Key Stage 5 Resources

Resources suitable for pupils in Years 12 and 13

Under the Microscope

View the hidden world of plants and their microscopic adaptations

Plant Conservation Science

Exploring plant conservation: resources for cultivating environmental stewardship

Our Future is Nature Inspired: PlaMatSu Project

Plants have Superpowers!

The following resources and activities link specifically to the Garden and its amazing plants. Use to support a self-led visit to the Garden to structure your trip and explore our site:

Explore art and photography

Explore the best locations for art and photography in the Garden.

Plants Inspiring Design and Technology

Plants have developed some surprising solutions to complex problems - and humans have made use of many of them.

Medicines from Plants

For thousands of years, plants and plant extracts have been used as medicines.

Plant Evolution

Plants have a long and complex evolutionary history, originating in freshwater pools and streams around 470 million years ago.

Plants and Climate Change

Our climate is changing. How plants respond will depend on their adaptations and ecology.

Amazing people, enquiring minds

Discover the stories of some of the amazing people who do research in Cambridge.

Amazing Adaptations: journey through the glasshouses

Make your way through the glasshouses at CUBG and discover plants from all over the world