Are your students curious about the tiny creatures that crawl, wriggle, and scuttle around us?
In this fun and interactive session, they’ll discover the difference between insects and other minibeasts like spiders, millipedes, and hermit crabs.
They’ll explore the fascinating world of invertebrates, the largest group of animals on Earth, and learn why these creatures are so important to our environment.
A great experience for young explorers and future bug experts!
🪟 What’s Inside?
Teaching Handbook: Clear, practical guidance to help you feel confident and prepared.
Presentation with narration: Student-friendly video that brings insects and minibeasts to life.
Glossary: Simple explanations of key terms to strengthen student vocabulary.
Digital Activities: Interactive learning tasks to reinforce concepts and keep students engaged.
Printables: Worksheets and hands-on activities for immediate classroom use.
Assessments: Designed to capture learning before and after your session.
✅ Recommended Learning Levels
Activities are suitable for Early Learning and F–2, with hands-on, play-based learning to support curiosity and observation.
🧩 What students will learn
Meet and name different minibeasts and insects, noticing their shapes, colours and movements
Explore where minibeasts live and what they do in the environment
Play games to learn about minibeasts’ features, habits and life processes (like growing and shedding exoskeletons)
Ask questions, make guesses, and share observations with friends
Begin to develop care and respect for living creatures
EYLF Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcome 2 – Children are connected with and contribute to their world
Through observing, caring for, and learning about minibeasts, children develop respect for living things, an understanding of their role in the environment, and a sense of connection and responsibility to their community and the natural world.
Learning Outcome 4 –Children are confident and involved learners
By exploring, observing, and investigating minibeasts, children develop curiosity, problem-solving skills, creativity, and confidence as they experiment, ask questions, and connect their learning to the natural world.
Learning Outcome 5: Children are effective communicators
Through observing, describing, and sharing their experiences with minibeasts, children express ideas, communicate observations, and represent their thinking using language, drawing, and other media.
Australian Curriculum V9
Learning Areas
Science: Biological Sciences
Exploring living things (insects, minibeasts), habitats, life cycles, ecological roles, interdependence, and environmental needs. Includes observing, classifying, and understanding cause/effect relationships in ecosystems.
English: Language, Literature, Literacy
Developing literacy skills through describing, comparing, explaining, and communicating observations about minibeasts. Supports oral language, vocabulary, writing, and discussion.
Mathematics
Activities involving counting, measuring, sorting, classifying minibeasts; creating simple charts or graphs of observations.
The Arts
students can draw or create models of minibeasts, use visual arts to represent observations or storytelling about insects.
Cross-Curriculum Priorities
Sustainability
Exploring the role of minibeasts in ecosystems, decomposition, pollination, and human impact promotes understanding of sustainable practices and environmental responsibility.
General Capabilities
Critical and Creative Thinking
Observing, classifying, comparing, and predicting minibeast behavior; problem-solving in caring for creatures.
Personal and Social Capability
Developing empathy, responsibility, collaboration, and care for living things.
Ethical Understanding
Understanding humans’ role in protecting ecosystems, valuing life, and making responsible decisions.
Literacy
Reading, writing, describing, and discussing minibeasts, habitats, and ecological roles.
