Insect Week - 24th to 30th June 2024
This collection includes some activities for primary and secondary aged pupils which can be used to support Insect Week organised by the Royal Entomological Society as an annual celebration of the ‘little things that run the world’ encouraging people of all ages to learn more about insects.
Included are materials to support with surveying and tracking the insects in your area, as well as resources to promote discussion around the topic of 'Would you eat insects?'.
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Tracking Insects With a Big Dish, Australian Floods
This podcast from the Planet Earth Online collection and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) looks at how tracking insects can help scientists forecast summer storms and floods, and the role one of Europe's key satellite missions played in the recent floods in Queensland, Australia.
The huge...
Orchids and Insects
This Catalyst article explains how orchids have evolved over millions of years to have a close relationship with the insects which pollinate them. Like many plants, orchids rely on insects to carry pollen from one flower to another in order to reproduce. Many plants offer a reward to pollinators, and so do some...
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Bee detectives
This KS2 resource looks at the importance of bees as pollinators and explores some of the threats they face. The activities are based around the work of ‘real world’ scientists in organisations such as Fera.
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Pollination roleplay...
In this collection of resources, pupils will learn about moths and butterflies and their habitats. They will learn about the important role that butterflies and moths have in food chains, and how different animals in the food chain are dependent on each other to survive. Through a dance activity they will find out...
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| Subject(s) | Science, Biology |
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| Age | 7-11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19 |
| Published | n.a |
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| Direct URL | https://www.stem.org.uk/cxhoez |
