This lesson looks at the life cycle of the common frog. Activities, teachers' notes and work sheets included. Pupils should learn: what a life cycle is, to appreciate that a successful life cycle is dependent upon certain factors including food and the correct environment and why caring for the environment is important.

Habitats are places where animals and plants live. The plants and animals - including humans - in a habitat need each other to survive. Activities included.

This activity introduces pupils to the concept of grouping/classification and making keys. It encourages pupils to make observations about a variety of organisms.

These lessons look at the ways in which animals are connected to the life cycles of plants, focusing on pollination and dispersal. There are two optional sets of lesson ideas. Set 1 is designed to be carried out during the spring/summer in a setting where there is access to flower beds. Set 2 can be carried out in the classroom at any time of year. Teachers' notes and activity sheets included.

This scientific investigation of animals in their habitats can be carried out over several lessons. It is important to consider the needs of animals and avoid moving them into the classroom. Activities included.

This lesson explores the intricate balance of factors needed to ensure the continuation of a butterfly's life cycle. Pupils will begin to look at ways that human activity can make a difference to the survival of a species and be encouraged to create their own action plan. Teachers&' notes and activity sheets included.

This lesson looks at simple food chains and encourages pupils to recognise the importance of each animal within the chain. COUNTRY: Wales KEY STAGE: 2 SUBJECT: Science, Personal * social education, Minibeasts Included in this lesson plan: Starter activity Main activity Plenary activity Curriculum objectives Learning outcomes Vocabulary (Welsh) Factsheet

These activities introduce pupils to the effect that human actions can have on both animals and their environments. COUNTRY: Wales KEY STAGE: 2 SUBJECT: Science, Personal and social education, Habitats. Included in this lesson plan: Starter activity Main activity Plenary activity Curriculum objectives Learning outcomes Vocabulary (Welsh) Story

Work with your class to develop a code of conduct before you study wild animals in their natural habitat. Think about the animals and their well-being, as well as the pupils and their safety. COUNTRY: Wales KEY STAGE: 2 SUBJECT: Science, Personal and social education, Habitats Included in this lesson plan: Starter activity Main activity Plenary activity Curriculum objectives Learning outcomes Vocabulary Worksheet

In this lesson, pupils consider how they can help consumers make informed choices about farm animal products. They look at examples of adverts, labelling and packaging for information as to how the animal has been kept. Posters are produced to highlight the conditions in which the farm animals could have been kept and how consumers can make ethical choices. COUNTRY: Wales KEY STAGE: 2 SUBJECT: Science, Personal and social education, Farm animals Included in this lesson plan: Starter activies Main activities Plenary activities Extension activities Curriculum objectives Learning outcomes Vocabulary Factsheet x4 Worksheets x3 Images

In this lesson, pupils draw up plans to improve their school grounds and work out the costs to make these changes. Ideally, they will have completed the lesson Animal-friendly school grounds beforehand. This lesson is followed by Planning the project. COUNTRY: Wales KEY STAGE: 2 SUBJECT: PSE, Design and technology, English, ICT, Science - Habitats and School grounds Included in this lesson plan: Starter activity Main activity Plenary activity Extension activities Curriculum objectives Animal welfare objectives Learning outcomes Vocabulary Useful websites Teachers' notes Activity sheets

This exercise helps pupils to think about what wildlife needs and how they can make their school grounds more wildlife-friendly. Follow this lesson with Priorities for improvement. COUNTRY: Wales KEY STAGE: 2 SUBJECT: PSE, Science – Habitats and School grounds, Geography Included in this lesson plan: Starter activity Main activity Plenary activity Extension activities Curriculum objectives Animal welfare objectives Learning outcomes Vocabulary (Welsh) Useful websites Teachers' notes: Friendly or unfriendly? Worksheets: Wildlife-friendly places?

In this lesson pupils look for evidence of animals in their school grounds and use this to identify different types of wildlife. Follow this lesson with Animal-friendly school grounds. COUNTRY: Wales KEY STAGE: 2 SUBJECT: PSE, Geography, Science Included in this lesson plan: Starter activity Main activity Plenary activity Extension activities Curriculum objectives Animal welfare objectives Learning outcomes Vocabulary (Welsh) Useful websites Teachers' notes x 3 Worksheets x 1 Factsheets x 3

This lesson looks at simple food chains and encourages pupils to recognise the importance of each animal within the chain. Activities included.

This competition is designed to deliver a fun way of learning about all aspects of the RSPCA and applying that learning to design using art techniques while offering an opportunity for children to explain their design in an accompanying letter to be sent along with their entry. The competition closes in September so this could be a lesson plan for the end of the 2013/14 term or the beginning of the 2014/15 term

This lesson aims to explore pupils' attitudes about minibeasts and allows them to develop a minibeasts code. Activities and worksheets included. Pupils should learn: 1. that animals should be treated with care and sensitivity. 2. to appreciate that humans have a responsibility to ensure the well-being of all animals, including minibeasts.

These activities introduce pupils to the concept of gathering evidence on different animals' and plants&' habitats through investigation. Then encourages pupils to think about how animals are suited to a particular environment.

Work with your class to develop a code of conduct before you study wild animals in their natural habitat. Activities included.

These activities, both role play and script writing, look at how human activity in the environment can pose dangers to living things.

This lesson explores the fears that some individuals have of spiders by looking at the useful functions that British spiders perform. Activities included. Pupils should learn that there are different kinds of plants and animals in the immediate environment