Despite the cold and damp weather on Friday, we managed to spend plenty of time outdoors exploring, discussing, collecting, analysing and recording information on some really interesting mini beasts.

We struggled to find some of the things we expected to find, like flies and ants and millipedes, but there were lots of slugs and snails, so we decided that they must enjoy the damp and the cold more than the others who must prefer it slightly warmer and not quite as wet.

Watching how these little animals move and explore their surroundings was fascinating and the discussions we had while watching them were brilliant. We also came to some interesting conclusions after studying them.

Once  we had found enough, we took them indoors for more analysing and recorded some important information on a diagram. This proved a little tricky as the magnifying glasses and tubs steamed up after being out in the cold…..another science lesson for another day. 😊