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Art and design Computing Design and technology French Geography History Music Physical education Spanish Religion and worldviews RSE & PSHE Science Wellbeing

Lesson 3: Minibeast hunt

Gathering and recording data about minibeasts that live in different microhabitats on the school grounds.

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Learning objective

To recognise that living things live in habitats to which they are suited.
Working scientifically: To gather and record data to answer a question.

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National curriculum

Science

Living things and their habitats

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Cross-curricular links

Geography

Geographical skills and fieldwork

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Select ‘Minibeast memory game’ (slide 1) from the Presentation: Microhabitats and ask the class to look carefully at the selection of minibeasts for 15 seconds. Click on the next slide and ask the children to name the minibeast that has disappeared, clicking on the question mark to reveal the answer. Repeat for the following two…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could be given their own copy of the Resource: Minibeast identification chart.

Pupils working at greater depth

Could count the number of different minibeasts found and record these as tallies on the Activity: Minibeast survey; could describe some ways in which microhabitats depend on minibeasts, e.g. flowering plants depend on flying insects, such as bees and butterflies, to spread their pollen.

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