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Keeping insects as pets

Keeping insects is a good way to observe their behaviour and life cycles. If you plan to keep insects, first find out whether they are suitable for keeping in a container (e.g. flying and/or stinging insects are not recommended).

How to Raise Silkworms

   Provides a FAQ and introduction to raising silkworms, including information on mulberry trees (the food of silkworms), spinning  and mating trays, and cocoons. Also includes details about a cocoon processing method ("vegetarian silk") that allows "the moth to emerge from the cocoon to complete the natural life cycle."
   From Aurora Silk, a retailer of natural dyes.
  http://www.aurorasilk.com/raisesilk/

Insects: Friends or foes?
http://education.qld.gov.au/

tal/tips/02276.html
This Year 2 problem-based unit provides an opportunity for students to solve some problems of pest insects in the school, using PowerPoint presentations, clay animation movies various publishing methods to present their information report.
(Level: EC - LP)  

Life Cycle Changes (McLellan) Illustrates how insects and animals change as they mature, such as butterflies.

 Creative Insects
Grade 3 - will introduce the students to insects that are common around the school. The students will then write a creative story about being an insect for a day and will include scientific data that they learned.
Grade Level(s): 3-5;

Garden Party: K-6 Art Lessons
Elementary students create individual projects by viewing Van Gogh, Matisse, and Eric Carle examples. Each grade completes a garden painting using various techniques and medium while learning about artists, insects, and flowers.

Insects Coloring Book (WesternExterminator.com) Provides pictures of insects for coloring.

Iowa State University's Tasty Insect Recipes
Insects as Food - Recipes for Bug Blox, Banana Worm Bread, Rootworm Beetle Dip, and Chocolate Chirpie Chip Cookies
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Insects: Listen and Learn
Grade 4 - the student will identify various insects, using listening skills as a form of observation, within a natural setting.
Grade Level(s): 3-5;

Creepy Class Creatures
K-3 - Children will have fun finding out which creepy crawly insects are class favourites.
Grade Level(s): K-2;

Strength in Size? Madagascar Cockroach Pulls
The student will use the harmless Madagascar cockroach to aid in comparisons of size and relative ability in smaller species. The student will use math skills to make comparisons to human capabilities. The student will use previously learned skills in measuring, massing, and predicting.
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Katydid Diversity and Population Density
Students collect a specific group of local insects, measure their population density, and compare their own data to Amazon data.
Grade Level(s): 6-8;

BugWise
http://www.bugwise.net.au/
The BugWise program has been designed by the Australian Museum Online to enable schools and other groups to get involved in ecological research. Here you will find out what invertebrates are, what they do, their incredible diversity and why they are vitally important to a healthy planet. The Invertebrate Guide provides a fact page with image of each insect.

CSIRO: About Insects
 http://www.ento.csiro.au/

about_insects/
 Insect information sheets and fun games

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Insect Necklaces
At the end of this activity the student will have made his/her own nametag necklace to be used throughout the week. The students will also become more familiar with some common insects.
Grade Level(s): K-2;

Insects at Home
Grade 4 - students will chart insects found in their neighborhoods
Grade Level(s): 3-5;

Insects & Spiders Printables
Fact sheets, lesson plans, cut outs, murals, fun sheets - lots of professionally produced worksheets you can print!
Grade Level(s): K-2

http://geocities.com/wgongwest/

bugs.htm     Lots of links to sites children can use for information

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/

subjects/insects/printouts.shtml  Links to lesson plans – printouts, information

 http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WOPortal.woa/

Homework/Teacher/Resource/

Animals/Animals_by_Familiar_Name/

Insects_80660.html       thematic unites, lesson plans on insects

·  Insect Inquiries

·  Insects Thematic Unit

·  Insects in the Classroom

http://dcrafts.com/insects.htm   Heaps of lesson plans, craft, maths and more lesson plans and ideas for lower school

http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/insects/index.htm   crafts, colouring pages, information, wordsearch about insects

Alien empire
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/

alienempire/
(MP - LS)

