Introducing living things and their habitats
Understand all about living things and their habitats. Explore and identify animals and plants, and classify them as living, dead, never been alive and more.
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Animal explorer interactive (4-7)
An innovative, fun and engaging interactive with images, facts and quizzes about the variety of life in our animal kingdom.
Meet an ecologist video (primary)
Watch Jen, an ecologist, talking about her job and using special equipment to observe and identify minibeasts in a variety of microhabitats.
Exploring habitats video
Discover what a habitat is, learn about living things in a rock pool and sort things into those that are alive, dead and have never been alive. Click 'Watch' to play the video
What is a living thing? animation
In this short animation, Ravi, Kate and Bubbles discuss the needs of living things and identify those living in a cliff-top habitat and the sea. Click 'Watch' to play the video
Building career connections: Ecologist (primary)
A guide for teachers with suggestions for how to build awareness of a career in ecology. Includes ideas for role play and vocabulary development.
Be a minibeast habitat explorer delivery guide
A delivery guide for teachers giving background to the challenge and providing suggestions for how to use the resources.
Be a minibeast habitat explorer self-check
A skills and knowledge self-assessment sheet for pupils to use after they have completed the 'Be a minibeast habitat explorer' challenge.
Minibeast survey activity sheet
Pupils can use this sheet to record the number of minibeasts they find and where they found them, whilst suveying their school grounds.
How to build a minibeast hotel
Simple, clear instructions for how to build a variety of minibeast hotels.
Minibeast ID sheet
Use this ID sheet and key to help pupils identify the minibeasts they find in their school grounds.
Be a minibeast habitat explorer presentation
In this challenge, pupils become ecologists as they find out about minibeast habitats before they conduct a survey in their school grounds.