skippy Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 (edited) Hi can anyone out there give me some ideas for mini beasts i have looked through the forum already but didnt know if anyone is planning for mini beasts at the mo Edited April 9, 2006 by skippy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 I did a week on snails last year - don't know if that's any good. week_4.doc week_4.doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Mini beast topic Look through the Insect Lore book, they have lots of ideas from grow your own butterlies, snails, ant quariums, games etc. Make spiders - black sugar paper with black pipe cleaners - good maths activity Make cobwebs by rolling marbles in a tin with a bit of glitter for the dew Ladybird printing and finger painting Snail trails on black paper What about the little sea monsters - if you leave water outside long enough you will find lots of minibeasts growing of their own accord Make jelly with bugs in for the children to explore Catch woodlice and keep them for a while in a damp moist soil with bits of bark etc. I find the small plastic propogators with lids which can be brought from the garden centres for a couple of pounts really useful for keeping small mini beasts in. Make webs from white cotton/wool - if you do woodwork the children can make their own from bits of wood and nails and then weave the cotton to make their own webs The Eric Carle books are good, the very noisy cricket and the spider one are really good which reminds me I must replace my noisy cricket one as it has lots its noise altogether. Lots of songs, There's a worm at the bottom of my garden, Incey Wincey, Spiders under magnifying glasses are fascinating, if not a bi scary when you see so much detail, with the larger ones you can even see all their eyes which I always find a bit disconcerting when they are running across the floor as they always have you in view. Wormeries etc Too tired to think of much more now - have one day to finish an assignment which is already late and I have another 1000 words to write so must go. Nikki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debbie2 Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Hi Skippy I've done Growing & Minibeasts - here is my topic sheet Debbie Topic_Sheet_Minibeasts___Growing.doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marion Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 (edited) Cant find my Medium term planning on this lap top may be at school and unfortunately its Easter Did find old planning for a days Mini beast safari mini_beast.doc minibeasts.doc Edited April 9, 2006 by Marion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 I heard a great sounding thing at a course recently (though haven't tried it yet) where you catch a spiders web. Now let me just remember... you get black card/paper and catch a dewy spiders web on it to make a print, then I think you sprinkle it with talc or something - the powder only sticks to the moist parts, thus showing the web pattern ?? Anyone out there done this to elaborate or correct...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 I've tried to do something similar, following advice...you're meant to find an empty spider web and spray it with gold/silver spray then position black paper behind it and snip the anchoring strands. Now it may just be my cack-handedness but I found the webs collapsed and the resulting language, after about the fifth try, cannot possibly be repeated here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Ooh, then you're meant to laminate it and keep it for posterity. Why anyone would want a gold gloopy mess that bears absolutely no resemblance to anything except a gold gloopy mess is beyond me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy Posted April 9, 2006 Author Share Posted April 9, 2006 fantastic thankyou all for your replys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marion Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 or you could use a digital camera on a frosty morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Great pictures, Marion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beau Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 I think you are meant to spray it with hair spray to make it sticky first. You need to work fast though, before the hair spray dries. I haven't tried it myself though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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