Activity

Key concepts
Students should begin to:

Resources

1.      All about the book [1]

What happened in Plant Pest Investigation? Review the book with your class.

• understand the problem in Plant Pest Investigation and its resolution

• identify the main characters, and

• recognise key words from the book.

• Plant Pest Investigation

• (optional) a copy of the cross word for each student

2.      Pesky plant pests [2]

Learn all about some plant pests and how they could impact our lives.

• understand the term ‘plant pest'

• understand how plant pests could impact crops, and

• understand how plant pests could impact their lives.

• 'pesky plant pests' [3] PDF or PowerPoint

3.      A GIANT pest [4]

What's worse than finding a snail in your garden? Finding GIANT snails in your garden! Learn all about this GIANT pest.

• recognise that Giant African Snails (GAS) are pests

• understand why GAS are pests, and

• use movement to express their ideas about GAS.
   

• GAS [5] PDF or GAS PowerPoint

4.      Designer pest [6]

Design your own plant pest.

• understand that there are many different types of pests

• understand what features make and insect a ‘pest'

• create their own pest, and

• explain how and why they made their pest.

• craft materials