Summary

  • Hosted by Naomi Wilkinson and Lizzie Daly

  • Join us for an expedition deep into the rainforest where we'll learn all about the water cycle

  • Email your shout-outs to [email protected] with Earth Day as the subject, or get in touch using #BBCLiveLessons

Live Reporting

  1. The live commentary feed has now ended

    Thanks for joining us

    The Live Lesson is available to watch again on the BBC Teach website.

  2. Join us for the next Live Lesson on Friday, 9 May

    Moodboosters – Live Lesson

    Join Rhys Stephenson and Evie Pickerill for a jam-packed show full of gentle mood-boosting moves to help us recharge our minds and bodies.

    In the Live Lesson we’ll be sharing tips and techniques for dealing with our worries, building self-belief and supporting pupils’ mental health during exams and other challenging times.

    Mental health expert Dr Tharaka Gunarathne will be on hand to offer support and we’ll also be joined by some famous faces throughout the lesson – including a very special appearance from Pudsey Bear!

    Rhys Stephenson, Pudsey Bear and Evie Pickerill in front of a climbing wall

  3. More resources: KS2 Geography: Biomes

    These videos explore and contrast the six major biomes of Earth: rainforests, deserts, savannahs, tundras, woodlands and grasslands.

    A close up photograph of a chameleon

  4. Want to continue learning after the Live Lesson?

    Take a look at our teaching guide for follow-up activities.

  6. Glad you enjoyed it 🌎

    What a great way to begin our topic for this half term - Our Green Planet - which is all about climate change and the Earth.

    F1 at Oakdale Primary School in Peterborough

  7. Shout-out to all of the schools making a splash this Earth Day! 🌧️

    • Year 6 at Pyrcroft Grange Primary School in Chertsey
    • St Charles Academy in Hull
    • Primary 5 at Meadowburn Primary, Bishopbriggs
    • Tranmere Park Primary School in Guiseley
    • Squirrels and Badgers class at Higham Primary School, Kent
    • Year 4 at Europa School, Oxfordshire
    • Carron Primary School Scotland

  8. Getting climate smarter by the minute! 🌍🧠

    We are doing a Climate Smarter project so looking forward to the Live Lesson.

    P6/7 Daviot School, Aberdeenshire

  9. Small school, one big planet to protect! 💚🌍

    We are a small school of 9 pupils but have a real passion to help protect our precious planet!

    Durness Primary, Scotland

  10. Inverkip Primary working hard! 📺📑

    P4b are glad to be back at school and are taking part in the #BBCLiveLessons session for Earth Day. We are learning all about the water cycle and are enjoying the activities.

    Inverkip Primary, Inverkip

    Inverkip primary school

  11. Enjoy celebrating Earth Day 🌲🌳

    We are so looking forward to Earth Day and watching the Live Lesson today. We will be heading to some ancient woods this afternoon to explore and celebrate all things nature!

    Katie and Jude in Northampton

  12. Shout-out to this amazing school 🌿✨

    We have recently re-wilded a large part of our school grounds and can’t wait to watch it grow!

    Highfields School, Newark

  13. A big shout-out from the (rainforest) treetops to everyone watching 🌳

    • Hermitage Park Primary, Edinburgh
    • Penny Acres Primary school in Derbyshire
    • P6G at Blackhall Primary School, Edinburgh
    • Primary 5 at Caledonia Primary School in Glasgow
    • P7 from Burgh Primary School in Rutherglen
    • Y5 Longsight Community Primary in Manchester
    • P5.18 at Mearns Primary School in East Renfrewshire

  14. This school are ready to dive into the water cycle 💧🌿

    We have been studying the rainforests and the water cycle so we know this will be lots of help to us. We watch all the Live Lessons and my class would LOVE to get a shout out!

    Year 5, Brookburn Primary in Manchester

  15. We hope you learn lots in today's lesson 💧☔

    We are excited to be watching the Live Lesson today for Earth Day as our topic this term is ‘protecting our planet’ – we are really passionate about looking after our planet for future generations so learning all about the water cycle ties in nicely with this.

    Primary 4 at Caskieberran Primary School in Glenrothes, Fife

  16. Keep up the brilliant learning Louise! 💚📚

    We’ll be tuning into the Earth Day Live Lesson and wanted to request a special shout-out for Louise, a brilliant young learner in South London. Louise has been working so hard on her geography and science lessons this term, and she’s especially excited to celebrate Earth Day with you!

    Louise and Tia in South London

  17. Keep up the amazing environmental work! 🌿🌍

    Please give a shout out to Lola & Wren from Devon - home educators and regular visitors to the Eden Project. (They get in for free using their 'Green' Blue Peter Badges which they've earned through all their environmental work).

  18. Linton-on-Ouse leading the way 🌍💚

    The children have been working to reduce their carbon footprint over a couple of years and are keen to continue to learn more about how to have a positive impact on the Earth.

    Linton-on-Ouse Primary School, York

  19. Don't forget to download your blank water cycle diagram

    Download a blank water cycle diagram.

    WATER CYCLE GRAPHIC WITH LABELS

  20. Get in touch if you're joining us today

    Hello to...

    • Shout out for 4P at Cranwell Primary School, Sleaford
    • Brooklands Farm Primary School, Milton Keynes
    • Y5 from Appledore School, Devon
    • Joe, Ava and Sam watching in Kent