Primary Schools

Discover a wide variety of resources for teachers and parents, including posters, activity packs, fact sheets and information about our Discovery Kit scheme.

Welcome to our primary resources area! Here you'll find a wide variety of resources for teachers and parents, including posters, activity packs, fact sheets and information about our Discovery Kit scheme.

Discovery Kits

Free resources for primary schools!

Who was Linnaeus?

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

Animated Videos

Our creative videos explore the fascinating world of Carl Linnaeus, taxonomy and whole organism biology. The stories, specimens and objects shared in these videos are entirely unique to The Linnean Society of London.

Posters

Download our poster series featuring historical scientists Carl Linnaeus and Charles Darwin, or order a printed set for your classroom wall.

Fact Sheets

Our fact sheets include mini-biographies of prominent scientists past and present.

The Special Species Competition

Create your own Special Species and enter into our competition!

New Portrait Competition

In a special edition of the competition, we are inviting people of all ages to create a new portrait that Carl Linnaeus would really like. This year, Linnaeus would like a new portrait of his furry friend, Sjupp.