What is it?
Animal Planet is a monthly magazine that will inspire and ignite your pupils’ curiosity about the natural world. Packed with astounding facts, fascinating stories and stunning photographs, your pupils will learn all about the incredible biodiversity of our planet, the amazing work that humans do to protect it, and how they can get involved.
Encouraging natural curiosity
Animal Planet will make your class feel like they’re on a real adventure. Promoting a desire to explore and discover it helps children understand the wonders of the natural world around them, from the microscopic mites living in our homes to the giants of the ocean.
Inspiring global citizenship
Animal Planet does not shy away from asking the big questions, encouraging your pupils to think like professional naturalists and behave like conservationists.
You will find a whole host of opportunities to discuss and debate important environmental issues helping to develop your pupils’ critical thinking skills, and empower them to form and express their opinions on global issues.
Engaging every child
Take advantage of your pupils’ natural curiosity about the world around them to encourage every child to read.
Animal Planet is packed with so much compelling content from stunning photographs and fascinating facts, to funny comics and hands-on experiments, that there’s something to engage every child, even the most reluctant reader in your class.
Building rich and varied vocabulary
Animal Planet magazine is bursting with rich vocabulary for you to explore with your pupils, challenging them to learn new words through real-life contexts.
Technical, subject-specific vocabulary is introduced through a range of different text types including instructional texts, non-chronological reports and explanatory texts that are perfect for focused writing lessons.
“Animal Planet is going to be a real hit in classroom reading corners and school libraries around the country. With its high-definition pictures, eye-catching graphics and informative articles it’s also a great teaching resource that can be used to support learning across the curriculum”
Need to know
- Enhance learning about the biodiversity of our planet with in-depth articles exploring fascinating ecosystems from around the world.
- Encourage discussion around global issues such as climate change, deforestation, pollution, and conservation.
- Access free teaching resources and activities with every issue to get the most out of the magazine with your pupils.
See it in action
Take a closer look at Animal Planet, order a free copy at dcthomsonshop.co.uk/ap-free.
For more information call 01382 575 795, email schools@animalplanetmagazine.com or visit animalplanetmagazine.com/schools.
