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Teaching resources

Free curriculum and lesson plans from our Schools Team – nature-based learning for climate and sustainability for EYFS to KS4, linked to National Curriculum subjects.

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Wildflower Sowing and Growing Calendar

Use Eden's 'Wildflower Sowing and Growing Calendar' to guide you and your class through the process of growing wildflowers at your school. Whether you sow your seeds in the Autumn or in the Spring, this handy visual will provide you with the knowledge that you need to successfully create a wildflower area in your school.

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Story: The Littlest Bee

Disaster strikes when Collette’s whole hive suddenly comes down with a terrible flu. Without them to pollinate, how will the flowers seed or the trees bear fruit? Can our ‘littlest bee’ prove herself mighty and save the day?

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Lesson plan: Bloom or Doom - The Seedling Game

Designed for KS1 and 2, this is a fun and active way to reinforce students’ understanding of seeds and germination.

Growing Wildflowers - From Seed to Seeds. Photo by Jonathan Kemper on Unsplash

Lesson plan: Growing Wildflowers - From Seed to Seeds

This series of KS1 science lessons, focuses on the importance of wildflowers, sowing wildflower seeds and observing them grow.

Lesson plan: Brilliant Bees – The Pollination Story

A single science lesson, suitable for KS1 and 2, focusing on the role that pollinators play in the process of reproduction in plants. This lesson also explores the impacts (both positive and negative) of human actions on a specific environment.

Video: Explaining Sustainability

Learn what it means to be sustainable with our 5-minute video.

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Lesson plan: Our Sustainable School: An Introduction to Sustainability

A Geography/Citizenship focussed lesson, introducing pupils to the key components of sustainability.

Lesson plan: Sustainable Eden Sessions

A Citizenship focused lesson, building on pupils pre-existing understanding of the key components relating to sustainability, and applying them to an Eden Project context.

Lesson Plan: Wildflower Activity Cards

Spark a love of nature with this set of three wildflower-inspired EYFS activities, designed to introduce young learners to pollinators, plants, and how seeds grow.