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Explore the world of insects! Learn how to plant a butterfly garden in your backyard or schoolyard. Spend some time near an ant hill and take notes or photographs of the activity observed. Raise an insect (mealworms, caterpillars, mosquitoes, flour beetles, or others) and observe and record their life cycle. Check out the following activities for more buggy ideas.
ABC's
of Butterflies and Moths
These 2nd grade students in Maui, Hawaii made an illustrated dictionary of butterfly terms. Could you do this in your classroom, too?
These 2nd grade students in Maui, Hawaii made an illustrated dictionary of butterfly terms. Could you do this in your classroom, too?
The Adventures
of Herman
Read the autobiography of Squirmin' Herman the worm. The multimedia story begins with his ancestral migration on a seventeenth-century wooden ship.
Read the autobiography of Squirmin' Herman the worm. The multimedia story begins with his ancestral migration on a seventeenth-century wooden ship.
Bug-Go
Help Scout Cat match pictures of beneficial insects and pests in this bingo-like game. Includes player game cards, templates for overhead transparencies or display sheets, information about each insect, and instructions.
Help Scout Cat match pictures of beneficial insects and pests in this bingo-like game. Includes player game cards, templates for overhead transparencies or display sheets, information about each insect, and instructions.
The Bug Club
Join The Bug Club. This site features articles, photographs, games, and puzzles about all sorts of bugs. This site even tells how to keep insects as pets.
Join The Bug Club. This site features articles, photographs, games, and puzzles about all sorts of bugs. This site even tells how to keep insects as pets.
Etymology
for Beginners
Learn about the study of insects. Find basic information and take a quick look at the anatomy of adult insects.
Learn about the study of insects. Find basic information and take a quick look at the anatomy of adult insects.
Insect
Collecting Techniques
Insects are everywhere! Find out what it takes to catch them on this site.
Insects are everywhere! Find out what it takes to catch them on this site.
Insect Hunt
Search for creatures on land or in a pond - and determine whether each is an insect or not.
Search for creatures on land or in a pond - and determine whether each is an insect or not.
PBS:
Alien Empire
This miniseries takes you into the bizarre, fascinating world of insects, with amazing graphics, sound and animation, enhanced video, and activities for kids.
This miniseries takes you into the bizarre, fascinating world of insects, with amazing graphics, sound and animation, enhanced video, and activities for kids.
The
Provincial Museum of Alberta Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Fact
Sheets
Keep live invertebrates as pets! Be the only person on your block to have a tiger beetle for a friend. Many insects are easy to keep, fascinating to observe, and are great educational tools.
Keep live invertebrates as pets! Be the only person on your block to have a tiger beetle for a friend. Many insects are easy to keep, fascinating to observe, and are great educational tools.
