Minibeasts+-+Friend+or+Foe

Mini-beasts: Friend or Foe?

Mini Beast videos media type="youtube" key="Cs1Xs3Eheag?rel=0" height="360" width="640" align="center" ||= Ants media type="youtube" key="Er-OnJCn1gg?rel=0" height="360" width="640" || media type="youtube" key="voXO2mARwII?rel=0" height="360" width="480" align="center" ||= Centipedes media type="youtube" key="bf-aN5ZlBNo?rel=0" height="360" width="480" || media type="youtube" key="CyIF7eX6qmo?rel=0" height="360" width="640" align="center" ||= Dung beetles media type="youtube" key="hRpdAGIkQUk?rel=0" height="315" width="420" align="center" || media type="youtube" key="0LmyyXcE6rw?rel=0" height="360" width="480" align="center" ||= Bees media type="youtube" key="lE-8QuBDkkw?rel=0" height="360" width="480" align="center" ||
 * = Stick Insects
 * = Ladybugs media type="youtube" key="6zrDGh2DIRU?rel=0" height="315" width="420" ||= Caterpillars media type="youtube" key="oWOC8trquFo?rel=0" height="360" width="480" ||
 * = Blister Beetles
 * = Dragon fly
 * = Spider - Tarantula

Interactive tools and activities


 * = Garden Detective

||= Mini-beast Classification Scroll down to the picture that matches this one to classify mini-beasts.

||= Label the Diagram of an Insect Life Cycle

||= Let's Talk About Insects

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 * = BugCatcher - Melbourne Museum

||= Guess the Insect

||= Insect Quiz

||= Songs of Insects

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 * = Vermi the Worm Learn how worms can help us and the environment!

||= Plants and animals in the local environment

||= Minibeast identification

||= Climbers and Creepers Meet Buzzie the bumble bee and her friends. ||

Information websites Mrs Frizzle from the Magic School Bus answers questions about bugs.
 * Questions for Mrs Frizzle

|| UK Safari Find information about lots of mini-beasts found in the UK and Australia.

|| Yucky Roach World What is a Roach? Read about Ralph Roach’s day.

|| All About Earthworms Find out about the body parts of an earthworm.

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Build a Bug

Read information about caterpillars first or go right ahead to build a caterpillar!
 * = Build a caterpillar

||= Magic School Bus: Build a Bug Join Mrs Frizzle and her class to find out about mini beasts or use the parts from different insects to create your own MONSTER BUG!

||= Create a Super Bug Visit the museum's top secret laboratory to build a creature using parts from different mini beasts ||

Songs and Stories media type="youtube" key="SYawa4piO4k?rel=0" height="315" width="420" align="center" || Head, Thorax and Abdomen Song Join the EnviroPals as they sing about different parts of insect bodies. media type="youtube" key="TW4S4ZnV020?rel=0" height="315" width="560" align="center" || The Very Hungry Caterpillar Watch an animated version of one of the best known mini-beast stories. media type="youtube" key="HpISHA8Fs4w?rel=0" height="315" width="420" align="center" || media type="youtube" key="utWrIWq2_tk?rel=0" height="315" width="420" align="center" || Silk the Spider Listen to the story of the day that Silk the Spider met Sam the Caterpillar. media type="youtube" key="eRCZWPLVtBg?rel=0" height="315" width="420" align="center" || If I Were a Minibeast Click below to listen to one of the songs we are singing in Performing Arts. media type="file" key="01 If I were a Minibeast.wma" align="center" width="300" height="300" ||
 * Icky Insects song Learn many facts about insects in this song!
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 160%; text-align: center;">The Ugly Bug Ball Sing along to this Disney song.

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