Science Week Success!

Bring Science Week alive with living things when the Minibeast Mayhem Roadshow visits your school! Loads to do as far as invertebrates are concerned for the 2012 Science Week. Fantastic interaction for KS1 and KS2 with loads of science activities and curriculum links. It is just brilliant to enthuse the children with a hands on experience and they learn an incredible amount this way. Minibeasts is such a huge topic and covers many subjects such as Art, Design and Technology, ICT, English Literature and Language, Mathematics and Science. You can look into habitats, life cycles, classification, anatomy, adaptations, food chains and webs. The list just goes on and on! Ugly Bug Balls have become a popular way to end the week with Dragonfly Discos and Ladybird Line Dances. It is all about learning and one of the best ways to guarantee that is with excitement, fun and great experiences. If you are looking for extra resources, the British Science Association http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/web/nsew/GetInvolved/NSEWActivities/_ActivityPacks/SaveOurBees.htm  is good and has a rather vital educational link with so many of our native bees now in a decline. Rowse Honey has also come up with various Bee based teaching resources at http://www.beeschool.co.uk .If you want a minibreast resource embracing more invertebrates, the National STEM Centre have a very useful discovery pack  http://www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk/elibrary/resource/2189/minibeast-discovery-pack .What ever you choose to do, make Science Week a success for you and your class!

Look at this awesome Leaf Insect, Phyllium giganteum. You can talk about adaptations, camouflage, habitats and so much more whilst she stands on your children's hands. Nothing captures their interests so well as a hands on big bug experience. Bring learning alive!