Catch, observe, and release tiny critters with this adorable playground designedjust for bugs. Watch your bugs summit the climbing wall, swim in the pool, and whoosh! go down the slide! This primary resource assists with covering the following Expressive Arts Early level objectives from the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence: Each bottle must be cleaned carefully with their label removed and mouth cut off to ensure children can fill their bottles with the correct resources for mini-beast habitat. Illustrated booklet digs into the science behind the fun: Kids learn how to choose, feed, and care for their critters and discover fascinating facts about them We can also provide the Bug Hotel without the polycarbonatetubes giving schools an alternative option. Instead of the tubes, you can encouragechildren to collect plastic bottles and use them as a home for creepy crawlies.

Bug City | Natural Outdoor Play Equipment | Red Monkey Play

gathering, recording, classifying and presenting data in a variety of ways to help in answering questions I can use my knowledge of the interactions and energy flow between plants and animals in ecosystems, food chains and webs. I have contributed to the design or conservation of a wildlife area. Bug expert, David George Gordon, leads the way in the illustrated color booklet filled with facts and activities. Budding entomologists will learn facts about arthropods, exoskeletons, metamorphosis, camouflage, how bugs breathe, and more. The booklet also includes helpful tips on which bugs make well-behaved pals and which feisty and pesty bugs to avoid collecting, plus suggestions for keeping your bugs comfortable, well-fed, and happy—and even how to deal with fights.Includes 18 pieces for STEM learning fun: 15-piece Playground with Air Holes, including a climbing wall, pool, crawling tube, curly slide, and jungle gym; bug catcher; instructions; and illustrated science activity booklet This activitygives children the responsibilityto carefully remove and return their pods while looking after the insects inside furtherdeveloping their PSEDand understanding of the world.

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I can identify and classify examples of living things, past and present, to help me appreciate their diversity. I can relate physical and behavioural characteristics to their survival or extinction. From herbs, lavender or even vegetables; children can choose to create a sensory garden, a vegetable garden or even a garden which will attract Bees and Butterflies. Hooks are always a must. Bags, coats, magnifying glasses, pencils… children can hang equipment up before heading to inspect their 'Bug Pods'. identify and name a variety of common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammalsWith a lovely Bird Feeding Table situated on top of the Bug Hotel, children can enjoy observing wild birds to develop their understanding of these magnificent animalsfrom the Aves Class of species. to develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space I have the opportunity to choose and explore a range of media and technologies to create images and objects, discovering their effects and suitability for specific tasks. We have included a sturdy investigation shelf at the side of our Bug Hotel to enable children to get up close and personal with the mini-beasts within their 'Bug Pod'.

Bug Garden | Natural Outdoor Play Equipment | Red Monkey Play

Children must carefully remove their individual pod from the hotel and place it on the Bug Pod Investigation Shelf. Taking a closer look at what is inside their pod, children will begin to identify and observe the insects inside without disturbing them or spilling what is inside their pod.

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I can sample and identify living things from different habitats to compare their biodiversity and can suggest reasons for their distribution I understand how animal and plant species depend on each other and how living things are adapted for survival. I can predict the impact of population growth and natural hazards on biodiversity Once their pods are full and the insects have moved in, children are able to investigate, observe and identify what is living in their hotel through the clear pod. This primary resource assists with covering the following Art and Design aims of the National Curriculum: