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Get Your Hands Dirty

Fully revised and updated 2017, 'Get Your Hands Dirty' is the key resource for teachers and governors considering using growing plants and caring for animals in your school to enhance learning opportunities and raise standards. Written by people with many years of experience, all of whom have started small and progressed to keeping large farm livestock as their knowledge, skills and available resources have increased. This resource is useful for all teachers, whether you are thinking of starting to grow plants or wanting to start more complex activities.

get_your_hands_dirty_2017.pdf

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Social Farms and Gardens

BBSRC Science on the Farm poster - BIODIVERSITY

A poster that showcases how science and technology benefits farming. One in a series of ten posters. This is the BIODIVERSITY poster.

Learning about farm animals

Lesson plan and worksheets about cows, sheep, pigs and hens to be used during or after a farm visit.

Remarkable Rivers

Did you know that there are over 6000 rivers in Britain? 30 of these are over 70 miles long – longer than most of our motorways. With so many rivers throughout the country, there are many opportunities for schools to engage with our remarkable river systems and use them as a key opportunity for learning.