Lesson plan: Minibeast SculpturesDuration Theme Subject focus Age group

Learning objective: 10 –To

minutes Nature Art Key Stage
use art to create a sculpture of a minibeast they have 1/2
observed.
onwards

Resources required
 Use natural materials
found wherever you
are holding the activity. Brief of the game
In a school grounds
you may need to forage Use natural materials to create environmental art that represents a minibeast (other
for materials first or themes can easily be used).
bring some in?
For example:

Top tips
 Ideally use this activity
as a follow on from a
minibeast hunt or
habitat exploration.

Links to other
activities Ask pupils to use their scientific observation skills (number of legs, body structure etc) to
 For a full lesson plan ensure that their creature is scientifically correct.
120 minutes see our
Inventing Insects
lesson. Differentiation/Extension
 Minibeast Trackers
 Environmental art Can be in groups or pairs. Time constraints can be applied.
lesson – Last Shadow
Puppets
Pupils can pretend their minibeast is real, and they need to describe how it moves, what it
eats in scientific terms. They can extend their artwork to include the habitat e.g. a flower.

Alternatively, you can ask pupils to use their imagination and create their ‘super
minibeast’ with their own adaptations.

How to review
Rotate around each groups artwork and ask them to present what they have created and
give a description of their minibeast, its habitat, threats to the minibeast etc.

© www.sustainablelearning.com