David Attenborough - Curiosity and our world

This is an easy primary school resource to pick up and run with for those teachers looking for a lesson to mark Sir David Attenborough’s big day.

This 45-minute lesson is designed to explore the strength of curiosity and environmental action, using Sir David Attenborough as an inspirational role model.

This lesson provides the ideal scaffolding to explore how our human strength of curiosity helps us take care of the environment. The lesson looks at the life of Sir David Attenborough and how curiosity helped him become a leading environmental advocate. The lesson also suggests other strengths that Sir David used, such as perseverance and teamwork. It explores how children can develop these and help look after our planet.