SNH Activities for your class - Primary

Explore the Shore

Scotland has some of the best beaches in the world so let's get out there and explore them!  This pack introduces teachers, group leaders and parents to some basic marine biology and provides step-by-step instructions for a range of fun beach based activities. Happy hunting!

• Introduction 
• Who's Hungry? 
• Treasure Hunt 
• Marram Madness 
• Creature Cards 
• ID at the Beach 
• Beachy Food Chains 

Riverbank Resource

The Riverbank Resource has been revamped in line with the Curriculum for Excellence with cross-curricular plans for Early, First and Second Levels covering:

• Biodiversity
• How people use rivers
• Natural river landscape and processes

Originally based around the river Spey, this new resource features links to film footage and real data that will really bring your classroom to life! 

All about ? factsheets and posters

These colour factsheets and posters help pupils learn about Scotland's wildlife, where they live, what they eat, what is special about them and how they fit in with the rest of Scotland's wildlife and countryside? Available in English and in Gaelic.

Find out, " All about" :

• Red squirrels & Bumblebees, - aimed at 5-7 year olds
• Great crested newt & Water vole - aimed at 7-10 year olds
• Freshwater pearl mussel & Fungi - aimed at 10-12 year olds

More posters, factsheets and other resources are available from our publications page

Scottish Outdoor Access Code 'Know the Code before you go! Activity Guide

The Code Activity Guide helps teachers and leaders support young people (aged 8 - 14) to explore and understand their rights and responsibilities in the outdoors and apply them to their daily lives. It provides fun and thought provoking activity ideas that add value to a number of curricular areas and cross curricular themes of the Curriculum for Excellence, including Learning Outdoors and Citizenship. (2007)

Wild, Wet & Wonderful

Wild Wet and Wonderful is full of factual information and activities to introduce students and teachers to the wonders of peat bogs and help them understand the importance of this little known habitat.

Schools Out - Fieldwork made easy: Peatlands

This Peatlands pack provides topic-based activity sheets for fieldwork. The pack also provides guidelines to assist teachers (or other leaders) in planning school excursions for fieldwork activities in the countryside.