Health and Wellbeing
Read about Real-Life Science | Does the type of home affect piglet play or fighting?
Through this short critical reading text designed for upper primary, pupils see how Jessica and Emma have used the scientific method to answer the...
Read about Real-Life Science | Do Rats Like Being Tickled?
Through this short critical reading text designed for upper primary, pupils see how Tayla has used the scientific method to answer the question: "Do...
Read about Real-Life Science | Hunting for Bacteria in Sheep Lungs
Through this short critical reading text designed for upper primary, pupils see how Laura, a microbiologist, has used the scientific method to look...
Animal Behaviour Toolkit – Opening a Can of Worms
In this teacher toolkit, we will provide some examples of investigation topics, give you some tips on how to support your learners and give you the...
Stacking rings – Mental health risk and resilience
A stacking rings activity to stimulate conversation around risk & resilience.
Our stacking rings activity was inspired by Dr Jehannine Austin’s jar analogy.
We are born with a certain amount of genetic vulnerability (yellow balls), but over time, we also accumulate stressful experiences (orange triangles), which can tip us over into an active episode of mental ill-health (full jar).
Protective factors such as exercise and good sleep add ‘rings’ to the top of our mental health jar, and expand its capacity.
Paper Chain People
A ‘paper chain people’ activity to stimulate conversation around stratified medicine
This activity was designed for a family science festival audience.
Project Soothe
The resource provides a collection of wellbeing tools designed by young Citizen Scientists aged 10-21 years old. Children and young people are invited to test these wellbeing tools as young Citizen Scientists and to use them as self-help tools at their leisure. Children and young people are also invited to submit their own soothing images to the Project Soothe’s database which will be displayed in a gallery on the website.
South West Grid for Learning Checklists
Visit the South West Grid for Learning and you will find a huge range of support materials on making the internet a safer place to be. Check out these checklists…
Mental Health and Wellbeing Guidance Booklet
This resource is a booklet with a collection of strategies for improving mental health and wellbeing, a list of youth support agencies and a section with templates to aid the completion of some strategies. The target audience for this resource is anyone aged 12+ This resource is for teachers, parents, carers, learners to use in Mental Health, PSE for Learners of Level 3 upwards.
Tackling Mental Health
Two workshops covering what mental health is and how to promote it – aimed at learners aged 11 to 14. Includes workshop plans with presentations. This resource is for teachers, parents, carers, learners to use in Mental Health, PSE for Learners of Level 3 upwards.
Outdoor Learning – using green space to feel good
An outdoor learning activity to promote the health benefits of using green spaces. It includes a visitor questionnaire, health diary and drawing and interpreting graphs. Two of the lessons are classroom-based, however the other lesson is an outdoor field trip that encourages the learners to put into practise what they have learned in the first lesson. This resource is for teachers, parents and carers to use in Science, Health and Welfare for Second / Third (P5 – S3).
Cardiovascular Disease resource
Teacher and student resource pack covering the effects and causes of cardiovascular disease and medical methods for preventing it. This resource is for teachers/learners to use in Human Biology for Higher.