This primary resource introduces children to different species of insects in the UK. Discover the magnificent mini-beasts that live in their gardens or on the school field. Which species of moth looks like a hummingbird? Why are green shield bugs nicknamed ‘stink bugs’? How do houseflies use their spit to help them eat?

Pupils will learn all about bugs from photographer and bug expert Jay Dykes in our National Geographic Kids’ Insects primary resource sheet.

The teaching resource can be used in study group tasks for investigating insects in their local area, as a printed handout for each pupil to use for a case study about their chosen species of insect, or for display on the interactive whiteboard for class discussion.

Activity: Ask children to use their individual print-outs to make flash cards about each species of insect. Pupils could be divided into groups and assigned two or three flash cards each. As a class exercise, challenge pupils to answer questions by identifying themselves from their groups if they have the correct flash card (i.e. Which insect has a long plant-juice-sucking snout? Can the insects that go through five different stages please stand up? Raise your hand if you think your insect eats aphids, etc.). Pupils could also use their flash cards to help them identify different insects on a mini-beast trail in the school field and keep a tally chart of all the insects they find.





Pupils should be taught to:  

  •  investigate the way in which water is transported within plants 




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