There are a wide variety of learning resources in the Resource Library suitable for secondary aged children. You can see our featured resources below or search by keyword or topic using the blue bar above.

Have you considered doing a Scottish Junior Forester Award with your group ? This is a simple award which can be undertaken using some of our resources. You can find more information and register for the award here.

Featured Secondary Resources

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The World Beneath our Feet
A series of activities investigating soil:  one of the world's most precious and overlooked resources. Curriculum for Excellence Levels: Early to Third/Fourth. We hope that this suite of resources will inspire you to explore the wonderful and diverse world to be found right under our feet, and your feedback for further development of this resource is warmly welcomed.

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Tree Measuring
A range of activities to involve children in estimating and measuring the height and girth of trees. Measuring the properties of  trees – their height, spread, girth and internal structure – provides a window into the world of work. In professional forestry and similar professions, these measurements carry real value and meaning Curriculum for Excellence: Early to Third and Fourth Levels

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Identifying Trees
This resource is suitable for both experienced and novice practitioners, and guides you though how to teach about identifying trees. The activities are classified for beginner, intermediate and experienced users.

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Woodland Workout - Teacher's Guide
A set of Physical Activity Cards that can be used alongside the Woodland Workout - Physical Activity Cards and the Woodland Workout - Activity Cards. To enable all children (aged 3-14 years), to participate in enjoyable learning experiences in local woodlands and other outdoor environments such as playgrounds and parks, that will develop enterprising knowledge, skills and attitudes and promote physical health and wellbeing.

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The First Foresters - Explore the Neolithic  in Scotland’s native woodlands
Everyone has heard of Stonehenge, perhaps the greatest stone circle of them all. But have you heard of its neighbour, Woodhenge? This learning resource moves beyond the familiar stone circles of prehistory to explore the archaeology of our lost timber halls and timber circles.  An inspirational blend of discussion, practical and creative indoor activities and outdoor woodland learning, the resource draws on the work of leading archaeologists to describe a very different Neolithic – one not of stone  but of wood. Following on from Wolf Brother’s Wildwoods, where we imagined the world of the Mesolithic hunter-gatherers living within the wildwood, we now visit the Neolithic farming pioneers and imagine the world of the first foresters working within the wildwood. Our key objective is to explore the interconnected ideas of Neolithic first farmers, first foresters and first builders – and to encourage indoor and outdoor learning by ‘thinking like a first forester’.  

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Carbon footprint: resource cards
This resource is designed to be used alongside Carbon Footprint: activity plan.  It highlights the important role trees have in absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesis, storing it as carbon in the form of wood.  This resource was produced by Natural Resources Wales. We are working on updating it for the Scottish curriculum. 

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Carbon footprint: activity plan
This activity highlights the important role trees have in absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesi, storing it as carbon in the form of wood. It should be used alongside: Carbon footprint: resource card; Carbon: information note; Carbon footprint: worksheet. This resource was produced by Natural Resources Wales. We are working on updating it for the Scottish Curriculum. 

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Carbon: information note
This resource provides information about fossil fuels and carbon production. It is designed to be used with  Carbon footprint: activity plan and Carbon Storage Calculator: activity plan. This resource was produced by Natural Resources Wales. We are working on updating it for the Scottish curriculum. 

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