Learning resources

A range of educational resources relating to insects and entomology from the Royal Entomological Society, our Insect Week partners and online resources we have spotted.

Please browse through the list or use the tick boxes to select audience, resource type and insect group.

If you have a resource that we could add please let us know via our contact form .

Build your own Dung Beetle

Activities sheet

Build your own Dung Beetle

For: Secondary Adults
Build your own Narrow-headed Ant

Activities sheet

Build your own Narrow-headed Ant

For: Primary Secondary Whole School Adults
North East Bee Hunt with NHSN

Factsheet

Help record five under-recorded bee species across the North East

For: Everyone
Association of Animal Behaviour learning resources

Activities sheet Lesson plan

Free resources about animal behaviour

For: Primary Secondary Whole School Adults
Science and Plants for Schools

Activities sheet Factsheet Lesson plan

Free teaching resources for science and plant biology,

For: Primary Secondary Whole School Adults Everyone
M. G. Leonard's Beetle Boy Trilogy resources

Activities sheet Lesson plan

Learning resources related to M.G. Leonard's Beetle Boy book trilogy and Beetle Collector's handbook.

For: Primary
British Moths Colouring Sheet

Activities sheet

Colour in the Eyed Hawk-moth and the Garden Tiger Moth with the Royal Entomological Society.

For: Everyone
British Butterflies Colouring Sheet

Activities sheet

Colour in the Peacock and the Red Admiral butterflies with the Royal Entomological Society.

For: Everyone
Learning through Landscapes Invertebrate Investigations

Lesson plan

Ask questions about local invertebrates and plan investigations to find the answers.

For: Primary Secondary
OPAL identification guides

Activities sheet Factsheet

Free identification resources from OPAL.

For: Secondary

What is Insect Week?

Insect Week encourages people of all ages to learn more about insects.

The Royal Entomological Society organises the week, supported by a large number of partner organisations with interests in the science, natural history and conservation of insects.