and back pages
for a class book about the life cycle of a butterfly. Contributed
by Lynn Medland. - How
Bees make Honey
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A useful set of diagrams showing how bees make honey. Contributed
by Iman Bendjedidi. - Habitats
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A set of plans (in PDF), contributed by Carl Wood, related
to QCA Unit 4B. - Investigating
Habitats
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Use this worksheet (PDF) when children are investigating
habitats. Contributed by Julie Hopkins. - Virtual Pond
Dip
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A fabulous booklet which is based on the Pond
Explorer website. A great way of investigating habitats and food
chains, for introducing keys. - Virtual
Pond Dip Teacher's notes
are
also available, all of which were contributed by Sue Martin. - Animal
Adaptations
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A worksheet (PDF) which encourages children to think about
how animals might be adapted to suit their surroundings. - Animal Adaptations - Use these wonderful ideas to help children to think about how animals are adapted to their habitats.
- Adapting
to our Habitat
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A PDF worksheet, asking children to think about where
particular animals live, and how they are adapted to their environment. - Food Chains
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- Food Chains
2
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Two PDF worksheets, which children can use when learning
about food chains. Contributed by Julie Hopkins. - Food
Chains Senteo Quiz
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Interactive 'Food Chains' quiz, requiring Smart Notebook
and Senteo software. Contributed by Steve Kirkpatrick
and based upon BBC
Bitesize. - Plants
and Animals Senteo Quiz
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Interactive 'Plants and Animals' quiz, requiring Smart Notebook
and Senteo software. Contributed by Steve Kirkpatrick and based
upon BBC
Bitesize. - Variation
Senteo Quiz
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Interactive 'Variation' quiz, requiring Smart Notebook and Senteo
software. Contributed by Steve Kirkpatrick and based upon BBC
Bitesize.
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![]() Pets Resources Free 'Pets' photo resources and related teaching ideas. |
![]() Woodland Animals Resources Download these photos resources and find related teaching ideas. |
![]() Minibeasts Resources Lots of minibeasts photos and printable resources. |
![]() Arctic and Antarctic Animals Resources Use these photo resources when children are learning about arctic and antarctic animals. |
![]() Garden Birds Resources Photos, collages and an observation sheet showing different types of garden birds. |
![]() Zoo Animals Resources Free 'Zoo Animals' photo resources and related teaching ideas. |
![]() 'Life Cycle of a Frog' Resources Lots of downloadable resources and free teaching ideas linked to this. |
Micro-organisms:
- Micro-organisms
Senteo Quiz
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Interactive 'Micro-organisms' quiz, requiring Smart Notebook
and Senteo software. Contributed by Steve Kirkpatrick
and based upon BBC
Bitesize. - Science Comics - Prokaryotes
- Use this comic to share ideas about the growth of bacteria. Contributed by Michael Cantrell.




















