Creating a beneficial garden: investigation
TLF ID A002809
Biodiversity has been perfected by nature over millions of years where invertebrates have played an important role in maintaining a balanced, biodiverse ecosystem. Invertebrates provide services to food crops including pollination and protection from pests. This learning activity is the second part of a sequence of 3 individual learning activities focused on creating a beneficial garden. The order of these activities are: assessment, investigation and planting. The OUTCOMES are for children to: understand the advantages of a biodiverse ecosystem recognise that insects can play a beneficial role in the garden; collect and identify an insect; undertake research about a beneficial insect and the role(s) it plays; and develop a hypothesis about how planting flowering plants affect the presence of insects.