Free, downloadable information and activities related to a wide variety of environmental subjects including the role of a salmon hatchery, looking after wildlife, animal classification and helping the environment.
The Drax TeachingZone has a variety of free downloadable worksheets and visit information related to its Skylark Nature Centre.
The Kielder TeachingZone contains information on the role of the Environment Agency’s Salmon Centre at Kielder reservoir. Downloadable factsheets related to the life of an Atlantic salmon and an on-line wildlife quiz are also available.
The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust TeachingZone has a variety of free downloadable lesson plans and pupil activities related to wildlife to be found in gardens and the countryside.
Different rubbish : Air
pollution survey : Litter
survey : Creating
a balance between us and nature : What
is today like : Importance
of trees crossword : School
grounds survey
Colouring poster 1 :Colouring
poster 2:Species
identification: Woodland and Countryside 1:Woodland
and Countryside 2:Ponds
and Streams : Common woodland
Bugs n Grubs:Minibeast
wordsearch :Bugs
n Grubs bookmarks 1:Bugs
n Grubs bookmarks 2:How
to make an insect home:Pond
testing
Flower parts and function:Measuring
the size of a tree:Measuring
the height of a tree:Plants : How
plants grow:Making
a Terrarium - a mini environment