Microhabitats

Microhabitats

Today in science, we enjoyed the warm weather by exploring large and small habitats. We used our school field (large habitat) to look for microhabitats and minibeasts that live there. The children created a bar chart to show which minibeasts they saw. We then share some of the different microhabitats we found on the school field. They found minibeasts under stones or rocks, between the grass, inside wooden logs, under and on leaves, in dark places like soil and in the flowers. The children found a range of minibeasts in these microhabitats including ladybirds, flies, spiders, slugs, snails, beetles, millipedes, bees, worms, caterpillars, wasps and butterflies.  We then discussed if all minibeasts live in the same microhabitat. Well done everybody. Next lesson, we will be exploring why different minibeasts are suited to their microhabitat.