Our collection of educational resources relating to insects and entomology from the Royal Entomological Society, Insect Week partners and other sources.

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  • Action for Insects School Guide

    Action for Insects has been created to help these special creatures.

    • 0-5 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Activities sheet
    • Factsheet
    • Lesson Plan

  • Association of Animal Behaviour learning resources

    Free resources about animal behaviour…

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Butterflies and moths
    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
    • True bugs
    • True flies
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Activities sheet
    • Lesson Plan

  • Bees in the curriculum

    Children are fascinated by Honey Bees. The British Beekeepers Association seeks to build on that fascination and encourage young people to learn more about the world of the Honey Bee.

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • 0-5 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Activities sheet
    • Factsheet
    • Lesson Plan

  • British Science Association: what do bees do?

    Activity for a class to role-play the process of insect pollination.

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • 0-5 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Lesson Plan

  • Buglife Resources for children

    Fun bug activities and teaching resources.

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Butterflies and moths
    • 0-5 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Activities sheet
    • Lesson Plan

  • Bumblebee Conservation Trust Fun & Learning

    Great ideas and resources to help children and families connect with bumblebees and their natural habitat.

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • 0-5 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Activities sheet
    • Audio
    • Factsheet
    • Lesson Plan

  • Butterflies Under Pressure

    Engaging practical science activities for KS1/KS2 primary school children (aged 5-11), using dance and PE activities to engage kinaesthetic learners with the curriculum topic “Living things and their habitats”…

    • Butterflies and moths
    • Activities sheet
    • Lesson Plan
    • Video
    • Website

  • Butterfly Conservation Munching Caterpillars

    Resources from Butterfly Conservation for people to improve their gardens or local green spaces for butterflies and moths.

    • Butterflies and moths
    • 0-5 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Activities sheet
    • Factsheet
    • Lesson Plan

  • droso4schools

    Online resources for school lessons using the fruit fly Drosophila.

    • True flies
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • Factsheet
    • Lesson Plan

  • Forestry Commission

    Some great resources to discover more about the forest.

    • 0-5 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Activities sheet
    • Lesson Plan