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Insects & Minibeasts

15 lessons · topologically ordered (prerequisites first).

  1. 1
    What is a minibeast?
    Ages 5–7 · high
  2. 2
    Common minibeasts: naming and recognising
    Ages 5–7 · high
    • What is a minibeast? (hard)
  3. 3
    Caterpillar to butterfly
    Ages 5–7 · low
    • What is a minibeast? (hard)
  4. 4
    Minibeast Habitats
    Ages 5–7 · high
    • Common minibeasts: naming and recognising (hard)
  5. 5
    Minibeasts in the food chain
    Ages 5–7 · high
    • Common minibeasts: naming and recognising (hard)
  6. 6
    How minibeasts move
    Ages 5–7 · med
    • Common minibeasts: naming and recognising (hard)
  7. 7
    Insect life cycles: complete metamorphosis
    Ages 7–9 · low
    • Caterpillar to butterfly (hard)
  8. 8
    Caring for minibeasts
    Ages 5–7 · low
    • What is a minibeast? (hard)
    • Minibeasts in the food chain (soft)
  9. 9
    The insect body plan
    Ages 7–9 · med
    • How minibeasts move (soft)
    • Common minibeasts: naming and recognising (hard)
  10. 11
    Not all minibeasts are insects
    Ages 7–9 · med
    • The insect body plan (hard)
  11. 12
    Social insects: ants and bees
    Ages 7–9 · med
    • The insect body plan (hard)
  12. 13
    Camouflage, warning colours, and mimicry
    Ages 7–9 · low
    • The insect body plan (hard)
  13. 14
    Incredible insects: record-breakers
    Ages 7–9 · low
    • The insect body plan (hard)
  14. 15
    Sorting and Identifying Minibeasts
    Ages 7–9 · med
    • Not all minibeasts are insects (hard)
  15. 16
    Bees and pollination
    Ages 7–9 · med
    • Social insects: ants and bees (hard)
    • Minibeasts in the food chain (soft)