Natural England - Nature For Schools

Introduction
Primary resources
Secondary resources
ELS teacher resource materials
Education packs
Website links

Introduction

Welcome to Nature for Schools. Here you’ll find:

	More than 100 lesson plans meeting the requirements of the National Curriculum.

	Activities and information to help pupils understand nature and our impact on the natural environment.

	Over 500 links to other websites providing educational resources.

Teachers

Use your skills and our Primary and Secondary resources to excite pupils’ discovery of the natural world and how we interact with it.

	What materials do we provide? Most of the lesson plans are based around activities, with supplementary information for teachers and some detailed case studies. There are suggestions for outdoor activities appropriate for almost all schools to use in their own locality.

	What is the target age group? The resource pages support the national curriculum up to 14+, especially at Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 2 with some material for Key Stage 1. Some of the KS3 resources could be appropriate for use at GCSE level or above.

	Which subjects are covered? The main subjects are Geography, Science and Citizenship, although units in Design & Technology, Art & Design and Religious Education are also covered and some of the lesson plans specifically develop Literacy or Mathematics. All of the resource pages can be used to support Education for Sustainable Development. They include issues that directly or indirectly affect nature conservation as well as some teaching aids for ecology and geology.

Learners

The Nature for Schools website link pages connect to a wide range of web resources for children and adult learners, teachers and students. These are arranged under sustainable development by sector (agriculture, tourism, water, coast, etc), biodiversity by habitat and species group, geology and English regions (local resources).

Please let us know if you have found these pages useful or have any suggestions for their improvement. Contact enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk

About Natural England

Natural England works for people, places and nature to conserve and enhance biodiversity, landscapes and wildlife in rural, urban, coastal and marine areas.

Natural England is working towards the delivery of four strategic outcomes, which together deliver on our purpose to conserve, enhance and manage the natural environment for the benefit of current and future generations.

		A healthy natural environment: England's natural environment will be conserved and enhanced.
		Enjoyment of the natural environment: more people enjoying, understanding and acting to improve, the natural environment, more often.
		Sustainable use of the natural environment: the use and management of the natural environment is more sustainable.
		A secure environmental future: decisions which collectively secure the future of the natural environment.

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