Insects

with some spiders thrown in even though spiders are NOT insects

The Itsy Bitsy Song

Butterfly Cycle Song

Insect observation sheet.htm

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Insect Books and Videos Page

Internet Resources

General Insect Resources

abcteach.com Resources   - Butterflies, Ladybugs, Praying Mantis, Bees

Butterflies Unit http://www.abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/animals/insect/butterflies

Butterfly Wordsearch  http://abcteach.com/babysit/Wordsearch/butterfly.htm

Other Insects  http://www.abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/animals/insects

Word Seach and Hidden Message Puzzle at Songs 4 Teachers.com

Gander Academy -  Pages Maintained by Jim Cornish, Grade 5

http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/creepy_crawlies.htm

information and links for:  Insects, Spiders, Butterflies, Bees, Earthworms

Kentucky Elementary School - Page for Insects and Spiders

http://www.picadome.fcps.net/lab/currl/insects/default.htm

Carolyn's Links - General Information about Insects

http://www.eagle.ca/~matink/themes/Insects/insects.html

Animal Coloring Pages @ First-school

http://first-school.ws/theme/animals/cp_animals_alphabet.htm

index on the side:  insects, spiders

Butterfly Resources

Howard Hughes' Medical Institute - Cool Science

Art project about life cycle of butterfly

Children's Butterfly Site at Mountain Prairie Information Node

coloring pages, life cycle, FAQ, References, Books, Videos, Links, Photos

of Butterflies

Endangered Species - North America - Butterflies - Fact Sheet

http://kidsplanet.org/factsheets/butterflies.html

North American Butterfly Association

information and links

Journey North - Project - Global Study of Monarch Butterfly

American Museum of Natural History - Butterfly Conservatory

Tropical Butterflies in Winter - has a butterfly cam

Ms. Doreen Wong's Hotlist for Internet Study of Butterflies

links and information about life cycles of butterflies and moths

The Caterpillar Page at Virtual Vine

http://thevirtualvine.com/theveryhungrycaterpillar.html

A collection of teaching ideas, links, art ideas, songs and poems

Kentucky Elementary School Page - Butterflies

http://www.picadome.fcps.net/lab/currl/butterfly/default.htm

Kidzone - butterfly coloring

http://www.kidzone.ws/animals          NEEDS TO BE FIXED

Food to Grow On

http://insected.arl.arizona.edu/lesson_07/default.htm

Overall Objective: The students will observe, predict, and record food consumption and growth of insects through

experimentation with caterpillar diets. They will relate their findings to their own growth and diet.

Carolyn's Links for Butterflies and Moths

http://www.eagle.ca/~matink/themes/Insects/moths.html

Monarch Watch

http://www.monarchwatch.org/class/challeng.htm

Monarch Coloring

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/coloringbook/sketch_butterflies.html

Monarch Butterfly at Enchanted Learning

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/species/Monarch.shtml

Students:  this page might help you with your insect studies.

Parents:  Guidance while using any internet connection  is both encouraged and expected.  Some information is written at a reading level above your child's.  Site information can change at any time. The school also has no control over "pop-ups."

mealworms experiments - full page

mealworms experiments - booklet

Worm Resources

Worms are classified as invertebrates.  Some worms are insect larvae.

Yucky Kids at Discovery.com

Travel through Wendell Worm's World or Ask /Wendell

- learn about worms as recycling and body parts

Roach World

Includes fun and games

Teacher Center

Worm Woman - Information about Vermicomposting

items to purchase including bins and the Worms Eat My Garbage Manual

Worm Bin Project - Lesson Plan - Students learn about decomposition and the worm's life cycle.

Science Museum of Minnesota Online Worm Project

First Graders at the Museum Magnet School explore the world of worms.

Includes questions and answers about Earthworms.

Songs and poetry about worms

Worm Words Glossary for Teachers

Let's Get Growing

An online catalog with hundreds of environmental science and nature education products including worm bins

Worm Man's Farm

Excellent source for all worm needs - great prices - no hidden costs

NYS DEC - Red Worm Goes to School

http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/materials_minerals_pdf/rw.pdf

Mealworm  Resources

Mealworms are NOT worms.  They are the larval stage of the mealworm beetle, also known as the Darkling Beetle.

Fact sheet about Darkling Beetle

http://www.ext.vt.edu/departments/entomology/factsheets/darkling.html

Darkling Beetle at Enchanted Learning

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/insects/beetles/mealworm/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/lifecycles.shtml

Mrs. Eberhardt's Mighty Mealworm Page

http://myschoolonline.com/page/0,1871,34939-145423-38-58068,00.html

poem, letter, song, information

Mrs. Sawler's Grade One Study of Mealworms

http://www.ccs.ednet.ns.ca/sawler/index.htm

Mrs. Sawler's Mealworm Wordsearch

http://www.ccs.ednet.ns.ca/sawler/words.htm

Mrs. Sawler's Mealworm Jigsaw Puzzle

http://www.ccs.ednet.ns.ca/sawler/puzzle.htm

Getting to Know You - Mental Health Lesson

http://insected.arl.arizona.edu/lesson_03/default.htm

Overall Objective: The students will recognize differences between themselves and other people, and learn to accept their uniqueness as a positive gift. Students will demonstrate an increased comfort with handling mealworms. They will explore their attitudes about things and how their attitudes affect their interactions.

My Decisions - Good or Bad - Decision Making

http://insected.arl.arizona.edu/lesson_09/default.htm

Overall Objective: Through observation, discussion, experimentation and data collection with mealworms the students will demonstrate an understanding of the factors related to decision-making.

Insect Lore Resources

http://insectlore.com

Source for live mealworm kit, life cycle model, literature

Mealworm Song

Using Live Insects in Elementary Classrooms for Early Lessons in Life

http://insected.arl.arizona.edu/lessons.htm

Using Live Insects in Elementary Classrooms for Early Lessons in Life, funded by the National Institutes of Health Science Education Partnership Award, is a program dedicated to introducing health topics to children in kindergarten through third grade. The result is a printable collection of twenty integrated lessons with science and math activities that use live insects. These lessons are aligned with National Science Education Standards(NSES).

Eric Carle Books Teacher Idea Exchange

Carle wrote fictional books about caterpillar, cricket, firefly, spider

Insects Songs at Songs 4 Teachers.com

"Flies and Bees Are Insects" to the tune of "Sing a Song of Sixpence"

"I Am A Bee"

Insect Poems collected by Mrs. Henriksen

http://members.shaw.ca/henriksent/insect.htm

Insect Lore.com - purchase live insects or larvae - good source for books, videos, and fun "stuff"

The above song is copyrighted by Suzy Gazlay. You can reach her at SingingScience@comcast.net .