A practical activity that models how microbes are transferred and highlights the importance of handwashing in preventing infection.

In this terms issue we outline some experiments to find out which bird food mixtures are best for hungry birds, review good practice for rearing chicks in light of bird flu and look at safe ways to introduce primary pupils to microorganisms. There is also an introduction to resources from the FSA that could could be an interesting way to introduce the topic of food allergies.

This document provides an overview on how to safely manage a school pond, outlines the other documents in our suite of pond safety resources and explains the roles and responsibilities staff have in order to keep and use a pond safely.

This term's articles give advice on keeping chickens and tortoises in schools, we take an indepth look at evaporation, plus we clear up a few health and safety myths.