Natural World Archives - Teachers' Corner

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3rd to 4th Class

Great ideas to explore learning in the outdoors

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April 20, 2024
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4 min

The new curriculum promises to provide time for more playful and holistic approaches to learning. The outdoor environment, whether just around the school grounds, or further afield, can provide a fantastic resource to explore this opportunity.

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The Arts Education

Creative Autumn ideas for older students

Posted byby Guest Teacher Author
September 29, 2023
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1 min

Autumn can be an inspiration for creativity. Change, renewal, cascades of colour. Here are some ways you might harness the season.

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3rd to 4th Class

Ideas for an Autumn Trail

Posted byby Guest Teacher Author
September 29, 2023
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3 min

Teacher author, Roisín, has shared some seasonal outdoor learning activity ideas that you could incorporate into an Autumn Trail around the school grounds.

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Science

Autumn Art ideas: Leaf Critters!

Posted byby Guest Teacher Author
September 29, 2023
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2 min

Teacher author, Roisín, has shared some ways to make the most out of this time of the year and get your class thinking of the colours of the season with some simple Autumn Art ideas for younger students.

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Classroom Ideas

Making a Butterfly Feeder: Four design ideas

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April 26, 2023
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2 min

Butterfly feeders are a fun way to introduce young learners to the importance of flowers and insects in Earth’s ecosystem. This video features four different, but simple, designs to suit different ages and abilities.

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3rd to 4th Class

Explore the microscopic world using just a drop of water!

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January 25, 2023
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1 min

Check this idea out! The very earliest microscopes used a small glass bead modelled after a...