1. Grow Sunflowers, Make Plant Pots

Tags: [ks1, ks2, scientific and technological understanding] This resource from the NNFCC explains how pupils can grow their own sunflowers and how plant oils can be made into plastic.   Farmers ...

2. Did You Know? Posters

Tags: [ks1, ks2, scientific and technological understanding, energy] These posters from the NNFCC help you find out more about non-food crops, their uses and benefits.   Making products out of ...

3. Quiz Time

Tags: [ks1, ks2, scientific and technological understanding] Non-Food Crops Quiz See how much you know about non-food crops in this quiz from the NNFCC. All the answers can be found on this website. ...

4. Groovy Green Adventures

Tags: [ks1, ks2, scientific and technological understanding, understanding english]   Do you want to know what everyday products can be made from plants? Below you can watch the 'Groovy Green ...

5. Climate Choices

Tags: [KS2, KS3, KS4, climate change, maths, scientific and technological understanding, science, geography] A website with a big collection of activities and resources on climate change.  They cover ...

6. Why Farming Matters: Primary

Tags: [KS2, crops, farming, historical geographical and social understanding, scientific and technological understanding] This teaching pack from Farming and Countryside Education (FACE) helps teachers ...

7. Be Nice to Nettles

Tags: [KS2, KS3, materials, textiles, science, design and technology, scientific and technological understanding] Find out the many different uses for nettles.  They're not just weeds - you can even ...

8. What Plants Need to Grow

Tags: [KS2, crops, mathematical understanding, scientific and technological understanding] This booklet from Science and Plants in Schools (SAPS) includes activities that children can do to find out ...

9. Grow Your Own Car

Tags: [KS2, KS3, materials, crops, engineering, scientific and technological understanding] A poster from the Home Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA) that shows how renewables can be used to construct cars ...

10. Energy Quest

Tags: [KS2, biofuel, energy, engineering, scientific and technological understanding] A very colourful website from the California Energy Commission with resources on biomass energy and biofuels. Go ...

11. Green Lipstick

Tags: [KS2, KS3, chemistry, materials, scientific and technological understanding, science] Explore the chemistry behind everyday products and their sustainability.  This website, developed by the Green ...

12. The Oilseed Rape Story

Tags: [KS2, KS3, crops, biofuel, materials, science, scientific and technological understanding] This poster from HGCA explains how we grow and process oilseed rape.  It then describes all the uses, ...

13. Plants for Products

Tags: [KS2, scientific and technological understanding, materials, engineering, crops, plastics] Plants for Products illustrates the ways that plants can be used to replace ingredients (raw materials) ...

14. Plants for Primary Pupils: Part of a Plant

Tags: [KS1, crops, scientific and technological understanding] This booklet from SAPS introduces pupils to the basic parts of a flowering plant - the root, stem, leaf and flower. It suggests a number ...