Year 2: Design a bug hotel - what features will your microhabitat need?

This week we have reviewed what a microhabitat is and how they might be different for a variety of animals/ insects. Microhabitats can provide alternative food and water sources, shelter and climate than larger habitats. Small animals such as insects, mice and frogs often make use of microhabitats when the habitat they are in makes them vulnerable to predators. Depending on the creature, a microhabitat will be different, as what they eat and how they sleep will be different. 

The children will be using these ideas to make their bug hotels next week, so please make sure you ask them about their chosen bug for their bug hotel, and what it will need to survive in it. Please see the attached Peek at the Week for more details about what they will need to bring, plus all the other things going on in Year 2 next week.