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

Our free to loan Discovery Kits are aimed at primary level, covering the topics of Classification, Life Cycles, Plants, Habitats and Evolution.

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.

Free Posters

Download or order any of our posters for primary, secondary and beyond highlighting key figures and concepts in natural history.

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.

Life on Earth: Colour-in Species

Use these templates to create some colourful species artwork!