What's Living at Your Place? Level 25-26

What's Living at Your Place? reveals the unseen world of tiny house guests-bugs, beetles, and other insects that may be sharing our homes. Entomologist Bruce Chapman takes readers through the lives of these creatures, explaining their life cycles, habitats, and behaviours. Structured chapters and labelled diagrams help clarify scientific information, while photographic sequences and freeze-frame images capture fascinating details. Specialised terms such as pupa, abdomen, and moult are defined and supported by a glossary, allowing students to navigate the content independently. The book opens with an engaging introduction and poem, encouraging readers to view pests through a curious, scientific lens. This non-fiction text is ideal for cross-curricular learning, linking literacy with science, and supports activities like diagram interpretation and summarising.

Educational Benefits:

• Expands understanding of entomology and life sciences.
• Teaches students how to locate and interpret text features.
• Supports development of summarising and note-taking skills.
• Introduces students to life cycle concepts and insect anatomy.

Classroom Ideas:

• Create insect life cycle posters using diagrams from the book.
• Encourage students to write informative texts about a chosen insect.
• Use magnifying glasses to explore insect features in the schoolyard.
• Discuss pest control and human impact on ecosystems.

Safety & Information:

• Ages: 8+
• Size: 200mm x 210mm
• Text type: Scientific non-fiction
• Safe content; hands-on activities should avoid contact with unknown insects.