Welcome to the teaching library, featuring games, presentations, activities, and written articles. If you wish to use these materials, please refer to the Terms of Use.

Games

The Adventures of a Friendly Fungus

Play your way through the adventurous life of a mycorrhizal fungus, and see if you can complete all of the challenges! 

Press the green flag to start

Press the yellow arrows to move through the stages

Please note this game is not compatible with mobile devices. Click here if the game does not display properly.

Teaching presentations

How to introduce mycorrhizal fungi to the next generation? Here are powerpoint presentations tailored to children from ages 5 to 11 . Browse the slides below, or download the full powerpoints, including notes and animations, via these links:

Download 'What's happening under our feet?' for KS1 (ages 5-7)

Download 'What's happening under our feet?' for KS2 (ages 7-11)

Activities

• The Fungi of the Botanic Garden Trail: click here to access the Seasonal Trails of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden, including the self-guided Fungi Trail created with the Learning Team and visitors to the Fungi Field Day event. You can download the full leaflet, or just download the map.

• 'Rooted': a wellbeing walk co-created with Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination and members of staff from Addenbrooke's Hospital. Click here to learn about the creation of the walk and download the walk leaflet.

Blogs, books and articles

• Chapter in ‘The Curriculum Compendium’ on art-science activities in the Primary Curriculum: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/curriculum-compendium-9781801990905/.

• Overcoming plant and fungal blindness: https://besteachingandlearning.wordpress.com/2021/03/31/visualising-the-invisible-to-overcome-plant-and-fungus-blindness/.

• An article written about one of the workshops with Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination at Wilburton Primary School, including links to teaching resources: https://cambridgecandi.org.uk/index.php/resource/whats-happening-under-our-feet.