There is a Zoo in my There is a Zoo in my GardenGarden

Fact FinderFact Finder

There is a Zoo in my There is a Zoo in my GardenGarden

Fact FinderFact FinderMy Name: My Name:

This will be your cover page

Create a Minibeast Sitehttp://www.publish.csiro.au/multimedia/projects/create_a_creature/index.html

Illustration of a backyard HabitatUse paint for your picture

here

List the animals that live in this habitat:

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Minibeast Learning Interactives

Place minibeasts in the backyard Habitat

•Go to Insert•Go to Clip

Art•Type in name of insect•Select

creature and resize by

dragging o the corner

handle•Move by

dragging by the middle of the picture

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Plants in our habitatUse clip art to

show the plants that live in your

chosen habitat

List the plants that live in this habitat:

Insect Info

What is an insect?An insect

LIST different insects you

know:

Label the different minibeasts:

Simple ways to identify your minibeast

• Use a good wildlife book

• Count the legs and follow the simple rule:

0 legs = Worms, slugs and snails

6 legs = insects

8 legs = spiders

14 legs = woodlice

More than 14 legs = centipedes and millipedes

• Use a ‘key’

How would you feel if you were a garden creature?

What would you do?

How would you feel?

How would you eat?

Picture of creature

Create a Superbug

Build a habitat for an animal

The animal is a Kinds of Food

Home Kinds of Plants

Picture of the MinibeastShow how the

minibeast looks up

close.Use

animation or paint a picture.

Don’t forget to LABEL

your minibeast.

You might find these words useful:• head•abdomen•thorax•leg•eye•antennae•wing

The insect songHead, thorax, abdomen, abdomen

Head, thorax, abdomen, abdomen

And 3 legs here

And 3 legs there

Eyes, and antennae on my head, on my head

The Life Cycle of a

Life Cycles Website

Sites• Bug Wise - Invertebrates• Build a bug - Read facts first!• Climbers and Creepers• Fun Activity (Monty the Spider)• Games and Activities to Learn About Pests• Garden Creatures• Garden Detective• Guess the Insect• Let's Talk About Animals• Life Cycles• Link to Lots of Minibeast Sites• Magic School Bus - Insects• Magic School Bus Games and Activities• Mini Beasts Activities• Minibeasts• Museum Victoria• Reports on Insects• Research Minibeasts• http://www.primaryschool.com.au/scienceresults.php?

kla=Science+and+Technology&unit=Mini-worlds