Below are curriculum linked activity sheets which have exciting activity and lesson ideas for primary and secondary schools (KS1 to KS3) to use in the classroom and inspire your students to be a #ForceForNature.
World Book Day 2023
Help your students explore nature through reading!
This world book day, check out our reading recommendations to help you branch out with your reading and try some novels that whisk you away into an unbe-leaf-able world of trees and nature.
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Trees and Climate Change
Literacy and climate activity
Get pupils to experience, research and share their knowledge and opinions about the value of trees in helping to combat climate change.
My life support
Science & health activity
A series of simple outdoor science experiments and investigations to help pupils understand the vital role trees play in keeping us alive.
Poe-tree
Literacy activity
Get up close and personal with a tree and use this connection to inspire imaginative writing that is personal to you and your experience.
Craftivism
Art & climate activity
Craftivism is becoming very popular – it involves using the slow and mindful art of crafting to convey an important issue.
Taking it slowly
Art activity
Three art activities are designed to help them create something special, and in the process, slow down, be more mindful and take a proper look around them.
Nature up-close and personal
Art & nature activity
Art can be a fantastic way to get pupils to really study the details of nature – looking closely to help with identification or observing how plants and animals have adapted to their habitat.
Trees through the Seasons
Art and climate activity
Get your pupils to use their observation skills to notice and record through drawing, photography and craft the seasonal changes of trees.
Journey Stick
Literacy and Nature Activity
Connect with the natural world through observation and collection, leading to the creation of an item that provokes the memory of that place.
Create a Critter!
Science and Nature Activity
Gain an understanding of how different creatures are adapted to live in different habitats, specifically a woodland habitat.
Inspirational guides
An inspiration guide is an opportunity for teachers to take a deeper dive into activities that focus on our key tree themes of health, climate and nature.
Activity inspiration guide
How old are trees?
Trees can be a great resource for teaching maths. After all, collecting and using data is key to mathematical understanding and there is a lot of data you can collect from trees!
Activity inspiration guide
Pollinator Perfection
This guide shows you how you can make your school grounds more pollinator-friendly by looking at the example of Polli:Nation, a National Lottery Heritage Fund project run by Learning through Landscapes across more than 250 schools in the UK.
Activity inspiration guide
Let’s cool it
Many school grounds can get very hot in the summer months and this is only going to get worse as climate change progresses. This inspiration guide shows you how to assess the impact trees can have in your grounds.
Activity inspiration guide
Silence is golden
Too often children and young people don’t have time to be really quiet. This inspiration guide and activities will help them focus their thoughts and ideas, and really appreciate time to be silent.
