International day of forests - primary resources
The United Nations General Assembly announced that 21st March would be the International Day of Forests in 2012 to celebrate and raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests. Countries are encouraged to undertake local, national and international efforts to organise activities involving forests and trees, such as tree planting campaigns.
The theme for 2023 is "Forests and health” focusing attention on all the ways in which healthy forests will bring about healthy people. Forests purify the water, clean the air, capture carbon to fight climate change, provide food and life-saving medicines, and improve our well-being.
These resources, aimed at primary-aged pupils, explore:-
- woodland habitats
- similarities and differences between common trees and plants
- investigating and recording changes in trees across the seasons
- how plants have been used in the past to help with various ailments and how this is reflected in their names.
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Education Pack: Woodland Tales
These materials, aimed at primary learners, use stories and narrative to explore and understand the environment around us. Designed for use outside the classroom when visiting a wildlife area, they link to the topic areas of plants and animals in the local environment...
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Education Pack: Trees - Vital Statistics, Describing and Measuring Trees
Aimed at primary level, this resource aims to help children recognise the differences between plants. Linked to the topics of plants and all living things and their habitats, it is designed for use when visiting a wildlife area. Activities also help to develop measuring and data handling skills. Teacher guidance on...
Education Pack: Useful Plants - What Do Plants Do For You?
This resource, produced by OPAL (Open Air Laboratories), helps children to recognise and name a variety of common plants and develop an understanding that plants have many uses. It is designed for use outside the classroom when visiting a wildlife area. Children are taken on a plant walk where they find pre-...
Dryads diary
This STEM activity supports pupils to be able to describe how a deciduous tree changes with the season. This activity, which needs to be carried out over a school year, gives pupils the opportunity to record the changes in a deciduous tree within the school groups. Pupils could draw pictures, use photographs or...
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| Subject(s) | Science, Biology, Practical work, Outside the classroom |
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| Age | 5-7, 7-11 |
| Published | 2020 to date |
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| Direct URL | https://www.stem.org.uk/cxhxmc |
