Linnean Learning

Discover and share your curiosity in nature

We want to see a world where curiosity in the natural world is shared by everyone. We will do this by using our heritage to create opportunities for everyone to appreciate and learn more about nature through creative, interdisciplinary learning.

Whether you're a young person, a teacher of any age group, or an interested adult, we think we have something for you to see, just click the tiles below. You can always get in touch at learning@linnean.org.

Click to view our 5 Year Strategy

The Linnean Learning Update

Who was Linnaeus?

Carl Linnaeus is famous for his work in taxonomy: the science of identifying, naming and classifying organisms

Primary

Discover our free resources, opportunities and grants for primary level; including posters, activity kits, competitions and CPD.

Secondary

Discover our free resources, opportunities and grants for secondary level; including posters, worksheets, practicals, competitions and CPD.

Beyond School, 16+

Fellowships, Youth Panels, Workshops & Conferences! Now is the time to get involved with the Linnean Society

Videos, Podcasts and Recorded Meetings

The Linnean Society creates a variety of videos, podcasts and vodcasts that showcase our work, collections, history and the life of Carl Linnaeus and other key figures in biology.

The Linnean Society's Our Local Nature grant scheme

Grants for youth-led projects in the UK, aiming to empower young people to enact the changes they want to see, increasing access to local natural spaces and improving understanding of the local biodiversity

The Special Species Game

Create your own Special Species and send them in!

Highlight

This animation is the first of four parts and is a fabulous insight into evolution by sexual selection, focussing on male peacock spiders who strut their stuff in different ways to impress a mate.

Click here to see our full suite of animated videos.