Images
Browse all 266 images used across the curriculum — including activity illustrations and wiki page images. Search by name, description, or species, click an image to view it full size, or follow the links to the pages where each image is used.
266 images

A **forest**
Epping Forest High Beach Essex England - spring pond 08.jpg
Used on:Key Stage 1: Geography

A baby turtle hiding in its shell
Terrapene carolina carolina Baby Turtle.jpg
Used on:Year 5: Earth and space
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A badger
European Badger - Meles meles - Scotland (53260881618).jpg

A bank vole next to his home (the hole in the ground!)
Bank vole.jpg

A battery made from fruit! Each piece of apple with the coin and screw is a cell. They connect together to make a battery.
Fruit battery, apples, multimeter.jpg
Used on:Year 4: Electricity
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A bee collecting pollen from a flower.
Beatrice the Honey Bee (7836716730).jpg
Used on:Year 4: Electricity
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A blue tit bringing food to its nest box
Blue Tit @ nest box 02.06.11 (5790732023).jpg
Used on:Year 1: Seasonal changes

A bluetit feeding a catterpillar to it's baby
073 Wild Eurasian blue tit parent feeding at Pfyn-Finges Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg
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A Bombardier Beetle
Bombadier Beetle. Brachinus species. ( B. crepitans^) - Flickr - gailhampshire.jpg
Used on:Year 4: States of matter
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A broad bean seed starting to sprout
Broad Bean (Vicia faba) seed Germination.jpg
Used on:Year 2: Plants

A close-up of the sun ejecting a massive amount of solar material into space, taken from space by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory in August 2012
Magnificent CME Erupts on the Sun - August 31.jpg
Used on:Year 5: Earth and space
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A cluster of ladybirds emerge from hibernation
Ladybirds emerge from hibernation by telegraph pole (23903082068).jpg
Used on:Year 1: Seasonal changes
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A common frog sitting in shallow water
Common frog (Rana temporaria).jpg
Used on:Year 1: Seasonal changes

A common garden spider in it's web
Common Garden Spider - geograph.org.uk - 4683897.jpg
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A common green grasshopper
Common Green Grasshopper. Omocestus viridulus, female (51706721183).jpg
Used on:Year 1: Seasonal changes

A field of wheat that has been harvested to remove the grain for us to make bread and other food and leave the bales of straw to use for animal bedding and snacks
Field_Hamois_Belgium_Luc_Viatour.jpg
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A giraffe sneezing... That was a big sneeze!
Giraffe, South Luangwa National Park (51866460599).jpg
Used on:Year 4: Electricity

A goat sticking its tongue out.
Mr. Goatee's Tongue - 3067341182.jpg

A Goldcrest singing and showing off its crest
Regulus Ignicapilla Singing with Crest.jpg
Used on:Year 4: Sound

A Goose preening its feathers to keep them healthy and waterproof
A goose preening its feathers - geograph.org.uk - 2024335.jpg
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A herd of Elephants wallowing in the mud at a watering hole in the African Savanna
African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) wallowing in the mud ... (46323861365).jpg
Used on:Key Stage 2: Geography
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A horse laughing and showing its teeth
The_Laughing_Horse_(3737984651).jpg

A leopard climbing down a tree. Some animals sleep in trees because they provide shade, or hide in trees behind the leaves.
Leopard Tree AdF.jpg
Used on:Year 1: Everyday materials
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A lion roaring and showing its teeth
Roaring_lion_(Unsplash).jpg

A mass gathering of ladybirds on a tree in New Mexico getting ready for hibernation
Close-up of a mass gathering of ladybugs near the peak of Glorieta Baldy north of Glorieta, New Mexico on 29 August, 2022.jpg
Used on:Year 1: Seasonal changes
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A red deer stag roars loudly to show its strength.
Deer and stags during the rutting season - Bushy Park (50444198511).jpg
Used on:Year 4: Sound
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A Seabream. This kind of fish consumes small crustaceans (animals with shells), molluscs and some seaweed and coral, using their strong jaws to crush the shells.
Sargo común (Diplodus sargus), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-21, DD 56.jpg
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A swallow perched on a fence
Hirundo rustica gutturalis (young s3).jpg
Used on:Year 5: Earth and space

A tiny pipistrelle bat, small enough to fit in a matchbox
Pipistrellus pipistrellus.jpg
Used on:Year 1: Seasonal changes

A tropical rainforest in Thailand
Tropical rainforest, Koh Chang, Thailand.jpg
Used on:Key Stage 2: Geography
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A turtle eating algae and seaweed on the beech
Turtle_S_Breakfast_(172641221).jpeg