Amazing insects
http://www.minnetonka.k12.mn.us/

grv/

insect.proj/insects.html
(EC - UP)

ARS - Sci4Kids: Insects
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/

insects/insectintro.htm
(EC - UP)

Australian Quarantine Inspection Service
http://www.affa.gov.au/content/

schools.cfm
 (LS - US)

Banph
http://www.banph.com/
 (EC - UP)

Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Entomology: Buginfo
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/

nmnh/buginfo/start.htm
(MP - UP)

Teacher's tower
http://members.aol.com/YESedu/

teacmenu.html
(EC - LP)

Insects Worksheets (AbcTeach) Provides dozens of printable worksheets, specializing in a few insects.

Cut Outs (Learning Page.com) Provides cut outs for zoo animals, ocean creatures, dinosaurs, insects and spiders. Requires Acrobat Reader.

Insect Pictures and Information (VirtualInsectary.com - Stein) Provides pictures and facts on 20 insects.

http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/insects/index.htm

Many links to craft creations

Insects
A song and poem about insects -sung to familiar tunes. You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view.

Gander Academy's creepy crawly resources on the web
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/

creepy_crawlies.htm
 (EC - LS)

Gander Academy's tropical rainforest theme
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/

rforest.htm
 (MP - MS)

The insects home page
http://www.earthlife.net/

insects/six.html
(MP - US)

 Minibeast Links
 http://members.ozemail.com.au

/~slacey/minibeasts.htm
 Links to sites related to minibeasts.

Australian Museum: Minibeast Links
 http://www.amonline.net.au/museum_box/boxes/

minibeasts_links.htm
 Links with information about insects.

Web Resources for Minibeasts
 http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/

minibeasts/minibeasts.htm
 Links compiled by Jackie Miers.

 Minibeasts
 http://www.clermontss.eq.edu.au/tech/

Minibeastslinkpage.html
 Links related to minibeasts.

COLLECTING INSECTS

Agriculture Western Australia: Entomology home
http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/ento/
The Insect Collection Database has a database of images and allows identification of specimens.
(LS - US)

The Australian Museum online
http://www.amonline.net.au/
The Australian Museum site has a very useful introduction to insects (http://www.amonline.net.au/

webinabox/insects/resources/

information.htm) with material on identification, breeding and habitats, life cycles, behaviours and adaptations.
(MP - US)

CSIRO online
http://www.csiro.au/
The CSIRO Entomology website (http://www.ento.csiro.au/about_insects/) gives access to excellent information on invertebrates, insect orders, classification keys and advice on collecting and preserving insects. The Double Helix Club (http://www.csiro.au/helix/) offers information on insects through its Search.
(MP - LS)

Department of Primary Industries, Queensland
http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/home/default.html
The DPI notes - Animal and plant health (http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/health/) are fact sheets that offer easily read information on introduced insect pests that threaten Australia's environmental balance.
(MP - LS)

Queensland Museum Explorer
http://www.qmuseum.qld.gov.au/
Using Search allows students to access a number of excellent publications in PDF format on individual species.
(MP - LS)

Insects

Images of Insects (Colorado State University) 1-01

Glossary for Insects (EarthLife.net) Defines basic words used in entomology, the study of insects. 11-01

Impact of Insects on Human History (Mack and Stone) Provides a history of beliefs about insects, as well as their impact on society.

Insects (Parkinson) Provides pictures and facts on 12 insects (bugs), including aphids, termites, fleas, flies, ants, and mites. 1-02 Household Insects (Cook's Termite and Pest Control) Provides information on identifying and controlling common household insects, such as earwigs, ants, termites, centipedes, bees, wasps, silverfish, millipedes, cockroaches, and flies. Also discusses rodents, such as mice and rats. "Indoors, these pests may be controlled with natural or synthetic insecticide aerosols, such as pyrethrins."

Insects (Matin)

Provides sources of information on insects, primarily for children.

Appreciation of Insects (Sear) Provides information on the different orders of insects, along with pictures. Shows how humans and insects interrelate and need each other.

