Learning bundles

Use these activities and resources to encourage children to do, watch, play, create and read as they learn about water safety.

Use these activities to learn about the 5 ways to wellbeing as a family or class.

Using literacy focussed resources and activities, this learning bundle offers a creative introduction to the topic of canals and rivers for KS1 and KS2 learners.

Canals and rivers are great places for wildlife. Use these activities and resources to encourage children to do, watch, play, create and read as they learn about canal and river habitats.

Learn how and why canals were built and how they changed Britain.

Use these resources to encourage children to read, watch, do, create and play as they learn about rivers.

Canals and rivers are full of inspiration for art and design - get creative with these art themed resources.

Learn how we use hydraulics to magnify and transfer forces from one place to another when operating Anderton Boat Lift.

Mechanical advantage had been used for thousands of years to enable us to move large objects with small forces. Learn how we use mechanical advantage at National Waterways Museum Ellesmere Port.

Learn about the different bridges that cross canals and rivers.

Learn about boats with science and history activities.

Re-design an area of your garden or outside space to create a Corridor for Nature at school or home inspired by one or more of the six canal and river habitats.