Lesson Planning

Teaching

• Observe living things in their habitat, consider why they are there and how they are surviving.
• Review the allotment and consider if there are any other mini-beasts the allotment would benefit from and why. Consider how to create micro-habitats to encourage these mini-beasts.
• Understand that different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of mini-beasts and plants and that they depend on each other.
• Plan and create micro-habitats with the right conditions to attract specific living things.

Activities

1. Review and observe the allotment, looking for mini-beasts and making micro-habitats for them.
2. Understand that different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of mini-beasts and plants and that they depend on each other.

Investigation - exploring pattern seeking
Weed and tend to the allotment, understanding why the weeds need to be pulled out. Identify the weeds. Make flap pictures of the micro-habitat they have made and the mini-beast they hope it will attract.

Vocabulary
Growth, germination, planting, edible, mini-beasts, habitats