Free animals and plants PowerPoint presentations for teachers and students, created by teachers from around the world. There are 78 presentations below covering plants, animal groups, classification, adaptation, habitats, food chains and farming, from primary and KS3 through to GCSE. Click a title to download the slides, then edit them to suit your lessons.
Plants: structure and growth PowerPoints
Plant parts, leaves, roots, trees and how plants grow.
- Introduction to plants
- Why study plants?
- Botany
- Plants
- Plants (2)
- Plants general
- Lower plants
- Leaf structures
- Leaf structure and photosynthesis
- Growing plants
- Plantlets
- Sumac tree
- Trees as homes
- Natural vegetation
- Plants test
Plant reproduction PowerPoints
Flowers, pollination, fertilisation and how plants reproduce.
Back to topicsAnimal groups PowerPoints
Vertebrates and invertebrates, from sharks and birds to spiders and earthworms.
- The animal kingdom
- Vertebrates
- Fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals
- Birds
- Sharks
- Sea otter
- Simple animals
- Spiders and insects
- Earthworm
Animal reproduction, feeding and behaviour PowerPoints
How animals reproduce, feed and behave.
Back to topicsClassifying living things PowerPoints
Kingdoms, classification keys, protists and fungi.
- Classification
- Five kingdom classification
- Classification of animals
- Classification of plants
- Diversity of life part 1
- Diversity of life part 2
- Kingdom protista
- Fungi
- Puccinia fungus
Adaptation and evolution PowerPoints
How animals are adapted to where they live, fossils and evolution.
- Adaptation in animals
- Adaptation in animals (2)
- Adaptation (KS4)
- Animal adaptations
- Animal adaptations (2)
- In their natural habitats
- Fossils
- Evolution in present times
Habitats, food chains and the environment PowerPoints
Food chains and webs, populations, symbiosis and human impact on the environment.
- Environment and feeding relationships
- Environments
- Food chains and webs
- Food webs
- Food web of the Arctic
- Interactions of life: communities
- Populations
- Predators and prey
- Pyramids
- Symbiosis
- Symbiosis (2)
- Symbiosis (3)
- Symbiosis and homeostasis
- Pollution
- The influence of human activity on the environment
- Global warming
- Our Earth’s resources
Farming and food PowerPoints
Domestic animals, animal breeds, crops and food production.
- Animal science
- Animal breeds
- Domestication
- Animal uses part 1
- Animal uses part 2
- Food and labour
- Hunters and gatherers
- Intensive farming
- Fertilizers and pesticides
- Food production and the environment
- History of plant pathology lecture
- Food pyramid
- Food safety
Tips for teaching animals and plants with PowerPoint
- Use real photos. Pictures of real animals and plants in their habitats make far more impact than clip art.
- Get students sorting. A slide of mixed organisms to group into vertebrates, invertebrates and plants makes a great starter.
- Go outside. Pair a habitat or food chain slide with a quick survey of the school grounds.
- Label as you go. Reveal the parts of a flower or a leaf one label at a time.
- Tell a story. A single animal, from birth to adulthood, makes life cycles and adaptation memorable.
- Finish with a quiz. A few picture questions are a quick way to check what has stuck.
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