Extensions Using information gathered, create a verse to "Home On The Range". Re-read House is a House For Me. Make up a verse. Create a class book of verses using same patterning. Discuss where our food comes from, i.e., bacon from a pig, orange juice from the fruit of orange trees, etc. (could be integrated into a nutrition unit). Teacher could read James and The Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. Make an insect as an art project (use egg cartons, clay, paper, pipe cleaners, etc.) Visit the library and find arthropod books. Assign a research report with a drawing about a specific arthropod. Brainstorm with the students what questions they will answer in their reports. Combine the reports into a class book. Use maps and books to find out where arthropods are found around the country. Call your local Entomology department, museum or cooperative extensions office and schedule a visit from an entomologist. Have the students check the local newspaper with their parents looking for information on arthropods. Words with Special Meanings (for understanding only, not to be tested) Arthropod: any of a major group of segmented invertebrates having jointed legs and an exoskeleton, including insects, spiders, crustaceans, etc. Artificial: (1) produced by humans. (2) made in imitation. Environmental Health: the study of the relationship between our environment and our health. Habitat: the natural environment or place where a person or animal is found (food, water, shelter, space in a specific arrangement). Hypothesis (hypotheses, plural): a tentative explanation for a question that can be tested using experimentation. Observe: to look at and pay special attention to what something does, what it looks like, and how it changes. Predict: to guess what you believe will happen. Bibliography Althea. Insects. (Nature Club Series) Mahway, NJ: Troll Associates, 1990 Arneson, D.J. Incredible Insects - Nature Fact Book Series. Kidsbooks, Inc., 1990 Arnett Jr., Ross H. and Richard L. Jacques, Jr. Simon and Schuster's Guide to Insects. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981 Braus, Judy, et al. Incredible Insects. Washington DC: Naturescope Series; National Wildlife Federation, 1984 Carle, Eric. A Very Busy Spider. New York: Philomel Books, 1984 Cole, Joanna and Jerome Wexler. Find the Hidden Insect. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1979 Conklin, Gladys. When Insects are Babies. New York: Holiday House, 1969 Cooper, Elizabeth. Insects (Facts about series). Austin, TX: Steck Vaughin Co., 1990 Dahl, Roald. James and The Giant Peach. New York: Puffin Books, 1961 DK Direct Limited. What's Inside? Insects. New York: Dorling Kindersley, Inc., 1992 Educational Insights. Fascinating Insects. Dominguez Hills, CA: Educational Insights, 1992 Goor, Ron and Nancy. Insect Metamorphosis. New York: Atheneum Publishers, 1990 Hoberman, Mary Ann. A House is a House for Me. New York: The Viking Press, 1978 Hooker, Yvonne (English text). The Little Red Ant. Grosset & Dunlop, 1980 Hornblow, Leonora and Arthur. Insects do the Strangest Things. New York: Random House, 1968 Horton, et al. Amazing Fact Book of Insects. Mankato, MN: Creative Education, 1987 Horton, et al. Amazing Fact Book of Spiders. Mankato, MN: Creative Education, 1987 Insect World. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life, 1989 Jennings, Terry. Insects. (Junior Science Series) New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1991 McNulty, Faith. The Lady and the Spider. New York: Harper and Row, 1986 Mound, Laurence. Insects-Eyewitness Books. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991 Nelson, Joanne. Backyard Bugs - Explore & Learn Series. Kuttawa, KY: McClanahan Books, Med Curriculum Press, 1990 Parker, Steve. Insects: How to Watch and Understand the Busy World of Insects. New York: Dorling Kindersley, Inc., 1992 Penn, Linda. Young Scientists Explore Insects. Carthage, IL: Good Apple (Simon and Schuster), 1982 Roettger, Doris. Bugs and Other Insects. New York: Simon & Schuster/Faron Teachers Aids, 1991 Selsam, Millicent E. and Ronald Goor, Backyard Insects. New York: Four Winds Press, 1981 Selsam, Millicent E. and Joyce Hunt, First Look at Caterpillars. New York: Walker and Co., 1987 Selsam, Millicent E. and Joyce Hunt, First Look at Spiders. New York: Walker and Co., 1983 Selsam, Millicent E. Where Do They Go? Insects in Winter. New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1982 Souza, D.M. Insects Around The House. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books, Inc., 1991 Souza, D.M. Insects in the Garden. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books, Inc., 1991 Wildlife Education Staff. Insects Vol. I - Zoobooks. San Diego, CA: Wildlife Education, Ltd., 1984 Wildlife Education Staff. Insects Vol. II - Zoobooks. San Diego, CA: Wildlife Education, Ltd., 1984 Wildlife Education Staff. Spiders. San Diego, CA: Wildlife Education, Ltd., 1985 Wonder Books. Insects. Los Angeles: Wonder-Treasure Books, 1960

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