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Page 1: Marvellous Mini-beasts Design a Species

Marvellous Mini-beastsDesign a Species

www.britishscienceassociation.org/creststar

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What is a mini-beast?

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What is a mini-beast?

Invertebrates have no backbone or internal skeleton

Invertebrates have an exoskeleton

How many legs?

0, 6, 8 or lots!

Some have wings, some don’t

Take many shapes and forms

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What is adaptation?

“the way animals and plants become better at living in their habitat”

• Adaptations allow animals and plants to live successfully in their habitat.

• Animals and plants that live in different habitats need different adaptations.

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Design your own mini-beast!

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Things to think about…

• How does it move?

• How does it defend itself against predators?

• Is it brightly coloured or camouflaged?

• What does it eat?

• How does it attract mates?

• Does it live with other members of the same species?

• Where does it live? E.g. trees? Burrows? Underground?

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Introducing the “flying leaf creeper”

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Things to think about as you design your mini-beast…

• How does it move?

• How does it defend itself against predators?

• Is it brightly coloured or camouflaged?

• What does it eat?

• How does it attract mates?

• Does it live with other members of the same species?

• Where does it live? E.g. trees? Burrows? Underground?

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This activity is accredited by the British Science

Association and can count towards the

CREST Investigators SuperStar Award

www.britishscienceassociation.org/creststar