Minibeasts and Plants Term 4 Primary 3 In

Minibeasts and Plants Term 4 – Primary 3 In this Power. Point there a range of activities to develop and deepen your knowledge and understanding of Minibeasts.

What is a Minibeast? A Minibeast is a very small animal which has no backbone or skeleton on the inside. They are called invertebrates. • Activity: There are lots of other interesting things to know about Minibeasts. Using your research skills, find out 5 facts. Record these in your jotter. (Don’t forget to write down the facts in your own words!) Useful website: https: //www. theschoolrun. com/homework-help/minibeasts • Activity: There are many different species of Minibeast – Can you research them and describe these particular ones? 1. Insects 2. Molluscs 3. Isopods 4. Arachnids 5. Myriapods 6. Annelids

Can you use the Key to identify the Minibeasts?

Identification of Minibeasts

Where do Minibeasts live? What do they eat? • Minibeasts live in microhabitats. In the link below you can investigate what a mircohabitat looks like and why the Minibeasts like to live in these places. https: //thewonderofscience. com/phenomenon/2018/5/3/exploring-microhabitats • Activity: Can you retell someone in your household the main events and pieces of information from the video. Try to include at least 3! https: //www. woodlandtrust. org. uk/blog/2019/05/minibeast-facts/ • Activity: Read for information about the places and things Minibeasts eat. Take notes in your jotter – Only write down the main important parts.

Complete this in your jotter. Think carefully! How can you check your answers are correct?

Create a Factfile about your favourite Minibeast. Remember to include lots of detail!

Outdoor Learning Before you go outside to explore watch Maddie & Greg with Minibeast Photography. https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=IYa. WSi. Sid 1 o • Activity: Go on a Minibeast Hunt with your family, either in the garden or local park. Have a go at taking your own pictures – Can you name the Minibeast? Please remember to respect the wildlife! Rather than touching and picking up the Minibeasts admire with your eyes! On the next slide, there is an example of how you can collect information on your Minibeast Hunt. We would love to see this information in a graph to easily compare the different types of Minibeasts you found. Take a look at the examples!

Are you now a Minibeast Expert? Well Done! You have completed the first section on our class topic. We hope you had fun To see how much you have developed your knowledge have a go at this quiz: https: //www. educationquizzes. com/ks 1/science/living-thingsminibeasts-and-micro-habitats/ • Activity: We would love you to demonstrate ALL your Minibeast knowledge by creating a poster or Power. Point containing the knowledge you have gathered across all the activities. Impress us with your knowledge! We can’t wait to see them! Miss Sandy & Miss Cowan