A winter robin finds some berries to eat
A winter robin - geograph.org.uk - 6737906.jpg
Used on:Year 1: Seasonal changes
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Adult (Hou Yifan, Chess Olympiad)
Hou Yifan (29762728494) (cropped).jpg

Adult Butterfly (Lepidoptera)
An adult butterfly in side profile with wings upright, as seen in a life-cycle diagram
butterfly-adult-cycle.png
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Adult Frog
Marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus).jpg
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An adult Dunlin on the Alaskan Arctic Tundra. It may be cold and hard but life still finds a way!
Adult Dunlin on the Alaskan arctic tundra (51357535068).jpg
Used on:Key Stage 2: Geography

An animation of a switch opening and closing a circuit to let the electricity flow into the light bulb.
Circuito interruptor.gif
Used on:Year 4: Electricity
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An artist's drawing of a blue whale as used on a postage stamp from the Faroe Islands
Faroe stamp 402 blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) crop.jpg
Used on:Key Stage 1: Geography

Autumn leaves change colour and fall
Autumn in Scarva - geograph.org.uk - 603232.jpg
Used on:Year 1: Seasonal changes

Babies fingers will automatically hold onto things they feel in their hand.
Grasp reflex baby.jpg
Used on:Year 4: Electricity

Baby turtles make their way to the sea
Baby sea turtles make their way toward the water.jpg
Used on:Year 5: Earth and space

Batteries come in many different shapes and sizes so they can fit into different kinds of appliances
Batteries.jpg
Used on:Year 4: Electricity

Ben Nevis, the UK's highest mountain
Ben Nevis from Corpach - geograph.org.uk - 2525473.jpg
Used on:Key Stage 2: Geography

Birds can sit on a live power wire safely
Birds on a Wire - geograph.org.uk - 551515.jpg
Used on:Year 4: Electricity

Black Bittern calling, Warriewood Wetlands, New South Wales
Black Bittern- Warriewood Wetlands.jpg
Used on:Year 4: Sound

Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)
A stem of nodding violet-blue bell-shaped flowers drooping to one side, with narrow strap-like leaves
bluebell.png

Bottlenose Dolphin - Dolphins use sound to 'see' and talk underwater.
Bottlenose Dolphin.jpg
Used on:Year 4: Sound

Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)
Wings open, top view, male — distinctive bright sulphur-yellow wings with a small orange spot on each wing
brimstone.png

Brown-lipped Snail (Cepaea nemoralis)
A small snail similar to the white-lipped but with a dark brown lip at the shell opening; shell colour variable
brown-lipped-snail.png

Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala)
Wings folded in resting pose, showing the remarkable silvery-grey wings with a buff-yellow oval patch at the wingtip that mimics a broken twig
buff-tip.png

Butterfly Egg (Lepidoptera)
A cluster of small pale green butterfly eggs on a leaf surface, showing their ridged texture
butterfly-egg.png

Caterpillar (Lepidoptera)
A green and black striped caterpillar on a stem, showing legs and segmented body
caterpillar.png

Chrysalis (Lepidoptera)
A green chrysalis hanging from a stem by a silk thread, showing the smooth outer casing
chrysalis.png

Cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae)
Wings spread, top view, sooty-black forewings with two red streaks and two red spots; bright red hindwings
cinnabar.png

Clouds are made of tiny water droplets. When enough of them bump into each other and stick together they get big enough and heavy enough that they fall out of the cloud as rain.
Rain over Beinn Eich, Luss Hills, Scotland.jpg
Used on:Year 4: States of matter

Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)
Wings open, top view, male — vivid sky-blue wings with a white fringe and thin black border
common-blue.png

Common Daisy (Bellis perennis)
A simple daisy flower with white ray petals and a yellow disc centre, on a short stem
common-daisy.png

Common Frog (Rana temporaria)
An adult common frog in a typical sitting pose, showing smooth moist skin, long back legs, and distinctive dark eye stripe
adult-common-frog.png

Common Garden Snail (Cornu aspersum)
A garden snail with its globular brown-and-yellow banded shell and grey body extended, showing both pairs of tentacles
common-garden-snail.png

Common Poppy (Papaver rhoeas)
A bright scarlet poppy flower with four thin crinkled petals and a dark centre, on a hairy stem
common-poppy.png

Common Toad (Bufo bufo)
An adult common toad in a sitting pose, showing dry warty skin, copper-coloured eyes, and a stocky body
adult-common-toad.png