Insects (Yahoo) Provides sources of information and pictures of insects.

Insects (Insectlopedia)Provides sources of information on Antlions, Beetles, Dragonflies, Mites, Termites, Ants, Butterflies, Fleas, Mosquitoes, Ticks, Arachnids, Cicadas, Flies, Moths, Wasps, Bees, Cockroaches, Mayflies, and Praying Mantids. Includes a search engine. 2-01

Records of Insects (University of Florida) Provides insect records, such as for the fastest, longest, heaviest, smallest, largest, loudest, most resistant to insecticides, and more. 6-01

3D Insects (Virginia Tech - Sharov) Provides 3D and animated images of insects. 6-01

Insects Resources by Type (Iowa State University - VanDyk) Provides information on insects and pesticides. 11-01

 Drawings of Each Type (Order) of Insects (University of Illinois) Provides drawings of insects, but no descriptions. 11-01

Household Insects (Clemson University) Provides pictures and descriptions of common household insects, such as ants, flies, termites, roaches, and silverfish. 11-01

Insects and Camouflage
Kindergarten - This activity will help students understand how camouflage can help insects survive
Grade Level(s): K-2;

Camouflage
Grade 3 - students will collect different insects and camouflage them with materials they find in their different habitats
Grade Level(s): 3-5;

Insect Survival - camouflage 
Grade 4 - The student will draw conclusions regarding the advantages of camouflage in nature; the student will also observe the consequences of environmental alteration, whether natural or man made, and the process of natural selection
Grade Level(s): 3-5;

Insects - Hive Homes
Ages 3-6 - Learn about bees, make a beehive; also includes art & cooking ideas, poem
Grade Level(s): Preschool;

Africanised honey bees: Lesson plans
http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/insects/ahb/
 (EC - US)

Bees and honey
http://www.angelfire.com/folk/

honeyandbees/(MP - UP)

See Like a Bee (B-Eye)

Shows how images may appear to a bee.

Insect Worksheets (Comp Ed - Free Worksheets) Provides 8 worksheets, with an emphasis on bees. 

Stalking the Mysterious Microbe!

 This site provides an introduction for children to the "tiny  creatures that individually are too small to be seen with the unaided eye." These include bacteria, archaea, fungi, protists, and viruses. Also features news, suggested experiments, facts about hand-washing, and information about microbiology careers.

In English and Spanish. From the American Society for Microbiology.
   http://www.microbe.org/

  Millipede Investigations
 

·  Grasshoppers

Beautiful Beetles
 http://www.abc.net.au/science/

scribblygum/december2003/
 Information and pictures of beetles to help you get to know them better.

The Peppermint Beetle
In this activity students will be able to explore their sense of smell and discover why smell is important to insects.
Grade Level(s): K-2;

KidsCom: Animals of the world
http://www.kidscom.com/

games/animal/animal.html
 (EC)

Most wanted bugs
http://www.denniskunkel.com/

PublicHtml/Education05.asp
 (MP - US)

Nanoworld image gallery
http://www.uq.edu.au/nanoworld/

images_1.html
 (MP - US)

Natural History Museum of London
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/
 (MP - LS)

The Science Spot: Adopt-an-insect lessons
http://sciencespot.net/Pages/

adinsless.html
 (UP - LS)

Thinking fountain
http://www.smm.org/sln/top.html
 (EC - UP)

University of Kentucky: Entomology for kids
http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/

Entomology/

ythfacts/resourc/resourc.htm
 (MP - US)

Using live insects in elementary classrooms
http://insected.arizona.edu/uli.htm
(EC - LP)

The wild ones
http://www.thewildones.org/
 (MP - US)

You can bug me anytime!
http://education.lanl.gov/

resources/ntep95/

Terrestrial_Insects/I

nsect_Title_page.html
 (UP - LS)

