Resources

Whether you’re looking for outdoor lesson ideas for school, play ideas to do at home, or guidance on making outdoor learning and play part of every day, you’ll find it here!

If you have of your own resources you would like to share with the Outdoor Classroom Day community, please share post them on social media using #OutdoorClassroomDay.

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Scale dinosaurs

Turn your playground into Jurassic Park with scale models of dinosaurs and their footprints. This activity combines…

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Natural equations

This is essentially an introduction to the concept of algebra, representing the numbers in equations with natural…

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Solar kettle

Encourage your pupils to investigate how they can use solar energy to heat water. A great lesson…

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How fast is that car?

Challenge your pupils to measure local traffic speed. Understanding how to measure distance and time, and learning…

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Seed bombs

Get your hands mucky in creating these seed packed earth and clay bombs ready for launch wherever…

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Active maths games

This active maths outdoors lesson idea is designed to engage and energise your children through a maths…

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