Community and Schools
We have a proven track record in developing high-quality, innovative resources and activities both for schools and for public engagement with science.
Here are links to some of our many projects:
Dr Sue Bird is the contact for educational projects and resources: sue.bird@abdn.ac.uk
Resources for Primary Schools
Web sites
Healthy People, Healthy Planet
How can we eat a diet that’s healthy for us, but good for the environment as well?
This 45 minute engaging, interactive and cross-curricular workshop allows P4-7 pupils to learn about what makes a sustainable diet.
A day in the life of Floss O'Phee
Our friend Floss is a curious lass who likes to think carefully about her food. Join her to investigate the 5Ws of food – Why do we eat? Who eats what? Where does our food come from? How does it get here? and What did we eat in the past?
Getting in shape
Extensive resources for planning and supporting Curriculum for Excellence projects on farming, food and health and wellbeing.
Better by Miles
Classroom drama project looking at food miles and sustainability
Yummy Science
Fun, simple experiments with food
RATIONal Food
Innovative cross-curricular approach to healthy eating, science and history.
Things to make and do:
Food Lab – Simple and fun food-based experiments.
Suitable for P4-7 (Primary Upper Stages).
| Cabbage Chemistry | Teacher guide | Student Worksheet |
| Spectacular Starch | Teacher Guide | Student Worksheet |
| Sourcing Sugars I (Test Strips) |
Teacher Guide | Student Worksheet |
| Sourcing Sugars II (Benedict's Solution) |
Teacher Guide | Student Worksheet |
| Sweet Chromatography | Teacher Guide | Student Worksheet |
| Spaghetti Towers | Teacher Guide | Student Worksheet |
- Food Lab Word Bank
- Food Lab Suppliers List
Fruit fuels - for younger children. Choose from a quad bike, a speedboat, a snowboarder and a ballerina. Which fruits best fit the blank spaces? You can download a pdf here
Food wheel - the food wheel shows the nutrient composition of nine common foods. You can download a pdf and follow the instructions to make your own.
Snacks, snakes and ladders - this game is a fun way to develop and assess pupils’ nutrition knowledge! It’s also a fun family game! pdf