What animals or insects are living in your backyard?
Design and make a bug hotel.
You really don’t need to look further than your own yard to find materials to use. I found all sorts of useful things around our own yard, some old heater bricks, gravel and mulch, some twigs we broke up, old broken tiles and some bamboo garden stakes in the shed. The point here is don’t go out and buy materials for your bug hotel. Bugs already live in your yard, you are just providing them a little shelter and a purpose built home. Here’s a few different materials you could use inside your bug hotel:
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Some examples of other bug hotels.
Take your learning further...
Dive deeper into this topic by finding books in EPIC about different Ecosystems or habitats. There are LOADS of videos and books for you to learn about something you are passionate about.
Remember you need to start with some questions...
What is an ecosystem?
What is a habitat?
What animals live in the deepest part of the ocean?
How do animals adapt to their habitat?
What are some different habitats around the world?
Remember you need to start with some questions...
What is an ecosystem?
What is a habitat?
What animals live in the deepest part of the ocean?
How do animals adapt to their habitat?
What are some different habitats around the world?