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Learning resources for badger cubs of all ages
Welcome to your badger education hub, where you’ll find lots of FREE resources to help with learning at home and at school. Our learning resources are designed to support educators and learners to explore everything about badgers, their habitats and the issues they face.
Professor Brock – from our friends at Binfield Badger Group – has come along to help us, making sure there’s always lots for you to learn about the fascinating lives of badgers.
Let’s explore!
Key Stage 1 Key Stage 2 Key Stage 3 College courses, Level 3 BTEC, City and Guilds, T-Levels
The Secret Life of Badgers film
Our educational film, packed with real-life footage of badgers and clear, bright infographics, is timed to celebrate ‘National Badger Day’ on 6th October. But as every day is Badger Day for our charity, you can use it any time of the year!
This 12-minute film is designed especially for assembly and classroom use for KS1 and KS2 learners and is a great place to start learning about badgers, helping to educate the next generation of badger protectors and wildlife enthusiasts.
The Secret Life of Badgers is broken up into several easy sections and is narrated by Billy Heaney, an enthusiastic zoologist and wildlife presenter. It's suitable for KS2 as a standalone 'plug and play' activity, or for KS1 and KS2 as a 'play and pause' interactive assembly.
The following resources include Teacher notes and Pupil worksheets:
KS1 Class exercise for Secret Life of Badgers film
KS2 Badger Fact File for Secret Life of Badgers film
A collaboration between Badger Trust and Binfield Badger Group
Key Stage 1
Badgerships
Maths
A game for two players, ideal for early finishers to practise formulating strategy and reading co-ordinates
18.3MB PDF
Find the Peanuts
Art
Encourages hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills as a pre-handwriting or improved handwriting activity. Also gets children thinking about badgers and their habitats.
1.8MB PDF
Created for Badger Trust by Lily Clarke
Badger dot to dot
Art
Helps with counting, hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills to improve handwriting. The sheet can be coloured in.
547KB PDF
Created for Badger Trust by Suzanne Teal
Build a badger
Maths
A game for two or more players, ideal for re-inforcing the skills of number recognition, counting, sequencing, matching and orientation.
2.4MB PDF
True or False
Science
A quick starter activity to get children thinking about badgers or a plenary to confirm learning.
1.7MB PDF
Badger infochart to colour
Science
A first introduction to facts about the lives of badgers. The information sheet can be coloured in.
1.6MB PDF
Created for Badger Trust by Katharine Love
Key Stage 2
Badger Ecology
Science
An introduction to the fascinating lives of badgers. The information sheet can be coloured in.
1.9MB PDF
Created for Badger Trust by Annalees Lim
Science
An introduction to the key concepts relating to food chains focussing on the British countryside.
14.3MB PDF
Key Stage 3
English
An opportunity for pupils to analyse 18th century poetry in terms of structure, language, meaning and purpose
1.7MB PDF
Writing Styles and Purpose
English
Badger A-Z
General
Test your knowledge or computer research skills with our A-Z quiz of all things badger.
1.4MB PDF
More free resources available
More from Professor Brock available at Binfield Badger Group
FREE Lectures and Classroom activities
Badger Behavioural Ecology
The Badger Behavioural Ecology classroom resources introduce students to the elusive world of badgers. Students will learn how badgers function as ecosystem engineers and how climate change is impacting badger behaviour, all the while building a glossary of brocktastic terms.
Designed for Level 3 Animal Management students, this lecture comes with a downloadable power point and printable handouts.
Badger Protection and Law
The Badger Protection and Law classroom resources introduce students to wildlife crime and the role of legislation in protecting badgers. Students will apply their new knowledge to case studies, and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of current animal welfare laws.
Designed for Level 3 Animal Management students, this lecture will teach young people how to recognise, record, and report badger crimes. Classroom posters can also be downloaded and printed.
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