Kew in your school

The Great Plant Hunt

The Great Plant Hunt is the UK's biggest primary school science project. This exciting project encourages primary school students to explore the natural world around them and join other schools in the biggest ever school science project.

• Join the Great Plant Hunt.

Create a Thinking Walk

We invite you to create your own Darwin-inspired Thinking Walks for families, schools, youth groups and outdoor organisations.

Anywhere with outdoor space, in any part of the country, can be used for a Thinking Walk. Anyone can join in too - from Brownie groups in their local green space to parents hosting your own child's party in the garden at home. Why not explore your local patch?

• Create a Thinking Walk and get inspired by nature.

Create a Kew wildlife zone

In 2004 children from two local primary schools worked with Kew to develop, restore and interpret a natural habitat within the Gardens. This resource pack brings together their experiences and is based on the concepts and techniques that were tested or stimulated as a result of this project.

In the pack you will find an outline of the case study project at Kew, activities on habitats and wildlife suitable for outdoors and the classroom, cards for 140 plants and animals that can be used for research, games and display and ideas for developing a wildlife area at your school.

• Create a Kew wildlife zone in your school
• More ideas from Eco-schools
• Wildlife gardening with Natural England