Pond-dipping: Minibeasts (Preschool to Year 2)

Get hands-on and dip for the weird and wonderful creatures that live in our freshwater ponds.

Explore the skimmers, slinkers and swimmers with magnifying glasses.

Can you figure out what the plants and animals are in your bucket?

Do you know who feeds on who and what they need to survive?

Australian Curriculum connections

Foundation

• AC9SFU01: Observe external features of plants and animals and describe ways they can be grouped based on these features.

Year 1

• AC9S1U01: Identify the basic needs of plants and animals, including air, water, food or shelter, and describe how the places they live meet those needs.
• AC9S1U02: Describe daily and seasonal changes in the environment and explore how these changes affect everyday life.