Outdoor learning resources – Colours and mini beasts
It’s a beautiful day and the pollinators are buzzing about looking for flowers.
But do mini beasts have a favourite colour?
Your challenge for today is to do an experiment to see which colour flying mini beasts like best.
You will need:
Different coloured paper – or different coloured toys
A cup for each colour
Lego bricks
What to do:
Lay the coloured paper or toys out in a row in the sun in your garden. Put a stone on the paper so it doesn’t blow away.
Place a cup next to each colour.
Sit and watch the colours.
Every time a mini beast lands on a colour put a lego brick in that colours cup.
Watch the paper for as long as you like.
Once you have lots of lego in the cups empty each cup in turn and build them into a tower. Place the tower for each colour above the colour.
Have a look at what you have built. Can you see any pattern? Which colours do your mini beats prefer?
Tweet on Twitter #NatureDays or post on Facebook and compare with other children’s gardens.