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Autumn resources for primary

Autumn is fast approaching, the days are getting shorter and the temperature is dropping but IET Education has lots of fun activities and resources to keep your students busy!

From making leaf prints to creating a nature guidebook; you can measure the speed of the wind or make your own rainbow rainfall; use our free and editable resources to engage and inspire in the classroom or outdoors. 

Follow us on @IETEducation for more ideas or to share your students’ work.

Please note, these resources and experiments have been specifically designed to be carried out with adult supervision or direction as appropriate, and it is recommended that the instructions are followed in a safe manner. All resources and experiments are carried out at your own risk.

How do deciduous trees change?

Describing how a deciduous tree changes over a year.

Go to How Do Deciduous Trees Change?

The difference between deciduous and evergreen trees

Understanding the difference between deciduous and evergreen trees.

Go to The Difference Between Deciduous and Evergreen Trees

Mathematical measuring - lengths of leaves

Measuring leaves and finding the mean values for a tree.

Go to Leaf it

Make a leaf print

Making leaf prints and labelling the parts of a leaf.

Go to Make a leaf print

Create a map of local flora and fauna

Creating a map and guidebook of local flora and fauna.

Go to Create a Map of Local Flora and Fauna

Tree trunk circumference

Measuring the circumference of tree trunks and working out their age.

Go to Tree trunk circumference

Make a Robinson Anemometer

Making a device to measure wind speed.

Go to Make a Robinson Anemometer

Weather poster

Find out more about the weather in different parts of the world.

Go to Posters

Rainbow rainfall

In this video of ‘Science with Bexy’ we find out how to make a rainbow rainfall using only food colouring, oil and water. Bexy also explains the science behind this fun and engaging experiment that you can easily recreate for yourself at home.

Go to Video teaching resources

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Thy not try these spooky, curriculum-linked tasks with your students and see if you are in for a trick or a treat.

Go to Halloween resources

Diwali resources

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Go to Diwali activities

Bonfire night resources

Use science, technology, engineering and maths skills to see if your students can work as a member of Guy Fawkes' crew and achieve the secret mission. 

Write secret messages with invisible ink, crack the safe code by solving addition and subtraction problems and set off the balloon rockets to be hands-on engineers this bonfire night.

Go to Bonfire night activities