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🔎 Going on a Bug Hunt

Pack your magnifier and hunt for minibeasts under logs, on flowers, and by the pond, kindly and carefully.

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~15 min

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🔬 Science

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Ages 6–12

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What you’ll learn

Where Do Minibeasts Live?Discover where different minibeasts live and sort them into their homes.Minibeasts live in many places. Woodlice, beetles, and worms hide in the dark and damp under logs. Bees and butterflies visit sunny flowers, and pond skaters glide on water. Each minibeast has a home that suits it.
Be a Bug DetectiveLearn to observe minibeasts closely and kindly, following the steps of a bug hunt.A bug detective uses a magnifying glass to see minibeasts up close and always treats them gently. The steps of a good bug hunt are to look in the right places, watch closely, draw or count, and then put every creature back where it was found.
What Did You Find?Use clues like counting legs to identify the minibeasts you find.When you find a minibeast, counting its legs is a great clue. Six legs means an insect, like a grasshopper. Eight legs means a spider, and a snail has none but carries a shell. Looking closely helps you name your finds.

Questions this course answers

Where is a good place to find woodlice and beetles?

Minibeasts like woodlice hide in the dark, damp space under a log.

What should you do after looking under a log?

Putting the log back keeps the minibeasts' home safe.

What does a magnifying glass help you do?

A magnifying glass makes small minibeasts look bigger so you can study them.

How should we treat the minibeasts we find?

Minibeasts are delicate, so we handle them gently and put them back.

A minibeast with six legs is a...

Six legs is the sign of an insect, like a grasshopper.

Which minibeast carries its home on its back?

A snail carries its spiral shell like a little home wherever it goes.

Grounded in trusted sources

RSPB
National Geographic Kids
Amateur Entomologists' Society

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