**A BUG HOTEL · OUTDOOR LEARNING**

# Scope and Sequence

**ALL AGES · around 2 to around 6 · TERM 1, TEN WEEKS · 2 × 25 minutes**

Outcome: by the end of this curriculum a child can build a bug hotel from found materials and check it every week for a term.

Weeks are not reorderable. The build order is fixed and each week stands on the one before it.

| Level | Term | Week | Code | Title | Aim |
| :-: | :-: | :-: | :- | :- | :- |
| l1 | 1 | 1 | EMP-BHTL-L1-T1-WK1 | Where It Will Go | Choose one place for the hotel, mark it, and understand that it stays there until the end of term. |
| l1 | 1 | 2 | EMP-BHTL-L1-T1-WK2 | What We Need | Gather materials from the ground and sort them into named piles, rejecting every piece that is too small. |
| l1 | 1 | 3 | EMP-BHTL-L1-T1-WK3 | The Floor and the Frame | Lay the damp floor and set the frame so that it stands flat and does not rock. |
| l1 | 1 | 4 | EMP-BHTL-L1-T1-WK4 | Heavy at the Bottom | Pack layers two, three and four in order, stones first, so that the weight sits low. |
| l1 | 1 | 5 | EMP-BHTL-L1-T1-WK5 | Light at the Top | Pack layers five to eight so that the tubes hold each other and nothing falls out when you let go. |
| l1 | 1 | 6 | EMP-BHTL-L1-T1-WK6 | The First Check | Carry out the three step check on a finished hotel without moving any part of it. |
| l1 | 1 | 7 | EMP-BHTL-L1-T1-WK7 | Checking Again | Repeat the check and name one thing that is different from last week. |
| l1 | 1 | 8 | EMP-BHTL-L1-T1-WK8 | Wet Layers and Dry Layers | Find by touch which layers are damp and which are dry, and say where in the hotel each one sits. |
| l1 | 1 | 9 | EMP-BHTL-L1-T1-WK9 | Putting Back What Fell | Replace material that has fallen or blown out, using the layer cards to decide what goes where. |
| l1 | 1 | 10 | EMP-BHTL-L1-T1-WK10 | Ours to Keep | Complete the whole check unprompted and show somebody who has never seen it how the hotel works. |

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