Cross-curricular investigations to do in the school grounds.

Students investigate the interconnected relationships within a simplified food web. Students deduce the impact on the food web when components are changed.

In this lesson the pupils evaluate the school grounds project and draw up a plan for maintaining the developed area. The pupils should have completed the [Planning the project] lesson beforehand and had the opportunity to implement their plans. Activities, teachers' notes and worksheets included.

Guidance written by Felicity Robinson to help schools get maximum value from their school grounds/outdoor environments for their pupils’ peaceful learning and play.

In this lesson, pupils draw up plans to improve their school grounds and work out the costs to make these changes. Ideally, they will have completed the lesson [Animal-friendly school grounds] beforehand. This lesson is followed by [Planning the project]. Activities, teachers' notes and worksheets included.

This lesson encourages pupils to take a more active role in planning the school grounds project and getting other people involved. They need to have completed the lesson [Priorities for improvement] beforehand. At the end of this lesson, pupils should have the opportunity to implement their plans. The lesson [Maintenance and review] follows this one. Activities, teachers' notes and worksheets included.

Plastic field work (school grounds) is a Key Stage 3 (KS3) lesson. This lesson provides a framework for conducting plastics fieldwork in the school grounds. As per most fieldwork, it consists of three phases: preparation, conducting fieldwork, and then analysis and conclusions. Depending on your school timetable and ability of your class, you will need to set aside three to four hours to complete this fieldwork activity. Suggestions for challenge tasks are included for more able students, if you teach a mixed ability class. This is a single lesson from Ocean Plastic Geography. Ocean Plastics Geography is a Key Stage 3 (KS3) resource. The lessons address the issue of marine plastic pollution, the harm caused by plastics to the environment and communities, how we deal with all the waste, ending with a debate on approaches to reducing ocean plastic pollution. Fieldwork templates for investigating plastics in the local area are included as well as a wealth of case studies exploring both the human and physical elements of plastic pollution. Get the whole unit’s resources here:https://encounteredu.com/teachers/units/ocean-plastics If you liked this resource, please rate and review below. This will help to promote oceans education in schools worldwide.

Some ideas to teach perimeter using the school grounds in a purposeful way. EWAP - Everything with a purpose. (Please note, no worksheets are included with this free resource).

In this lesson students learn words for areas of the school (school grounds) and how to construct basic sentences with prepositions. Some prior knowledge of school subjects is needed for the do-now starter activity. You may wish to substitute some of the tasks with listening and reading exercises from a textbook, however there should be enough material to cover a full lesson without. Contents: Do-now activity: translation of school subjects Learning objectives Vocabulary introduction with pictures and words Beat the teacher with pictures: teacher calls out words, students only repeat if it matches the image Writing: students write down the vocabulary. print out the table to give to students or have them write it down in full. Grammar: Introduction of preposition vocabulary. Have students write this down. Translation: ideal for mini-whiteboards but can be done in exercise books Listening: Make up 5 sentences on the spot if you have time, or skip to the final game Treasure hunt: English into German and German into English sentences. Play as a whole class.

This is a maths trail that I devised for my pupils and involves them exploring the school grounds. It consists of two A4 pages of questions that can be really easily adjusted to suit your school grounds and the age/ability of your pupils. A great way for pupils to apply their mathematical skills and knowledge in context. The questions touch on many areas of maths including: percentages, measures (length), area, difference, calculation, time, shape, symmetry, reasoning and perimeter. I used this as a general baseline assessment at the start of the year and got lots of data to work with - not only from marking their work, but also from observing how confident they were with maths and listening to the things they were saying whilst going around the grounds. The resource is provided in WORD format as well as PDF so that you can adjust to suit your school grounds or the ability of your pupils if necessary. Ideas for use: Moving Up Day: get to know the personalities and mathematical abilities of your new class before September. End of year fun outdoor activity - no prep but can stretch out for a whole afternoon! Small guided group activity or assessment opportunity. Make it a team building exercise by using mixed ability groups and introducing a prize for the first team back with the answers! Baseline assessment at the start of a new school year. Activity to be left with a supply teacher or a group of pupils who are staying behind from a school trip/residential.