Copper Beech tree leaves on the ground in autumn
Copper Beech Fagus sylvatica f. purpurea Autumn Leaves Closeup 3008px.jpg
Used on:Year 1: Plants

Cowslip (Primula veris)
A cluster of drooping yellow tubular flowers on a single stem rising from a rosette of crinkled leaves
cowslip.png
Used on:Name the Wildflower (Year 5/6)
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Cracked Beech fruit with nut
Opengebarsten vrucht van beuk (Fagus sylvatica) (d.j.b.) 02.jpg
Used on:Year 1: Plants
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Cracked Horse Chestnut fruit with chestnut ('conker')
Gebarsten bolster van een paardenkastanje (Aesculus) 13-10-2022 (d.j.b.) 02.jpg
Used on:Year 1: Plants

Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
A bright yellow dandelion flower head on a hollow stem, with jagged-edged leaves at the base
dandelion.png
Used on:Name the Wildflower (Year 1/2)
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Dandelion clock that has been blown by the wind
Dandelion (Taraxacum) Clock - Tennessee, USA - May 31, 2014.jpg
Used on:Year 1: Plants
Different stages in the life of a frog
Greenfrog life stages.svg

Dog Rose (Rosa canina)
A pale pink five-petalled wild rose flower on a thorny arching stem with compound leaves
dog-rose.png
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Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor)
Wings spread, top view, striking pink and olive-green wings in a streamlined hawk-moth shape
elephant-hawk-moth.png
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Elephants drink water with their trunks and also love to spray it over themselves to cool down.
African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) spraying water.jpg

Emperor Penguins
Aptenodytes forsteri -Snow Hill Island, Antarctica -adults and juvenile-8.jpg
Used on:Key Stage 1: Geography
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European Badger
European Badger - Meles meles (51212303460).jpg

Even rock melts if it gets hot enough! Volcanoes can erupt and spit out molten rock as 'lava'.
Pahoeoe fountain edit2.jpg
Used on:Year 4: States of matter

Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
A tall spike of tubular purple-pink flowers, each with spotted interior markings, and large soft leaves
foxglove.png

French Bulldog puppies feeding on their mother's milk
French Bulldog with puppies.jpg

Frog Spawn
Frog spawn - geograph.org.uk - 5687315.jpg

Froglet (Rana temporaria)
A tiny froglet on land with a very small stub of tail remaining
froglet.png

Frogspawn (Rana temporaria)
A clump of frogspawn — transparent jelly spheres each containing a black egg, floating in water
frogspawn.png

Garden Slug (Arion hortensis)
A small dark grey-brown slug with a yellowish-orange sole and no keel
garden-slug.png

Garden Tiger (Arctia caja)
Wings open, top view, creamy-white forewings with dark brown patches; bright orange hindwings with blue-black spots
garden-tiger.png

Geese on the banks of the **river** Severn
Bridgnorth MMB 05 River Severn anatidae.jpg
Used on:Key Stage 1: Geography
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Glaciers are very large solid objects formed of frozen water
Glacier Features Iceberg, Pedersen Lagoon (32495172131).jpg
Used on:Year 4: States of matter

Great Black Slug (Arion ater)
A large jet-black slug with a distinctive rounded saddle-shaped mantle and visible mucus fringe along the sole
great-black-slug.png
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Hedgehog out at night
Hedgehog at Forest How (15194383706).jpg
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Highland cow eating grass
Highland_cow_eating_grass_on_Zeeroverseiland_(DSC07150).jpg
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Humpback whale coming up for air
Humpback whale - Ballena jorobada (Megaptera novaeangliae).jpg

Ice can form across the top of a lake when the water freezes but there is usually still liquid water beneath. Some people go swimming in the freezing water for fun!
011 Morsowanie - ice swimming in winter recreation activity in Poland.jpg
Used on:Year 4: States of matter
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If its warm, ice cream can melt and become liquid again.
Melting Ice Cream (Unsplash).jpg
Used on:Year 4: States of matter

If there is enough electricity it can even jump across the air between other conductors like metal. You can see the electricity flowing here from one metal conductor to another
Arc électrique double.jpg
Used on:Year 4: Electricity

Illustration of Horse Chestnut Tree features
Illustration Aesculus hippocastanum0 clean.jpg
Used on:Year 1: Plants
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Inside an electric eel
Biotechnology, systems biology, artificial cells (5940428301).jpg
Used on:Year 4: Electricity

