For schools

Learning with the Scottish Wildlife Trust

Education is an important part of the Trust's work, with the aim of inspiring young people about the value of our natural world. We run education programmes at all four of our Visitor Centres, and have a dedicated team of Teacher Naturalists at Montrose Basin available for school workshops and events. If you would like to find out more about our education work, please contact Nick Wright on 0131 312 4750, or e-mail nwright@swt.org.uk

Visitor Centre education

Our four amazing Visitor Centres offer a safe environment for children to learn about wildlife. From migrating birds at Montrose to urban wildlife at Jupiter, we offer a wide variety of activities and workshops for primary and secondary school children. Follow the links below for more information on our Visitor Centres.

Falls of Clyde, New Lanark

Peregrines: rulers of the sky!
Woodlands, waterfalls and wildlife
Mini-beasts

Jupiter Urban Wildlife Garden, Grangemouth

Urban wildlife
Pond life
Wildflowers

Loch of the Lowes, Dunkeld

Outstanding ospreys
Marvellous mammals, including red squirrels
Perthshire's bird life

Montrose Basin, Montrose

Life under the mud!
Waterbirds of Montrose
Migration

Online educational resources

We provide online resources to help engage children with wildlife. From the Scottish Beaver Trial website – with its exciting range of lesson plans including debates, budgeting and dam building activities – all linked in to the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence, to the Wildlife Watch website – the junior branch of Wildlife Trusts UK-wide.

Scottish Beaver Trial

Scottish curriculum-linked activities and lesson plans for primary and secondary
Beaver blog with all the latest Trial updates
Information and history about this exciting conservation project

Wildlife Watch