Insects

Insect Links

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• Insect World – Find games, songs, stories and lots of activities -from this interactive site. Make your own insect world. Games and stroies about insects in the rainforest, the garden, the desert and the pond.
• Creepy Crawlie Critters – PDF Students learn characteristics of insects by creating models from an assortment of materials. Grades K-12.
• Insects we Love and Hate – Lesson plans. Students will see pictures of insects that bite and sting, and others of insects that don’t bother people. They will classify insects into “likeable” and “not-so-likeable” categories and draw pictures of insects that people like and don’t like. Grades K-2
• Virtual Insects - Videos and 3D animation from Department of EntomologyVirginia Tech.
• Worderful World of Insects – Introducing the insect in all its amazing variety, with links to the many more detailed pages that make up this site.
• Build Your Own Insect Trap - PDF This lesson can be used as an introduction to insects or as an assessment aboutinsects at the end of the unit. Students will design their own insect traps tocollect a new unknown insect, in the same way that entomologists collect the insects they research. Grades  6-8.
• Insects: the Good the Bad and the Ugly – In this unit, students become entomologists and investigate insects from the twin human perspectives of benefit and hazard. Students study insects and learn about their behaviors, anatomy, taxonomy, and ecological importance. Scientific method is taught through experiments with insects in which variables are manipulated. In a final project, students present what they have learned through the lens of entomologists working in various professional fields. Grades  6-8.
• Web Quest An Insects Perspective - This webQuest asks learners to look at the world from an insect’s perspective. They have to imagine that their habitat is under threat, and think about how they would convince the human beings responsible to reconsider. The task involves researching different insects, group discussion, and ultimately the writing of a letter and the creation of a group poster. Suitable for older primary or younger secondary-age students.
• Inventing Insects – tudents explore the world of insects and discover what it might be like to live like one. They create insect with physical characteristics and demonstrate how it moves. They also compare insects to spiders.
• Insects and Spiders - PDF Lesson plans for students to learn to use Internet resources to explore interesting topics related to insects and spiders. Grade 3-5.
• Learn About Insects – Students will learn about insects habitat and how they fit in the ecosystem. Grades 5-6.

Insect Videos

• Bill Nye the Science Guy Insects 1 – Bill explores the science behind insects.
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• Bill Nye the Science Guy Spiders 1 -Bill explores the science of spiders.
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Amazon Video on Demand (or use your TV search program to find and record on your TV.)

• Discovery Channel Dirty Jobs Bug Breeder
• Who Want to Be an Entomologist? – A practical and hilarious introduction to the science of Entomology (the study of insects).
• Bugs!A Rain Forest Adventure – A film about the various insects in Borneo’s rain forest.

Insect Clip Art (for Scrapbooking, Lap Booking, Reports, etc)

• Bug Clip Art
• Insect Clipart
• The Kidz Page Free Insect Clipart
• Insect Pictures and Photos
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Insect Resources

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