STEM KS3 Build a bug hotel

A simple little exercise, students will be briefed on the correct materials to find (some thin bamboo canes are ideal for this) and will make simple bug hotels. Even better if you can arrange a bottle collection in the cafeteria the day or period before! Simple but very effective, the bug hotels will not be pretty but to bugs they are perfect. My class stuck all of ours to an outside wall and it is now home to dozens of different insect species. Students will usually finish building theirs inside of a 20 mins, however the challenge then is to make them look pretty and attractive to bugs, ie: bright colours and landing pads!

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