Living Levels Teachers' Resource:
Learn all about the Gwent Levels - whether you are a teacher or not, it gives you so much information about this amazing area of land in the South East corner of Wales.
The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris
Lost Words Teaching Tool Kit:
The students of University South Wales in Newport have put together this toolkit for teachers using the beautiful book by Jackie Morris to help them enhance their curriculum.
Kathy Barclay
Outdoor Learning Wales Resources:
This takes you to an amazing pack of FREE outdoor activities put together by teachers, Natural Resources Wales and Gwent Wildlife Trust and best of all we have listed how they are linked to the literacy and numeracy framework. Have fun downloading them all.
W.Watson
OPAL Surveys:
Citizen science surveys for individual or school/community group. Tree surveys to biodiversity, worm surveys, assessing the health of your pond and many more. All the resources can be downloaded FREE of charge and you can upload your data to be part of a nationwide survey.
CREST Award Scheme:
The CREST Awards scheme is the British Science Association’s flagship programme for young people. It is the only nationally recognised accreditation scheme for STEM project work (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects, providing science enrichment activities to inspire and engage 5-to-19-year olds. This resource can be used to gain a CREST Discovery level accredited Award. Find out more about how you could use your accredited activity/resource/project to gain a CREST Award here.
Bee hotel making
Activities for Children: The Wildlife Watch website has a variety of activities and spotter sheets to be used at school including - How to Make a Bug Hotel, How to Make a Pond, Be a Tree and Leaf Detective and Wildlife Identification Guides
Children from Rowley View Nursery School participating in the Moorcroft Environmental Centre Forest School, Moorcroft Wood, Moxley, Walsall, West Midlands, July 2011
For Educators: We've got resources for leaders, children, teachers and parents alike. Enhance your outdoor learning experience with a variety of lesson ideas based around maths, English and science. Give your students the tools to be Nature Climate Heroes. Everything you need from posters and wall charts to lesson plans and downloadable guides is here.