Lesson by Maria Cox
Learning Intentions:
- To choose appropriate materials.
- To create an environment/habitat for insects.
- To be able to write a set of instructions.
Step 1: Activity overview for parent, carers and pupils
This activity requires a garden or safe outdoor space.
There is a short instructional video, approximately one minute and a template to support the learning.
Examples of resources needed for practical activity:
- Cardboard tubes (big or small)
- Pine cones
- Dried leaves
- Twigs
- Shredded paper or cardboard
Written activity can be completed on or offline.
Step 2: Introduction to the activity and additional information
In this activity you are going to build a bug hotel (also known as a wildlife hotel or stack). If you build it well it could shelter anything from hedgehogs to toads, solitary bees to bumblebees, and ladybirds to woodlice. This creates an environment/habitat for insects in your garden/outdoor area. Safe hideaways can be hard for wildlife to find in some gardens.Start by watching the video on the link below to get an idea of how to create a bug hotel:
Chester zoo – how to make a bug hotel.
Step 3: Tasks to carry out for this activity
Activity 1
- Design a multi-storey bug hotel that’s full of all sorts of natural materials, providing hidey-holes for creatures like the ones you saw in the video above.
- Create your own bug hotel
- Evaluate your work when completed.
Use the template below to create your own bug hotel.
Activity 2
Write a set of instructions on how you created a bug hotel.
Once you have completed the task you can email anything you create (photos, documents, screenshots etc.) directly to your teacher or directly upload it to any of the available places in Step 5.
Step 4: Look over the success criteria for this activity:
Success criteria #1: I can make a bug hotel.
Success criteria #2: I can write a set of instructions.
Success criteria #3: I can self-assess my work.
Look at the learning intentions ‘how well do you think you have done?’
Step 5: Upload your work
Click on the relevant link below if you have any work to upload to your online areas J2e Google Drive OneDrive Seesaw