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🪵 Where Minibeasts Live

Minibeasts have homes all around us! Peek under logs, dig in the soil, and look on leaves to find where tiny creatures live.

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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

Homes All AroundDiscover that minibeasts live in different places, like under logs and in the soil.Minibeasts have homes all around us. Under a damp log it is dark and cool, just how woodlice and beetles like it. Down in the cool, dark soil, the earthworm digs little tunnels and finds dead leaves to eat.
Under and OverLearn that some minibeasts live on leaves and others build webs.Up on green leaves and plants, ladybirds sit in the sunshine and caterpillars munch away, because leaves are their favourite food. A spider makes its home in a silky web, spun in a quiet corner, where sticky threads catch little flies for its dinner.
Finding MinibeastsLearn that some minibeasts live in ponds and match minibeasts to their homes.Some minibeasts live in water, like pond skaters that walk on top of a pond and dragonflies that zoom above it. Altogether, minibeasts live in many homes: under logs, in the soil, on leaves, in webs, and in ponds, each one just right for the creature that lives there.

Questions this course answers

What might you find hiding under an old log?

Under a damp log it is dark and cool, which is just how woodlice and beetles like it.

Where does an earthworm make its home?

The earthworm lives in the cool, dark soil, digging little tunnels as it goes.

Where does a spider like to make its home?

A spider spins a silky web and waits there for little flies to get caught.

Which minibeast can you find living on a pond?

A pond skater lives on the water, walking on top of the pond.

Why do caterpillars like to live on leaves?

Caterpillars live on leaves because leaves are their favourite food.

Grounded in trusted sources

Nat Geo Kids
RSPB
BBC Bitesize

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