The links below are to the Botanist Ellen website which has materials specifically designed for schools and home schooling.
For school students at primary level, there is biographical information on Ellen Hutchins and a piece on ‘wonderful plants’. It is well designed, includes ample illustrations and has interactive elements. It works brilliantly on desktops, laptops and tablets, but not on mobile phones.
Similar information to that for primary level students on the Botanist Ellen site is also available in a mobile friendly format but without the interactive elements under For Kids on this, the Ellen Hutchins, website.
For school students of secondary level, on the Botanist Ellen site there is Ellen’s Story in summary form, then more on Ellen’s scientific achievements, her character, the time and place, and the importance of plants. It provides layers of information to be explored, and all images and photos are cleared for educational use. It is designed for use on desktops, laptops and tablets.
The mobile friendly pages on this, the Ellen Hutchins, website on Ellen’s Story, and on Her Life, Work and Legacy present the same information but without the layers and some design elements. The material is suitable for secondary level students.
The Ellen Hutchins Festival can loan hand lenses and laminated photographs of seaweed specimens, and provide materials for seaweed pressing to schools. Please do contact us about this. There are also exhibition display panels suitable for schools use.
