Put on some high vis jackets and investigate the traffic in your local area with this data handling activity where your students will count and record the amount and types of traffic passing a chosen area. They will record their results in a visual tally chart. This is a great investigation to aid discussion on global warming and local issues. For the older children you can go onto looking at ratio based on the results collected. Check out our other data handling resources: Bugs Hotel Research Leaf Sorting Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Observing weather changes over time is simple but fascinating and a great learning experience for students where they will look at measuring and reading scales before presenting their results in a line graph (for the older children). For this activity they will record the temperature everyday for a week. There is two activity sheets. One where they record the temperature once a day, the other where they will record the temperature twice a day. You may also be interested in our Walking To School Scavenger Hunt. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Measurement is a great topic to be taught outdoors! This activity will teach your little ones to measure objects accurately using a variety of units (leaves, feet, and cm) before putting them in order of size. Older students can begin to use decimals when measuring the items as an added challenge. You may like our dinosaur footprint activity for another fun outdoor measuring lesson. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Engage your students in a captivating investigation as they explore the profound effects of acid rain on our environment. This outdoor science investigation is an ideal addition to your sustainability or pollution curriculum, providing students with valuable insights into a real-world issue. This immersive project spans a couple of weeks and is designed to enhance both investigative and observational skills. Students will embark on an enlightening journey where they are entrusted with the care of three plants. Their mission: to investigate the repercussions of different strength acidic solutions on plant health. Each plant will be nurtured with a distinct acidic solution, varying in strength. Over the course of several days or weeks, students will meticulously document their findings through drawings and measurements. At the culmination of the investigation, they will analyze and compare the impact of these acidic solutions on the overall well-being of the plants. This hands-on exploration promises to not only deepen your students’ understanding of acid rain but also cultivate their scientific inquiry and analytical abilities. Get ready for a transformative learning experience that connects classroom concepts to the real world. You may also love our Humans and The Environment: Pollution - HUGE BUNDLE Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

These fraction cards will give your students loads of practice at ordering fractions in a fun and practical way. This pack contains three sets of cards. Diff. 1: All of the denominators are the same. Diff. 2: The denominators are different. Diff. 3: The denominators are different and more complicated. These cards can be used as a whole class or in small groups. There are lots of different variations for this activity; we have listed a few that we like to do below. Go outside and give each child a fraction card. Ask them to get into order smallest to biggest as quickly as possible. To make it more challenging, see if they can do it without talking. Scavenger Hunt: Hide the cards around your outdoor space and get them to find the cards and order them as quickly as possible. Small groups. Give a set of cards to small groups and get them to hang them on a washing line from smallest to biggest. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Take the confusion out of algebra wit this fun outdoor activity where the students will simplify and solve differentiated algebraic problems. They will be given a task card containing an equation which will consist of sticks, leaves and numbers. They must first simplify the equation by creating it on the playground using stick, leaves and chalk before writing a possible solution to the algebraic equation underneath. It’s a great lesson to introduce students to solving equations and representing numbers through letters / objects. This pack contains 24 differentiated task cards (1 - 10 are simple equations and 11 - 20 are more complex). Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Sticks are a great resource when looking at shape, angles, and lines. These task cards / slides get your students building shapes using sticks based on a set of criteria (for example it must contain 2 right angles). Using the task cards: Place the cards in your outdoor space for your students to find. They will then build the shape using sticks and either take a picture of it or draw their shape. Slides: Students can take an I-pad outside and create the shapes using sticks, take a photo of their shapes, and upload it onto the correct slide. Topics covered: - Right, acute, and obtuse angles, - Parallel lines, - Perpendicular lines Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Algebra can be great fun outdoors! This activity will introduce simplifying algebraic equations to your children while exploring sticks and leaves found in your outdoor space. They will be given a differentiated task card containing a formula which they must build before simplifying. The ‘x’ represents sticks and ‘y’ represents leaves. If the formula reads x + y + x they must order stick, stick, leaf and then write ‘2x + y’ underneath. This pack contains 22 card with 8 challenge cards. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Ratios are everywhere and a great opportunity to take your math lesson outside! For this fun outdoor ratio lesson your students will collect some leaves, write some ratio sentences based on their characteristics and then convert the ratios to fractions. It’s a great way to recap ratio to students and give them lots of practice at spotting different ratios as well as converting the ratios to their equivalent fractions. This resource contains two levels of differentiation. Diff 1: They must write the ratio and convert it to the fractions. Diff 2: They must write the ratio and convert it to the fractions, before simplifying the fraction. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Dinosaurs and math. What’s not to love! For this activity your students will walk like dinosaurs as they draw different species footprints onto card using their scaling and measuring skills before cutting the footprints out, strapping it to their own feet, and walk like the dinosaurs. This outdoor math activity is great if you’re looking at measuring, scaling up, and ratio. Teaching structure: Explain that they will be investigation the size of dinosaurs feet. Go through the Google Slides to help to introduce the activity. Assign each student (or pair) a foot to go off and draw to scale either on card or on the playground using chalk (if you choose chalk on the playground you obviously can’t strap it to their feet!). Give the students time to look at each others dinosaur feet and compare them. This activity has two levels of differentiation. Diff. 1: Students simply read the measurements and draw the foot. Diff. 2: Students must first work out the true size by using the scale. There is an extension sheet where they will figure out the body and leg length based on the size of footprint. Enjoy outdoor learning? Check out our outdoor home learning pack! Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

