Activity sheets:
Characteristics of Adult Insects
Teacher Preparation:
- Students and teacher will gather miscellaneous rearing containers for various insects. Refer to Activity 2 and rearing sheets for details if you are using live insects. If you choose to use preserved specimens, design Activity 4 to be a research activity at the library.
- Set up terraria or containers for the arthropods several days before class activities begin. Identify and prepare a place in the classroom for the insects to live. Avoid areas with direct sun, air vents or cold drafts. Care for the animals can be given to students if you wish.
- Prepare juice and cups for Closure Activity.
- Prepare copies of Characteristics of Adult Insects for Activity 4.
- Two charts are planned for this lesson (see Introduction and Activity 4). Prepare bulletin board space or other wall space for displaying charts throughout the lesson.
- This lesson discusses race, culture and religion. Take care that all students are equally represented and acknowledged for their unique contribution.
- Gather remaining materials and books (see Bibliography).
Materials:
- Insect terraria or gallon jars
- Individual student journals
- Butcher paper
- Clay, drawing paper, or recycled materials
- Cups and juice for class.
- Mealworms, crickets, ants, and milkweed bugs in separate containers (or your choice of four insects).
- Peter Spier, People; Margaret Mead, People and Places; Rachel Field, Taxis and Toadstool Poems; Jan Slepian, The Alfred Summer; Margot March, Different, Not Dumb.
- Any supporting fiction and non-fiction literature that may not be suggested in the bibliography.
Ant Information Sheets &
Ant Rearing Sheets
Cricket Information Sheets &
Cricket Rearing Sheets
Milkweed Bug Information Sheets &
Milkweed Bug Rearing Sheets
Mealworm Information Sheets &
Mealworm Rearing Sheets
Fly Information Sheets &
Fly Rearing Sheets(Optional)
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