Learning activities
Students will learn about the features of invertebrates and how they change throughout their life cycle.
Key question
- How do animals change during their life cycles?
Fieldwork
Invertebrate hunt
Students will work in small groups to search for and collect invertebrates from leaf litter, gardens and trees in the school or local area using equipment provided by Field of Mars teachers.
Invertebrate identification and life cycles
Collected specimens will be examined using personal magnifiers and identified using ID charts. Some of the collected invertebrates may be magnified onto a TV and features and life cycles will be explored.
Field of Mars EEC staff can photograph any magnified invertebrates and send the images as a link for further examination and study at the request of the classroom teacher.