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  • October 6th, 2025Science Around Us, Teachers and Families, Teaching Tips
    Autumn Nature Table Ideas: From Nature Walk to Learning

    Curious Autumn: From Nature Walk to Nature Table (Part 1) Science doesn't begin in a laboratory - it begins with

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  • September 29th, 2025Science Around Us, Teachers and Families
    Why Do Seasons Change? A Nature-Based Approach to Teaching Children

    Are you noticing more leaves carpeting your local paths? Here in my woodland classroom, I'm watching nature's annual transformation unfold—fresh

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  • September 1st, 2025Teachers and Families, Teaching Tips
    Tree Friends: A Simple Way to Help Children Connect with Nature

    As an educator with decades of experience in science education, I've witnessed firsthand how disconnected many children have become from

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  • August 25th, 2025Teachers and Families, Teaching Tips
    A Surprise of Snails: When Nature Investigation Reveals Hidden Wonders

    As an experienced nature educator and children's author, I've learned that the best outdoor learning happens when we follow

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  • August 18th, 2025Teachers and Families, Teaching Tips
    From Mini Beasts to Mini Plants: A Nature Discovery Journey

    As an experienced educator and author of science books for children, I've spent years helping young learners develop their

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  • August 11th, 2025Teachers and Families, Teaching Tips
    Raising Rockhounds: A Parent’s Guide to Sparking Children’s Love for Geology

    Real Rockhounds in Action My young friends Brea and her sister Hattie are perfect examples of children becoming rockhounds. Recently,

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  • August 5th, 2025Teachers and Families, Teaching Tips
    Rock Pooling with Children: 70 Years of Coastal Wildlife Discovery

    Over Seventy Years of Rock Pooling: A Naturalist's Journey from Child to Educator When you're planning your next coastal visit,

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  • July 31st, 2025Teachers and Families, Teaching Tips
    School’s Out For Summer

    When school is out for summer, there is still plenty of time for science with the family. Check

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  • July 21st, 2025Natural World Photo Gallery, Science Around Us, Teachers and Families
    Beginning to Buzz – Nature Photography for Children

    A couple of weeks ago someone sent me a picture of a bee on a flower collecting pollen. You

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  • August 10th, 2015Teachers and Families
    Can you identify this prickly puzzler?

    Last week's mystery fossil was an Ammonite Ammonite This week, can you identify the prickly plant on my

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Ken Walker

This website is dedicated to Ken Walker who was my first head of science back in 1971 who set me on a journey writing educational materials by asking me to make a booklet for 250 children visiting a zoo. He often reminded me of this but more importantly he was my mentor back in those days, letting me set up brand new science laboratories and run field courses at the schools outdoor pursuits centre and his advice stayed with me as I progressed in my teaching career and into my writing career too. Thanks Ken.

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