Plants and Animals in their Environment

Lesson Materials

Food chains Interactive resource exploring the feeding relationships between living things from a variety of ecosystems

Interactive Encyclopaedia Encyclopaedia and Interactive Key including plants and animals (The National Eisteddfod of Wales and CYNNAL – Gwynedd and Anglesey)

Far Away Fruit Salad An interactive resource that promotes healthy eating whilst encouraging pupils to consider where the food comes from and its effect on communities and the planet Earth (NGfL Cymru)

The Red Squirrel Interactive activities that complement the Anglesey Red Squirrel Education Pack.(Friends of the Anglesey Red Squirrels)

Food webs Interactive resource extending pupils knowledge of food chains into more complex feeding relationships. Pupils explore these relationships as food webs.

Interdependence This interactive resource explores the relationships between living things in an ecosystem and how they are affected when one or more element is changed.

Keys and Branching Databases Six flipchart lessons covering online keys/databases and making a key in PowerPoint (June Williams – Gellifaelog School - Merthyr Tydfil).

Life cycles Stages of growth in the life cycle of both plants and animals (including humans).

Plant reproduction Learn about the parts of a flower understanding of the plant life cycle.

The Seasons Changes in nature during the four seasons in Wales (Alun Williams - Ysgol Bro Gwydir - Llanrwst, Conwy)

Flat Holm Island Cross Curricular PowerPoint presentation on Sustainable Development, based on an island off South Wales. (E. Payne & L. Murphy - Rogerstone Primary School)

Plant life cycles To develop understanding of the lifecycle of a plant.

Life cycles A series of PowerPoint files that cover plant and animal life cycles and food chains. (A. Davis - Ysgol Stryd y Rhos - Denbighshire).

Food quizzes Test your knowledge about food safety. (B. Tidcombe, RCT)

Lichens Introducing identification keys, contains complete lesson plans and worksheets.(P. Edwards - Cwmaber)

Parts of a plant To develop thinking skills, related to parts of a plant.

Factors affecting plant growth This resource pack enables teachers to highlight and explain the main reasons why plants grow.

Freddy’s Maize Maze Use Freddy’s Maize Maze to learn and test what you know about the maize lifecycle whilst helping Freddy through the maze. (Tim Reed - Orielton CP School - Pembrokeshire).