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How minibeasts move
CONCEPTUALHow minibeasts move: crawling (ants, beetles), flying (butterflies, bees), slithering (worms, slugs), jumping (grasshoppers, fleas), burrowing (earthworms). Counting legs as a first step toward grouping creatures.
Mastery Evidence
- Describe at least three different ways minibeasts move such as crawling, flying, and slithering
- Match a minibeast to its way of moving, for example grasshoppers jump and worms slither
- Count legs on a minibeast and notice that ants have six while spiders have eight
Assessment Prompt
“Can [child] watch a few minibeasts and describe how each one moves differently — like ants crawling, butterflies flying, and worms wriggling?”
Prerequisites1
- Common minibeasts: naming and recognisinghardAges 5—7
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- Common minibeasts: naming and recognising hard
Must recognise common minibeasts before comparing how they move
Unlocks1
- The insect body plansoftAges 7—9