Insect Hotel Design and Biodiversity
Some corners of the school grounds are full of life. Others feel empty. Could a small structure change that?
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Venture In
Wero
Observe
Kite
Infer
Whakaaro
Create
Auaha
Evaluate
Tohu
Evidence you will build
- Observation log (species by week)
- Annotated design sketches v1 and v2
- Evidence-based redesign brief
- Community contribution display
Why this matters
Habitat design for pollinators and native invertebrates supports kaitiakitanga and measurable biodiversity recovery.
What you will investigate and collect
You will design and place an insect hotel in your school grounds and observe what visits over several weeks. Which design choices seem to invite which insects, and how habitat changes with time of year. Photos and weekly visit counts by group, plus design notes and sketches.
- Date and time
- Feature being tested
- Visitor group
- Count
What you might make or share
- Field markerLaser cut
Mark monitoring sites reliably across sessions
Consistency between visits makes population or count evidence comparable.
- Insect hotel segmentLaser cut
Prototype habitat inserts informed by trap data
Evidence about which guilds appeared suggests what materials matter first.
What you will investigate
You will design and place an insect hotel in your school grounds and observe what visits over several weeks.
What you will collect
Date and time, Feature being tested
What you might make or share
A laser-cut modular hotel, a planting plan for around it