Living things: Microhabitats
Asking questions about minibeasts and using scientific enquiry methods to find answers.
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Living things: Microhabitats
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Identify and name a variety of plants and animals.
- Recall that minibeasts live in microhabitats.
- Describe microhabitats and their conditions.
- Describe how microhabitats provide for the basic needs of animals and plants.
- Describe the job role of a botanist.
When working scientifically, pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Group minibeasts and create simple classification keys.
- Ask questions and recognise that they can be answered in different ways.
- Gather and record data and use it to answer questions.
- Plan what observations to make in an experiment.
- Order the steps of a method.
- Describe the appearance of flowering plants.
- Use an identification chart to name flowering plants.
Please note that Kapow Primary Science lessons are designed to be 1 hour and 30 minutes long to reflect the requirements of a core subject.
Suggested prior learning
Living things: Habitats
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Identifying and classifying minibeasts
Lesson 2: Introduction to scientific enquiry
Lesson 3: Minibeast hunt
Lesson 4: Planning an experiment
Lesson 5: Woodlice experiment
Lesson 6: What is a botanist?
Key skills
Key knowledge
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)
Full equipment list for the subject
Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
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A tray of leaf litter containing minibeasts.
×1 - Digital camera ×8
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Clear, litre plastic bottle
×1 -
Soil (approximately a third of a litre)
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Sand (approximately a third of a litre)
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Leaf litter (a handful).
×1 -
Trowel or large spoon
×1 -
A3 sheet of black paper or card
×1 - Sticky tape ×1
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Bug pots with lids
×15 -
Medium-sized paintbrushes
×15 - Magnifying glasses ×15
- Clipboards ×30
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Lidded box with air holes containing leaf litter and 25 woodlice.
×1 - Petri dishes ×5
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Stopwatches
×15 - Paper towels ×30
Equipment list
Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
-
A tray of leaf litter containing minibeasts.
×1 - Digital camera ×8
-
Clear, litre plastic bottle
×1 -
Soil (approximately a third of a litre)
-
Sand (approximately a third of a litre)
-
Leaf litter (a handful).
×1 -
Trowel or large spoon
×1 -
A3 sheet of black paper or card
×1 - Sticky tape ×1
-
Bug pots with lids
×15 -
Medium-sized paintbrushes
×15 - Magnifying glasses ×15
- Clipboards ×30
-
Lidded box with air holes containing leaf litter and 25 woodlice.
×1 - Petri dishes ×5
-
Stopwatches
×15 - Paper towels ×30
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