 Yucky roach world
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/roaches/
(EC - LS)

http://education.qld.gov.au/tal/tips

/01859.htm
*R Promnitz, S. Rieck, B Rieck, Minibeasts under the microscope

Insects
Insects, bugs, and creepy crawlers activities from Preschool FunZone

Insects
ECSE - Includes Bulletin Board Ideas, Cooking Ideas, Fine Motor / Arts, Gross Motor, Language Development, Sign Language, Literature, Music, Pre-Academic, Sample Lesson Plans, Sample Parent Communication, Software, Support Media, Toys and Materials

Bugs Lesson Plan
Ages 3-6 years - 9 activities and lessons for bugs and insects
 

Ladybugs and Grasshoppers
Grade K Unit - 10 activities for learning about insects including arts & crafts, songs, learning about insect body parts, and more
Kindergarten

Creepy Crawlers Unit
Grade 1 - A unit on Bugs, Insects, Creepy Crawlers

Grades 1-2

Bug Fun!
Insects, bugs: Class projects, games and jokes, and more
 

Insects - Grade 1 - 4 (Teaching Tools) Provides  several lessons for early elementary on insects, art, and math.

Biology - Insects (Learning Page.com)

Provides cut outs for insects. Includes Monarch Butterfly, Field Cricket, Io Moth, Elegant Crab Spider, Ladybug Beetle, Black Carpenter Ant, Stag Beetle, Praying Mantis, Potter Wasp, Periodical Cicada, American Grasshopper, True Katydid, American Cockroach, Green June Beetle, Ten Spot Dragonfly, Boll Weevil, Tarantula Spider, Earwig, Honey Bee, and Black Widow Spider. Requires Acrobat Reader.

You Are Where You Live
Grade 3 - The students will make observations of the insects that are collected and compare insects from one habitat to another.
Grade Level(s): 3-5;

 Insect Condominiums
Grade 4 - The student will use problem solving techniques and critical thinking skills in order to construct and maintain a home specifically suited to his/ her insect pet.
Grade Level(s): 3-5;

Habitat Breakdown
Grade 4 - student will have a new understanding of how insects/organisms are impacted by factors that are essential to an organism's survival in a particular habitat
Grade Level(s): 3-5;

Habitat Collage
The kindergartners will put together a collage of habitats in which insects are found.
Grade Level(s): K-2; Rating

Habitat Collage
Familiarize the students to different habitats, and the insects that are found in each one. In a two-day activity broken into an hour each day, the kindergartners will put together a collage of habitats in which insects are found.
Grade Level(s): K-2;

Wanted!!
Grade 4 - uses insects to teach students about ecosystems.
Grade Level(s): 3-5;

Habitats and Functions
Insect diversity and all the functions that insects perform in nature.. students sort these printable cards by function and habitat. You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view.
Grade Level(s): 6-8;

Insect Travel Brochure
Grade 7 - students will gain a better understanding of trophic levels and how different organisms interact - habitat, producers & consumers
Grade Level(s): 6-8;

Crazy Critters
Grade 8 - The purpose of this lesson is to allow students the opportunity to explore and collect insects from a local park. The students will return to class and record the habitat in which the insect lived.
Grade Level(s): 6-8

Silkworms
http://www.pclaunch.com/~kayton/
(EC - MP)  

Did You Say Water Bugs?
Grade 2 - introduce students to water habitats that contain aquatic insects.
Grade Level(s): K-2;

ExplorA-pond
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/pond/
 (MP - LS)

Farmers, Warriors, Builders: The Hidden Life of Ants [Quick Time]

From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2009. http://scout.wisc.edu/

The website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has a highly informative and just plain delightful interactive exhibit on ants. The exhibit explains how, much like humans, "ants achieve domination by being social creatures". Dividing the ants' lives into "food", "warriors", "shelter" and "communication", the exhibit offers an array of photos in its photo gallery to illustrate the variety of ant life and behavior on earth. Clicking on the thumbnails will enlarge the photos and reveal a brief description of the photo. More than half a dozen videos of ants taken throughout the world can be found under the "Ant Videos" link. .There are also "Ant Web Links"