Stick insects

Once we got back to school after the April Lockdown we did a mini-unit on stick insects. 

First, we read a big book called Stick Insects by Dawn McMillan. 

You can find the story and our learning activities here. 

After reading the book we complete lots of different activities. 

For 1 activity we did our own drawing of a stick insect and labeled all the different parts. 

Here are the keywords we used:

• antennae (feelers)
• thorax
• abdomen
• legs
• head

We then looked at the life cycle of a stick insect. We learnt some big words such as 

• antennae

• camouflage

• nymph

• moulting

Using all our learning we then made stick insects using real sticks. We had to think about all the different parts of a stick insect and how stick insects camouflage. 

Check out our camouflaged stick insects: