Life Based Learning ™
Delivering subject content through nine life themes
Plant Life: Links
This page provides links to an eclectic mix of thought-provoking and information-rich websites relevant to life-based learning.
Many of them are websites with teaching resources for immediate use. Others were particularly helpful when putting together this website.
All of them demonstrate an interest in children being involved in life-based learning.
Please note that a link here is not an endorsement of the concept of LBL.
Practical material
Teaching resources on the SAPS website
A comprehensive set of resources on the Science and Plants for Schools site
SAPS resources on the STEM website
Primary science investigations with plants
Classroom-friendly information about plants and life on Earth
Easy-to-understand information with links to other pages on ‘the biology of plants’
Setting up a school garden
Useful information and links to resources and ideas for activities
Natural resources of the Earth
Practical child-friendly ideas for living more sustainably from EcoFriendlyKids
Environmental issues vocabulary
Learning through landscapes
A website dedicated to outdoor learning, with teaching ideas and downloadable resources
Young People’s Trust for the Environment (YPTE)
Guidance, support or background information
Science and Plants for Schools (SAPS)
Forestry England
Woodland Trust Report, 2021
Excellent, easy-to-read report on the state of the UK’s woods and trees
Woodland Trust
1 million species at risk of extinction
Newspaper article on UN ‘planetary health check’ report from 2019
Forestry Commission
10 environmental benefits of planting a tree
The benefits of plants
An article from a commercial company about the benefits of indoor plants