Primary School Activities

A range of resources, produced by Farming & Countryside Education (FACE), which link curriculum topics to farming and outdoor learning and give a context for investigations. All activities link directly to curriculum objectives and provide detailed teachers' notes and worksheets.

Cereal Killer contains a range of investigations, each starting with a scenario from the farming world which children then investigate in class. Investigations include: *best conditions for growing plants *how to stop pests eating plants as they grow *the effects on food chains and webs *how plants attract insects and comparing different soil types There are also activities to build a ladybird house, and measure wind speed. Also included is a list of useful websites to aid further learning. [

What made the ladybird bad tempered  is suitable from Foundation Stage to Key Stage Two. It contains: *a counting activity *a ladybird hunt *work on lifecycles and *information for further research

Grow your own tomatoes has worksheets and notes for investigations ranging across the primary stages for work on plant parts, life cycles, habitats and growing conditions.

Muddy Mystery is linked to work on rocks and soils. Children find out who has stolen the lunch by analysing different soil samples, there is a poster and results table to go with this resource. All resources can be used in class to support the learning of Life Processes and Living Things and Scientific Enquiry.