Small (mini) projects designed to be conducted around your school grounds. They require students to conduct data collection, presentation, methods, evaluate and create conclusions. The maps used will need changing for your school, but this is simply just a matter of copying it from Google maps. This will save you a lot of time and effort. I have included one PowerPoint to enable you to amend it as you see fit. My kids loved doing these and we schedule them in for the end of the year.

In this lesson the pupils evaluate the school grounds project and draw up a plan for maintaining the developed area. The pupils should have completed the Planning the project lesson beforehand and had the opportunity to implement their plans. COUNTRY: Wales KEY STAGE: 2 SUBJECT: PSE Included in this lesson plan: Starter activity Main activity Plenary activity Extension activities Curriculum objectives Animal welfare objectives Learning outcomes Vocabulary Useful websites Worksheets: Evaluation form, Animal Masks (badger, fox, frog, hedgehog, owl and squirrel)

This lesson encourages pupils to take a more active role in planning the school grounds project and getting other people involved. They need to have completed the lesson Priorities for improvement beforehand. At the end of this lesson, pupils should have the opportunity to implement their plans. The lesson Maintenance and review follows this one. COUNTRY: Wales KEY STAGE: 2 SUBJECT: PSE, English, ICT Included in this lesson plan: Starter activity Main activity Plenary activity Extension activities Curriculum objectives Animal welfare objectives Learning outcomes Vocabulary (Welsh) Useful websites Worksheets x 1

In this lesson, pupils draw up plans to improve their school grounds and work out the costs to make these changes. Ideally, they will have completed the lesson Animal-friendly school grounds beforehand. This lesson is followed by Planning the project. COUNTRY: Wales KEY STAGE: 2 SUBJECT: PSE, Design and technology, English, ICT, Science - Habitats and School grounds Included in this lesson plan: Starter activity Main activity Plenary activity Extension activities Curriculum objectives Animal welfare objectives Learning outcomes Vocabulary Useful websites Teachers' notes Activity sheets

This exercise helps pupils to think about what wildlife needs and how they can make their school grounds more wildlife-friendly. Follow this lesson with [Animal-friendly school grounds]. Activities, teachers' notes and worksheets included.

This exercise helps pupils to think about what wildlife needs and how they can make their school grounds more wildlife-friendly. Follow this lesson with [Priorities for improvement]. Activities, teachers' notes and worksheets included.

A presentation that has some interesting facts of the mini beasts of your school grounds. A worksheet is also included that students can use to jot down notes, go outside, find the critters and draw and annotate them. A chance to get students in the great outdoors.

This exercise helps pupils to think about what wildlife needs and how they can make their school grounds more wildlife-friendly. Follow this lesson with Priorities for improvement. COUNTRY: Wales KEY STAGE: 2 SUBJECT: PSE, Science – Habitats and School grounds, Geography Included in this lesson plan: Starter activity Main activity Plenary activity Extension activities Curriculum objectives Animal welfare objectives Learning outcomes Vocabulary (Welsh) Useful websites Teachers' notes: Friendly or unfriendly? Worksheets: Wildlife-friendly places?

In this lesson pupils look for evidence of animals in their school grounds and use this to identify different types of wildlife. Follow this lesson with Animal-friendly school grounds. COUNTRY: Wales KEY STAGE: 2 SUBJECT: PSE, Geography, Science Included in this lesson plan: Starter activity Main activity Plenary activity Extension activities Curriculum objectives Animal welfare objectives Learning outcomes Vocabulary (Welsh) Useful websites Teachers' notes x 3 Worksheets x 1 Factsheets x 3

A simple school grounds based project in a self-contained booklet. The project looks at the best location on the school grounds to build a picnic site. It involved data collection, presentation, analysis and evaluation. All crucial geographical skills. It outlines hypotheses and students complete a conclusion based on their findings. A great end of year activity when the weather improves a little. Takes about 5-6 lessons to complete.

A booklet that allows pupils to practice a wide and varied number of skills on school grounds. It supports pupils in the development of key skills needed for GCSE geographical success. e.g. grid references, mapping, location, data presentation, data evaluation, questionnaires, methods and explaining. Pupils use the booklet as a step by step guide to work through tasks, after collection of data on the school grounds. Simple hypotheses are included along with the opportunity for conclusions. It will require the changing of the Google earth image of the school, with your own. This takes roughly half a term for year 7.