These fraction task cards will give your students loads of practice at recognizing and simplifying fractions when given a group of objects as they hunt for the task cards in your outdoor space. This resource contains 14 task cards and differentiated answer sheets. Diff. 1 - They musts simply work out the fraction. Diff. 2 - They must work out the fraction as well as simplifying it if possible. Some of the task cards requires resources to be left next to them in order for the students to complete the card. As you hide the fraction task cards around your outdoor space be sure to check what resources are needed next to each card. Equipment needed: Fraction Cards Answer Sheets String Stones Sticks Scales Tape Measure Bucket of water Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

These conversion pair cards will get your students converting between different units of measure. They can be used in loads of different ways including as an outdoor scavenger hunt. They are sure to give your students tons of practice converting units of measure in a fun and engaging way. Conversions included: Millimeter, centimeter, & meters Milliliter & liter Grams & kilograms Ideas for use: **Game 1: **Hide the cards around your outdoor area and get the students to go on a scavenger hunt to find the matching pairs. **Game 2: **Give each of the children 1 card, get them to walk around and find the other person with the matching card. How quickly can they do it? **Game 3: **In pairs, put all of the cards face down on the table. Take it in turns turning over two cards to try and find a matching pair. The person with the most pairs at the end is the winner Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

The students have been trapped in a magic classroom by a mischievous wizard who has hidden the key to unlock the door in a series of algebraic equations. They must work together to solve the equations and find the key before time runs out! This escape room is a great end to your algebra topic or perfect start to see what they already know! This resource has 8 clue cards each with an algebra equation they must solve. This resource comes with two sets of 8 clue cards. The green ones are slightly easier and the blue ones are a little trickier. Contents: Teacher Guide 2 Sets of 8 Clue Cards (green = easier & blue = more complex) Answer Sheet Congratulation Card Check out our Algebra Task Cards Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Ratios are everywhere and a great opportunity to take that math lesson outside! For this fun outdoor ratio lesson your students will collect some leaves before thinking about their features and writing some ratio sentences about each of the features. It’s a great way to introduce simple ratio to students and give them lots of practice at spotting different ratios. This resource contains two differentiated activity sheets. Diff 1: They find some leaves and complete the ratio sentence. Diff. 2: They find some leaves, write the ratio sentence and if possible, simplify the ratio. Check out our scaling up shapes outdoor activity task cards. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Why scale up shapes on paper when you can do it on the playground! These task cards will get your students scaling up shapes and drawing them on the playground using chalk. These task cards will give your students lots of practise at ratio & proportion and measuring. This resource contains 16 task cards which get more difficult throughout. They contain both regular and irregular shapes. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This is a great outdoor activity to get students practicing column subtraction both with and without decimals as well as practicing their measurement skills. They will measure two or three items that they find outside before subtracting the lengths using column subtraction to find the difference between the items. This resource has three levels of challenge: Measure to the nearest whole number Measure to the nearest mm (tenth) Measure three items to the nearest mm For this activity provide each child with a tape measure or ruler and our activity sheet. You could also use different measuring equipment to provide a further challenge. Check out our column addition outdoor activity! Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

These outdoor division task cards are a great way to give your class lots of practice at division using their chosen method. Each card contains a division problem that they will need to solve in your outdoor space. In order to solve these problems, measure the given length stated on the task card using an appropriate method (string, ruler, etc.) and then divide the length by the length of the specified object (leaf, stick, or stone). For example, if the length of the playground was 25 meters and the length of a stick was 50cm, the division would be 25,000 / 50. This resource can be differentiated by getting the students to use the method of division best suited to their ability. We find this activity is best done in pairs so that they can scaffold each others learning. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Shape builder is a great activity for shape recognition as well as looking at the properties of shapes. The students will head outside and create the shapes on the card using sticks before completing the shape ID card with its properties. This resource contains differentiated shape ID cards. Diff. 1 – Students are required to fill out the number of edges and corners. Diff. 2 – Students are required to fill out the number of edges, right angles and parallel lines. Diff. 3 - Students are required to fill out the number of edges, right angles, parallel lines, and lines of symmetry. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Become a police officer for a day while students use their measuring, division, and number skills to work out how fast cars are going in a chosen area using formulas and conversions. For this activity your class will measure out a stretch of road before timing cars and using formulas to figure out the speed that the car is moving. They will collect a set of results in a table before creating a bar graph to clearly represent their data. After the investigation they will be given some evaluation questions to answer about what they’ve found out. This is a fantastic real-world math investigation for those aspiring police officers! Check out our Outdoor Science Bundle Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This is a great outdoor activity to get students practicing column addition both with and without decimals as well as practicing their measurement skills. They will measure two items that they find outside before adding the lengths together using column addition in the space provided on the activity sheets. This resource has three levels of challenge. Measure to the nearest whole number Measure to the nearest mm (tenth) Measure three items to the nearest mm. For this activity provide each child with a tape measure or ruler and our activity sheet. You could also use different equipment to provide a further challenge. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!