Local environment: Plants and animals

The curriculum encourages children to use the local environment to explore plants and animals in their habitat. This suite of lesson plans and accompanying PowerPoint presentation covers the identification of commonly-found wild plants & animals from the United Kingdom.  Full of key facts and identification activities, this is suitable for KS1 or KS2, and covers: 

  • What a habitat is
  • Wild & garden plants
  • Deciduous & evergreen trees
  • Fish, amphibians & reptiles
  • Birds & mammals
  • Minibeasts
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