Butterflies, spiders, and bees!
Suitable for students Foundation–Grade 4
Do you love bugs and the world of creepy crawlies? Today we are very excited to share Museums Victoria’s bug expert Ken Walker with you! The Fact Detectives have teamed up with Ken to talk about all about bugs in these entertaining podcasts for kids.
In these podcasts you will learn interesting and amazing things about bugs from entomologist (a scientist who study insects) Ken Walker as he chats to The Fact Detectives about butterflies, moths, spiders, and bees.
Some of the questions discussed in these podcasts include:
- What is the difference between a butterfly and moths?
- Why do bees sting?
- How many bees does it take to make a spoon of honey?
- Why do spiders build webs?
- Is there really a spider as big as a bird?!!!
Victorian Curriculum Links
Science Levels K–4
F–2: Biological sciences
- Living things have a variety of external features and live in different places where their basic needs, including food, water and shelter, are met (VCSSU042)
Level 3 & 4: Biological sciences
- Living things can be grouped on the basis of observable features and can be distinguished from non-living things (VCSSU057)
- Different living things have different life cycles and depend on each other and the environment to survive (VCSSU058)
Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework
| Outcome | Evidence Marker |
|---|---|
| Children have a strong sense of identity | Children develop their emerging autonomy, inter-dependence, resilience and sense of agency |
| Children are connected with, and contribute to, their world | Children become socially responsible and show respect for the environment |
| Children are effective communicators | Children use information and communication technologies to access information, investigate ideas and represent their thinking |
| Children are effective communicator | Children express ideas and make meaning using a range of media |
| Children are confident and involved learners | Children develop dispositions for learning such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment enthusiasm, persistence, imagination and reflexivity |
| Children are confident and involved learners | Children develop a range of skills and processes such as problem solving, inquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating |
| Children are confident and involved learners | Children transfer and adapt what they have learnt from one context to another |
| Children are confident and involved learners | Children resource their own learning through connecting with people, place, technologies and natural and processed materials |