Woodlice Fact Sheet

How to use this Woodlice Fact Sheet?

This woodlice fact sheet includes different facts about woodlice, your kids will learn everything about how this minibeast lives including:

• Where they live
• What they look like
• When they are most active
• What they eat

The facts are all presented alongside some wonderful, hand-drawn illustrations. All facts are also inside fun coloured bubbles to make reading and understanding the fact sheet easy for young kids.

This makes the factsheet a great addition to your lessons on the topic of animals and minibeasts. This woodlice fact sheet can also be included in lessons about habitats and is a great way to introduce children to woodlice habitats.

This fact sheet can be handed out for children to make notes on or displayed to help your children learn all about these fascinating minibeasts facts.

Teaching your children about a woodlice habitat?

This fact sheet is a great way to introduce children to minibeast habitats, which are also known as microhabitats.

To find out more about microhabitats check out some of our other great minibeast resources:

This Microhabitats PowerPoint features more information about woodlice habitats and other minibeasts and their habitats. It clearly explains the concept of a habitat before looking at different microhabitats. 

Our Minibeast Labelling Activity is a fantastic interactive game that would make a great addition to your lessons about minibeasts and their habitats. This makes it a great way to see how much your children have remembered about microhabitats.

Minibeasts are a massive part of the National Curriculum because it is a fun biology topic that children are able to learn about first hand - usually by exploring their school field!

So why not introduce your kids to woodlice and their habitats and then let them loose on the school field and see who can be the first one to find some woodlice in the wild?

Where do woodlice live?

Woodlice are tiny minibeasts that live in damp, dark spaces.

This means that woodlice ideal habitats consist of:

• Under rocks
• Under and within pieces of wood
• Under plant pots
• Tree bark
• Compost heaps

For more fun and interactive ideas on teaching minibeasts watch the video below: