Y1/2 (B): Living things: Microhabitats

Asking questions about minibeasts and using scientific enquiry methods to find answers.

Lessons

Y1/2 (B): Lesson 1: Identifying and classifying minibeasts

Y1/2 (B): Lesson 2: Introduction to scientific enquiry

Y1/2 (B): Lesson 3: Minibeast hunt

Y1/2 (B): Lesson 4: Planning an experiment

Y1/2 (B): Lesson 5: Woodlice experiment

Y1/2 (B): Lesson 6: What is a botanist?

Key skills

Posing questions

  • Exploring the world
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Key knowledge

To know:

  • A variety of
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Key vocabulary

food chain

microhabitat

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Equipment list

Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.

This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)

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Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected

  • A tray of leaf litter containing minibeasts

    ×1
  • Digital camera ×8
  • Opaque lidded box with air holes containing leaf litter and three earthworms

    ×1
  • 1 clear, litre plastic bottle

  • Soil (approximately a third of a litre)

    ×1
  • Sand (approximately a third of a litre)

    ×1
  • Leaf litter (a handful).

    ×1
  • Trowel ×30
  • A3 sheet of black paper or card

    ×1
  • Sticky tape
  • Bug pots with lids

    ×15
  • Medium-sized paintbrushes

    ×15
  • Magnifying glass ×15
  • Clipboards ×30
  • Petri dishes ×5
  • Stopwatch / timer ×15
  • Paper towels ×30
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