From Farm to Plate - Dairy Australia. Have you ever wondered where your dairy foods come from or how they are made? Check out From Farm to Plate to find heaps of fascinating facts about Australian dairy foods and the dairy industry. You will even discover how to make your own delicious dairy foods! Students - Dairy Australia.
Insects - info and online games. Life Cycles: Museum Victoria. The Wanderer Butterfly's life cycle, like all moths and butterflies, involves undergoing metamorphosis. The female butterfly lays an egg and the larva or caterpillar hatches out of the egg within two to three days. The newly hatched caterpillar eats its own egg and then eats leaves to get energy to grow. The caterpillar grows and moults many times, and after about three to four weeks it begins to pupate. To do this, the caterpillar attaches itself to a branch with a button of silk, hangs upside down and its chrysalis forms after its final moult of caterpillar skin.
After ten days of pupation inside the chrysalis it emerges as an adult butterfly. As an adult, it drinks nectar from flowers using its long tube-like tongue called a proboscis. From the nectar it gets energy to fly, reproduce and lay eggs for another generation. In this activity children will: Engage What can you see in the pictures? Explore Is it the same animal, from caterpillar to butterfly? Explain Elaborate. Hungry Bugs Videos: Museum Victoria. Habitats, Bugs, Museum Victoria, Australia. Bugs live just about everywhere! Some can survive searing heat, and others freezing cold, and they dominate just about every landscape on Earth. On Land About 97% of known insects live on land. Most species occur in the tropical and temperate regions, but they can be found anywhere from sea level to high up in the Himalayan Mountains. They live in a greater variety of habitats than any other group of animals: rainforests, deserts, woodlands, wetlands, caves, grasslands and our own backyards.
Bugs have even been found in the Antarctic. The warm and wet environments of rainforests support an abundance of bug life. In Freshwater Bugs live in ponds, lakes, streams and rivers and even in small amounts of water, such as in tree holes. Most aquatic bugs, like the diving beetle, have to continually return to the surface of the water to breathe. Many insect larvae live underwater then take to the air as adults. In the Sea. Bugs, Museum Victoria, Australia. Moving Toys: Museum Victoria. While discussing moving toys from different times and cultures, students can be given the opportunity to explore the ways they push and pull toys, and how this affects the movement of those toys. These activities complement the Movement Match interactive, that is part of this unit. There is an object list for this interactive available under related resources on this page. In this activity children will: state the difference between push and pullwork out how a push or pull can make an object moverespond to and pose questions about familiar objects and events.
Engage Using the image gallery on this page, discuss the following questions with your students: Do these toys look like any that you have at home? Explore What is a push? Explain Some of the photographed toys are very similar in their use but originate from very different cultures. The pictured toys may be classified as push and pull toys. Some toys need to be twisted to begin movement. Elaborate Evaluate students' understanding. Insects Live in Different Places: Museum Victoria. Insects live in just about every habitat on Earth, from the sands of hot deserts to cold snowy mountain streams. Most insects live on land, in fact about 97% do. Many insects spend all of their life on land, such as bees and caterpillars (which of course become moths or butterflies).
However, some insects live in freshwater. Dragonflies begin life in water such as rivers, lakes, and ponds, but then take to the air as adults. And other insects, such as the diving beetle, spend most of their time in the water, but they must return repeatedly to the surface of the water to breathe air. The image gallery on this page contains stills of four different insects that live in different places. Whether it's in a lake, a hive or on a leafy plant, each insect has their needs met in these different habitats. In this activity children will: Engage What type of animal can you see in each picture? Explore What kinds of needs do you think each of these insects have?
Explain Elaborate. Stick Insect Family Album: Museum Victoria. Source: Museum Victoria A story about stick insects Illustration by Sharyn Madder Image: Illustration by Sharyn MadderSource: Museum Victoria Mum and the kids Female stick insects can lay hundreds of eggs in their lifetime. Now I’ve grown bigger I can eat big leathery leaves When they are young stick insects can only eat the soft new leaves. Get-together with the relatives Australia has 150 species of stick and leaf insects. My new outfit Like all insects, stick insects must shed their skin to grow. Billy comes of age – now he can fly!
A stick insect’s wings become fully functional when it reaches adulthood. Phew that was close! Stick insects rely on camouflage to escape predators. Baby is off to a flying start Female stick insects flick their eggs as they are laid. Hungry Bugs Videos: Museum Victoria. Cute Food Presentation | Kelly Toups, RD, LDN. It’s almost that time of year! Instead of spoiling your loved ones with sugary treats that could lead to upset stomachs and dental carries, show them that you care by cooking some extra special, wholesome meals. Here is an entire day’s menu of healthy Valentine’s meals. The images are meant to inspire you, while the accompanying text will guide you through how to keep each meal nutritious.
Enjoy! Breakfast: Heart Shaped Pancakes Image 1 via More Design Please, Image 2 via a pretty cool life You can get these lovely heart shaped pancakes by using a squeeze bottle, cookie cutters, or even a plastic sandwich baggie with a snipped off corner. 1) Bob’s Red Mill 10 Grain Pancake & Waffle Mix, 2) Kodiak Cakes Frontier Flapjack and Waffle Mix – Whole Wheat Oat and Honey, 3) Hodgson Mill Multigrain Buttermilk Pancake Mix with Milled Flax Seed & Soy Lunch: LOVELY Sandwiches Image via Lisa Storms The possibilities with this one are endless! Snack: Heart Fruit Kabobs Dessert: Healthy Red Velvet Cupcakes. Ollie's World - Interactive sustainability resource for kids.