Engaging practical science activities for KS1/KS2 primary school children (aged 5-11), using dance and PE activities to engage kinaesthetic learners with the curriculum topic “Living things and their habitats”.
Butterflies Under Pressure
Children will learn about moths, butterflies and their habitats, the important role moths and butterflies play in the food chain, and the negative impact humans can have on moth and butterfly habitats.
Children will learn about the role of physical and behavioural adaptations using the caterpillars of butterflies and moths as an example. Children will learn to work scientifically using observations and recording data to help answer the question “How do pesticides affect the ability of butterfly caterpillars to find food?”
Children will learn about adaptations in caterpillar movement behaviour and how habitat structure may affect the amount of time it takes for a caterpillar to find a suitable plant to eat.
