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Key Stage 3 resources

Key Stage 3 resources

Below are links to fun and educational resources suitable for school Key Stage 3, or young people aged 11-14. These resources are designed to support teachers and educators to help young people explore nature and the landscape and learn about the North Pennines. This page is continually evolving so please come back as we add more resources.

Rocks, fossils and landscape


A set of resources to explore geology and geography using locations around the North Pennines, designed for secondary teachers.

A simplified geological timeline including key events in Earth history and the development of the North Pennines.

A brief guide to some of the main rock types found in the North Pennines.

How the landscape has formed, made by young people for young people

Making fizzy rocks

A collection of hands-on activities to do at home

Learn about the landscape through drawing

Wildlife identification


Links to other organisations’ mammal identification resources

Links to other organisations’ bird identification resources

Links to other organisations’ invertebrate identification resources

Photo of pink orchid flower spike

Links to other organisations’ plant and fungi identification resources

Guide to birds found in the North Pennines

Guide to hay meadow plants found in the North Pennines

Painting of a Curlew

Key birds to spot in the North Pennines

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