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Living things & the processes of life - Variety & characteristic features - Minibeasts - G11
Resources

LT-C1.3

ISE 5-14 Curriculum Support Materials                                                           Overview advice

Group 11 exemplar Living things & the processes of life  - Minibeast Quiz   Classification   Relay game   Yes/No Game (Word)
Attitudes to Minibeasts (RSPCA - see on the right-hand-side of this page to order resources and free cross-curricular activities, notes, lesson plans and photocopiable pages to accompany the 10 minibeast photos - excellent!)

Glasgow Science Centre - What are minibeasts? - poster (pdf - 160K), worksheets (pdf - 944K)

Minibeast Relay Game (Word)                  Caterpillar Feeding (AVI video-2.2Mb shot using Intel Digital Microscope)

See the SSERC Clip-art Collections - Beetles, Ladybirds, Water bugs

SSERC Interactive Primary Newsletter 5 (Science & Technology Equipment News)

Ginn New Star Science Yr 6 – Food Chains: Interdependence and Adaptation Tasks 11, 12
A key for identifying British trees & shrubs - SAPS

Mini-beast computer-based website

Fold out charts from the Field Studies Council

Biological keys - nice interactive stuff (make sure your speakers are on)- simple but not surprisingly with an Oz bias (needs Shockwave)
 Dichotomous keys - what are they?
 Sample class key, Notes, Using the key (pdf) - a wee bit advanced and American orientated but could be easily adapted for our shores and needs.
 Stage Two Science C4 17.1.00 Similarities and Differences
 Worksheet  C21a (G)  C21b (G)  C21c (G)

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