Year 2

Microhabitats Activities

Name: Microhabitats Activities
Brand: Hands-On Education
SKU: Y2 Microhabitats
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Introduce Year 2 children to the miniature world of microhabitats. This cross-curricular Science topic pack explores local habitats, food chains, and life cycles through six hands-on activities — including building a bug house.

Included Resources +

This pack includes six activity sheets with accompanying lesson plans exploring local habitats, food chains, and life cycles — including building a bug house.

Key Details +

• Year Group: Year 2 (ages 6–7)
• Key Stage: KS1
• Subject: Science
• Resource Type: Activity Sheets + Lesson Plans
• Format: Instant PDF Download
• Number of Activities: 6

Curriculum Alignment +

Aligned to KS1 Science — Living Things and Their Habitats. Covers exploring and comparing the differences between things that are living, dead, and never alive, identifying that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited, and describing simple food chains.

Teaching Tips +

Exploring Microhabitats works best outdoors — plan for a 30-minute session in the school grounds lifting logs, stones, and leaves. Build A Bug House works well as a DT project that children can take home. Butterfly Life Cycles pairs well with a class caterpillar growing kit.

Find more resources for this topic on the Microhabitats topic page.

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