Design an animal or plant 5 million years in the future!

Enter the latest Science Across the World poster competition where pupils consider the classification of organisms, their adaptations, feeding relationships and interdependencies as well as other factors such as possible climate change for their own country in designing their animal or plant of the future.

Super prizes and certificates for the best posters from pupils aged 8-9 years and aged 10- 12 years. Teachers with the largest numbers of quality entries in each age category receive the full Future is Wild teaching resources including 3 DVDs.

This poster competition will run from 1st September – 31st October 2006.

Pupils should ensure their posters are annotated showing the characteristics of the animal or plant that has been designed.

Pupils Instruction Sheet.
Teachers background information Sheet on 5 million years in the future.

Winning entries will be published on the Future is Wild and Science Across the World websites and displayed at the Association for Science Education’s Annual Conference in January 2007.

Judging will take place in November 2006

www.foe.co.uk - is a FREE National Curriculum based teacher resources for you and your school.

"Friends of the Earth would like to inform young people about environmental issues affecting their communities and their futures. You can help to do this by downloading the resources and step by step lesson plans for your pupils.
Simply click on the topic of interest to download the resource in a PDF format which you can then print out and use.
Shout about climate change
Shout about waste
The food we eat
The walking bus

Mad Abouts
Designed for 6-10 yr olds, these colourful posters provide useful information and suggestions on how to make a difference. And you can now download lesson plans, offering stimulating ideas for bringing these issues to life within the classroom. With curriculum links into geography, citizenship, ICT and English these new resources are ideal to provide extra support for teachers.
Air pollution
Climate change
Food and farming
Natural habitats
Tropical rainforests
Waste & recycling
Mad About Food"