PR-0552UK Primary Science - Book 2

Design an insect
Plants and animals ~ Activity 3
Objective
• observe, identify and
explore a variety of living
things in local habitats and
environments
Working scientifically
• Questioning
• Observing
• Predicting
• Investigating and
experimenting
• Recording and
communicating
Designing and making
• Exploring
• Planning
• Making
• Evaluating
Background information
Refer to background information
on page 16.
Before the lesson
Materials needed
• Collect a range of materials including plastic bottles, drinking straws, pipe-cleaners,
buttons, cardboard boxes, cardboard rolls, cool drink cans, masking tape, modelling
clay, elastic bands etc.
Preparation
• Group materials for ease of use.
The lesson
Stimulus
• Discuss the body parts of insects. Review worksheet from page 17. Review the
materials collected. Pupils suggest what materials most resemble insect body parts
and how they can be joined.
What to do
• Place pupils in small groups. Have the groups complete the worksheet based on
their own plan of an insect. Have the pupils label body parts with the materials
they intend to use.
• Distribute materials and have pupils assemble their insect.
• Review each group’s insect. Check off all required body parts.
After the lesson
Answers
• Teacher check
Additional activities
• Sort the completed insects into species (for example, beetles, ants) or by what they
eat or what they can do.
Display ideas
• Display the finished insects from the ceiling or on ledges, along with a short
description of what each can do, what it eats, its name etc.
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