INSECT HUNTING 10 - BEST MOMENTS VIDEO

We have some fun sometimes with the videos, it's good to have a break :-)

HALLOWEEN SCARECROW, PROTECTOR OF OUR HEALTHY GREEN FOOD

Taking advantage of the current dates and the fact that kids love Halloween and scary adventures, we decided to prepare a different experience for our Science lesson. Thanks to Maykel and his amazing fancy dresses an orange Scarecrow paid a visit to our Y1 Science classroom.

Previously we had been working on which aliments come from plants and vegetables and which from animals. During this activity pupils by tables had to discuss if the photo they had been given should be attached to the Scarecrow as the guardian and protector of this food or not. The printed items were carrots, lettuce, milk, cheese and watermelon. 

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Have you spotted many of these beetles lately?

This little and apparently insignificant insect it's in fact a really BAD BOY for our local trees and forests, do you know why? 

Find out in this link: brown beetle information


Write answer in comments if you know the answer :-)



For further information click to this link leptoglossus occidentalis

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Kids are amazing ! Without giving any instruction or even mention to go insect hunting some kids have improved their natural talent to observe and interact with the environment. They were capable to capture two praying mantis and place them  in a bucket, where the others pupils could see them. Please note that after having a close look, mantis were safely released from the buckets.

As mentioned in previous post, now its mantis time many have been spotted in the school playground areas, in this new episode of insect hunting 3 praying mantis were seen.

Also we have found a red spider

A red spider and a snail

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...AND REPTILE HUNTING !

What a nice surprise we found at the playground today. We have seen a lizard (Dactyloidae) and we have been able to place it in an observation container. Afterwards Y2 had the chance to have a close look and identify its legs and long tail.

Earlier hid in the darkness of a tire someone noticed a strange move, it was a centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) . We had also had the chance to enjoy its movements during our science lesson.

COMPUTER SCIENCE - DRAWING INSECTS 19OCT15

Today we have been drawing insects through different computer programs (Kid Pix, and Paint). Kindly note that it is not easy at all to  just draw something through a mouse, you can imagine how hard it can become to draw an insect ! Have a look below, seems like we've got some artists in the class :-)

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A colourful butterfly 

A nice ladybug also known as ladybird

Another lady bug, six legs and a couple of antennae 

Pink butterfly

Butterflies captivate kids. Another example

Many ladybugs were drawn by the kids, nice memories from Spot the ladybird :-)

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On Friday October the 16th  we have caught 2 grasshoppers. 

Once observation has finished we set them free

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Such another great insect we have been able to observe today. A dragonfly so big it could hardly fit in our observation container. 

A green dragonfly quite big, dragonflies have provided the world with 3000 different species of this amazing insect. 

Huge eyes, wings seem injured,  but this great flier flew away when we released it from the container.

Doesn't remind you of the shape of an helicopter?

Two questions were introduced, how many legs and many wings

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In this new insect encounter we have seen one of the most fascinating insects you can see during this time of the season, right after summer.  

Can you spot it ? 

Have a deep look at the picture. Write the name of the insect on the comments if you can see this amazing insect. 

(Catalan or Spanish is allowed if you don't know the name in English)

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Playground is a great chance to get a grasshopper


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Hey something is jumping, what is it?

It's a grasshopper!

Off you go! Once we have observed the bug we let it go, we respect our friends so jumping the grasshopper goes out of the fence of the playground 

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In this new adventure we have collected a woodlouse, this insect is known by its ability to turn into a ball, we have called this insect ball bug

In this insect hunting session we have also found a shiny beetle.

An exemplar of woodlouse

A closer look

Shiny beetle. Observing insects provides a great opportunity to practice our English. How many legs?, can you see its eyes? Does it move fast or slowly? ....

Everyone can enjoy a soft massage from an insect leg :-)

DELTA DEL LLOBREGAT 08OCT15

Dear All,

Kindly note that we have had a great time at Delta del Llobregat. There we have been able to see many different birds,  turtles, shells, different animal footprints and even the Mediterranean sea.
Since we were so close to el Prat Airport, we have also seen a lot of planes too, noisy planes flying every 2 minutes over our heads. Also we have played a team work game where we were challenged with different questions we had to answer to.

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A new little friend came up during our insect hunting at Playground with Preschool kids....a spider ! 


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A long legged brown spider, long legs tiny body 

Kids decided to add a flower to the container so the spider could have better views and odours

Spiders promote kid's happiness :-)