Water bugs
Waterbugs Higher Level Key![]() Use this key to identify bugs using the Agreed Level Taxonomy (ALT) method. Some waterbugs are impossible to identify without a microscope, the best thing about ALT is that it uses features that are visible to the naked eye to identify macroinvertebrates. For more info on ALT method, go to: thewaterbug.net
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Waterbug poster![]() Use this poster to help students explore waterbugs – it has their sensitivity score. It can be laminated (or similar) for reuse or printed and used as tick sheet for students. You can use it to explore which areas the animals live in also! (Five habitats are marked on the poster).
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Waterbug colouring sheets![]() https://www.riverdetectives.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Sensitive-waterbugs.pdf
Use Melbourne Water’s beautiful colouring images of waterbugs to add to your lessons.
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Platypus colouring sheet![]() Use Melbourne Water’s beautiful image of the platypus as a mindful colouring activity.
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Exploring the world of waterbugs: How to run a waterbug session with kids![]() This video takes you through the key steps of how to sample and look for macroinvertebrates (waterbugs) with your kids! Priya makes it simple for you to take testing to your school. Don’t forget to contact your local Catchment Management Authority to see if you can borrow some equipment to run the testing with your group.
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Bug outlines![]() Use these bug outlines to colour in, put in their correct habitat, get student’s to write facts about them or investigate them!
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How to make a bug dial![]() Make your own bug dial so that you can look at individual bugs and the way they move, their tolerance, where they live and special features.
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All about water bugs![]() Use this information and images about water bugs to put each of the water bugs into the correct habitat on the in-stream-habitat-poster or play a game of snap!
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River Detectives Manual – North Central – **new version coming for all regions soon![]() Download the sections of the teachers manual to guide you through a range of topics relating to Catchment Health:
Introduction to River Detectives Manual; Water Science; Homely Habitats and Homely Habitats Diagram; Story of a River; Getting Froggy; Salt Watch Week; Stormwater; Macroinvertebrates (waterbugs); Making macroinvertebrates
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Macro Sweep Sample![]() How do I run a sweep sample for my students?
FInd out how to sweep sample now!
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Exploring Water Bugs![]() Find out all about the weird and wonderful details of all the water bugs with flip charts for each animal.
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