Large White (Pieris brassicae)
Wings open, top view, white wings with black wingtips and two black spots on the forewing (female)
large-white.png

Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)
Resting pose with wings folded flat, plain warm-brown forewings covering the body, typical dull moth appearance
large-yellow-underwing.png

Leopard Slug (Limax maximus)
A large pale grey slug with dark brown spots and streaks across its body, giving a leopard-like pattern
leopard-slug.png

Light bulbs lighting up because electricity is flowing through the power cable into them
Light bulbs.jpg
Used on:Year 4: Electricity

Liquid cream is mixed with other ingredients to give it flavour and colour and then frozen to make solid ice cream
Ice cream in cones.jpg
Used on:Year 4: States of matter

Logs being floated down the river to transport them to where they can be cut up and made into things
Log driving in Vancouver.jpg
Used on:Year 1: Everyday materials

Looking at a Hibiscus flower through a magnifying glass
Magnifying glass with Hibiscus flower.jpg
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Manatee
Milwaukee Public Museum November 2022 101 (Manatee at Blue Springs, Florida).jpg
Used on:Key Stage 1: Geography

Meadow Cranesbill (Geranium pratense)
Violet-blue five-petalled flowers on an upright stem with deeply lobed leaves
meadow-cranesbill.png
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Metamorphosed Toad Tadpole (Bufo bufo)
A toad tadpole with four legs visible and a shortening tail — mid-metamorphosis
toad-tadpole-legs.png

Mint leaves growing out from the stem of a mint plant
Mentha arvensis - põldmünt Keila.jpg
Used on:Year 1: Plants

Mist is created when tiny water vapour molecules that rose into the air condense back into a liquid. The individual droplets are so light they just 'hang in the air'.
Mist - Ensay region3.jpg
Used on:Year 4: States of matter

Morning dew on a spider's web
Spiders Web - geograph.org.uk - 982180.jpg
Used on:Year 4: States of matter

Near the source of the River Burn in Norfolk
River source - geograph.org.uk - 380822.jpg
Used on:Key Stage 2: Geography

Netted Field Slug (Deroceras reticulatum)
A small pale buff slug with a network of darker mottling and milky-white mucus
netted-field-slug.png

Orange-tip (Anthocharis cardamines)
Wings open, top view, male — white wings with vivid orange tips on the forewings
orange-tip.png

Peacock (Aglais io)
Wings open, top view, showing four vivid peacock-eye markings in blue, black and yellow on reddish-brown wings
peacock-butterfly.png

Peppered Moth (Biston betularia)
Wings spread, top view, typical pale form — white wings densely speckled with black dots and dashes
peppered-moth.png

Power cables are made of metal on the inside (the wire to carry the electricity) with a plastic coating (the insulator to stop the electricity escaping).
Power cables.jpg
Used on:Year 4: Electricity

Primrose (Primula vulgaris)
Clusters of pale yellow flowers on short hairy stalks rising from a rosette of wrinkled leaves
primrose.png
Used on:

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
Wings open, top view, showing distinctive red-orange bands across black wings with white spots at the wingtips
red-admiral.png
Used on:Butterfly or Moth? (Year 1/2)Butterfly or Moth? (Year 3/4)Butterfly or Moth? (Year 5/6)Name the Butterfly (Year 1/2)Name the Butterfly (Year 3/4)Name the Butterfly (Year 5/6)Sort: Butterflies and Moths (Year 1/2)Sort: Butterflies and Moths (Year 3/4)Sort: Butterflies and Moths (Year 5/6)Parts of a Butterfly (Year 3/4)Parts of a Butterfly (Year 5/6)

Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)
A rounded pink-purple flowerhead on a stem with three oval leaflets, each with a pale chevron mark
red-clover.png
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Six-spot Burnet (Zygaena filipendulae)
Wings spread, top view, metallic blue-green forewings with six bright red spots; red hindwings
six-spot-burnet.png

Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)
Wings open, top view, orange and black tortoiseshell pattern with blue spots along the wing margins
small-tortoiseshell.png
Some animals (animals are solid) live in the water (water is a liquid) and can swim through it because the water moves around them as they swim. Dolphins still come up for air to breath.
Bottlenose dolphin with young.JPG
Used on:Year 4: States of matter

Some materials are harder for the electricity to get through than others. The 'filament' part of this bulb resists the electricity and ends up getting so hot it glows bright enough to light a room!
Light bulb in grandfather's lamp.jpg
Used on:Year 4: Electricity

Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)
Wings open, top view, dark brown wings with creamy-yellow spots and small eyespots on the hindwings
speckled-wood.png

Stage 1: Egg
Freshly laid Egg of Papilio bianor Cramer, 1777 - Common Peacock WLB IMG 8597.jpg
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Stage 2: Larva (caterpillar)
Peacock (Aglais io) caterpillar Ruggeller Riet.jpg

Stage 3: Fledgling
Robin fledgling, Leighton Moss Reserve - geograph.org.uk - 4468465.jpg
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Stage 3: Pupa (chrysalis)
A pupa of Junonia almana (Linnaeus, 1758) - Peacock Pansy WLB.jpg

Stage 4: Adult Bird
Erithacus rubecula with cocked head.jpg
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Stage 4: Adult butterfly
Peacock butterfly (Aglais io) 2.jpg

Stream flowing between two hills
Stream flowing over the Gault Clay - geograph.org.uk - 1207707.jpg
Used on:Year 4: States of matter
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Swan reflected in the still water of the river
Swan at Holes Bay (10116183803).jpg
Used on:Year 3: Light
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Tadpole
Tadpole (22437957).jpeg

Tadpole with Back Legs (Rana temporaria)
A frog tadpole with two small back legs beginning to emerge, still with a long tail
frog-tadpole-back-legs.png

Tadpole with Four Legs (Rana temporaria)
A frog tadpole with all four legs visible and a shortening tail — transitioning to a frog
frog-tadpole-four-legs.png

The common Grey Squirrel, introduced from North America.
Eastern Grey Squirrel in St James's Park, London - Nov 2006 edit.jpg
The light (typica) and dark (carbonaria) forms of the peppered moth side by side
Biston betularia couple.JPG
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The London Eye during the day
The London Eye, or the Millennium Wheel, River Thames, London (Ank Kumar) 03.jpg
Used on:Year 5: Earth and space

The native Red Squirrel, now rare in most of England.
Squirrel posing.jpg

The rings inside a tree, one for each year of growth.
Abstract pattern on a tree stump.jpg
Used on:Year 1: Everyday materials

The River Thames at sunset
London Thames Sunset panorama - Feb 2008.jpg
Used on:Key Stage 2: Geography

The roots of a tree anchoring it to the ground
Ficus microcarpa roots Marchant Park Aspley P1030492.jpg
Used on:Year 1: Plants

The sun
The Sun by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory - 20100819.jpg

The sun rising over the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.
019 Sunrise in the Serengeti National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg
Used on:Year 5: Earth and space
The Ulster Banner (used to represent Northern Ireland)
Ulster banner.svg
Used on:Key Stage 1: Geography

The wooden trunk of a tree is made by the tree as it grows from taking carbon dioxide from the air and water from the ground and using light to turn them into wood, oxygen, and glucose (sugar), which is a kind of food for trees.
Leaning trees over the grassy hillock of Nodong-ri tombs clouds and blue sky in Gyeongju South Korea.jpg
Used on:Year 4: States of matter

There are lots of different kinds of switch, some even have lights in them!
Illuminated light switch.jpg
Used on:Year 4: Electricity

Three-spined stickleback
Gasterosteus aculeatus - Epinoche - Three-spined stickleback.jpg

Toad Tadpole (Bufo bufo)
A toad tadpole — shorter and darker than a frog tadpole, with a rounder body and shorter tail
toad-tadpole.png

Toadlet (Bufo bufo)
A tiny toadlet — a miniature toad recently emerged from the water, still very small
toadlet.png

Toadspawn (Bufo bufo)
Toadspawn in long double strings of jelly wrapped around aquatic plants, each egg visible as a black dot
toadspawn.png

Tree felled by a beaver. You can see all the wood shavings from where they gnawed at it with their teeth.
020231231 Beavers tree damage.jpg
Used on:Year 3: Light
Triturus cristatus Sinarp - Newt
Triturus cristatus Sinarp 8.JPG

White-lipped Snail (Cepaea hortensis)
A small snail with a yellow shell bearing thin dark spiral bands and a distinctive white lip at the shell opening
white-lipped-snail.png

Woodmouse - Apodemus Sylvaticus in fallen leaves
Woodmouse - Apodemus Sylvaticus in fallen leaves.jpg
Used on:Year 4: Sound

Young Tadpole (Rana temporaria)
A very young frog tadpole — small black body with a long tail and feathery external gills visible at the sides of the head
frog-tadpole-young.png

Zootoca vivipara - Common Lizard
Zootoca vivipara 224965721.jpg
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