Explore the life cycle of the praying mantis with this foldable sequencing activity and other printables. A fun alternative to a worksheet, your pupils will love creating their foldouts to show the life cycle stages from egg case to adult insect. Use this 14-page PDF resource to support a science lesson on insect life cycles, incomplete metamorphosis, or praying mantises. What’s included? Differentiated templates to make a foldout life cycle (see the next section for more information) Full-page praying mantis life cycle diagram (colour) Praying mantis life cycle information page (colour and b/w) Praying mantis life cycle writing page (colour and b/w). Label the praying mantis worksheet and answer page Praying mantis flip book template (colour and b/w). The tabs of the flipbook have been deliberately left blank for students to write their own titles on (e.g. diet, habitat, facts, features). Pupils will need to do some of their own research for this activity. The foldout templates Template 1: Children colour the template and 4 life cycle stages (egg case, newly hatched nymphs, older nymph, adult praying mantis). They put the stages in order, glue, cut and fold. There’s an option to sequence the stage names or descriptions. Template 2: As above but with 5 stages (soft egg case, hardened egg case, newly hatched nymphs, older nymph, adult praying mantis). Can the resource be edited? This PDF resource is not editable.

Do your pupils need to practice using and making dichotomous keys in science? This printable science activity will help them learn how to use keys, or build upon existing skills. It features different dog breeds for students to identify and provides an opportunity to create their own keys. What’s included in this PDF: 3 keys (2 with 4 dog breeds to identify, one with 8. There’s some crossover so use according to students’ needs). 2 black and white blank keys with dogs for students to write their own key. 4 full full-colour keys with dogs for students to write their own key.

Explore the fascinating world of the monarch butterfly with this slideshow and lesson activities. Covering the monarch life cycle, its features, diet and migration, students will develop a better understanding of this amazing insect and how it lives. What’s included? 32-slide introduction to monarchs for PowerPoint and Google Slides (see the video preview - downloaded presentation will not include a watermark) Foldout life cycle activity with 2 differentiated options Full-page life cycle diagram (colour) Vocabulary wordsearch Compare and contrast a monarch butterfly and caterpillar (Venn diagram) Life cycle worksheet (colour & b/w). Students write a description of each life cycle stage. ‘All about monarchs’ worksheet (colour & b/w) ‘All about monarch caterpillars’ worksheet (colour & b/w) Monarch migration worksheet Monarch butterflies flip book template (colour & b/w). US (letter-size) and UK (A4) file versions Is this resource editable? The presentation has editable text boxes in case you need to make any amendments for your learners. The titles and images in the slideshow are fixed in place and cannot be changed. The PDFs are not editable.

Explore the life cycle of a mosquito with this fun, foldout activity and other printables. This differentiated alternative to a worksheet allows children to colour the life cycle stages, and arrange them in order before gluing and folding. Use this resource to support learning about bugs and insects, minibeasts, or life cycles. Other printables are also included to extend the learning about mosquitos and their life cycle. What’s included? -Foldout activity with 3 templates -Mosquito life cycle information page (colour and b&w) -Mosquito life cycle colour poster -Mosquito true/false activity cards (x11) with answers -Label the mosquito worksheet (colour and b&w) -US and UK versions of the file How are the foldout templates differentiated? -Template 1: Children colour the mosquito and stages of the life cycle, sequence the stages, glue them on the template, cut and fold. -Templates 2 and 3: As above but with a rectangle or a circle around the mosquito for easier cutting. All templates have the option to sequence the stages with their names, or with a short description. Is this PDF resource editable? This 15-page resource is not editable.

Explore the stages of the life cycle of a fly in KS1 with this fun, foldout activity. Pupils will colour a template, sequence the life cycle stages, glue, cut, and fold. There are 3 templates and 2 sets of life cycle stages to choose from to allow for differentiation if required. Suitable for a lesson on insect life cycles, minibeasts, and for developing fine motor skills (cutting, folding). The templates -Template 1: Children color the fly and the stages of the fly life cycle, sequence the stages, glue them on the template, cut, and fold. -Templates 2 and 3: As above but with a rectangle or a circle around the fly for easier cutting. All templates have the option to sequence the stages with their names, or with a short description. Also included: -Label the fly cut and paste worksheet -US and UK versions of the 10-page PDF Is this resource editable? No, this resource is not editable.