The Manduca Project

Lesson Plans

World of Insects
     Life without them
So many of them
    Secrets of their success
    Family tree
    Major insect order
Insect Anatomy

World of Manduca
    In research
    Life cycle
The egg
    The larva
    The pupa
    The adult
Videos

Rearing Manducas
What you need
Care and Feeding
Building larva box
Constructing rearing box
Preparing diet

Activities
    Lesson plans
    Posters
    Coloring book (English)
Coloring book (Spanish)

Resources
    Glossary
    English/Spanish vocab.
    Bibliography
Bibliografía
    Web resources

Print Manual

Planning a Manduca Unit

Designing a thematic unit

Math activities

Ideas for Math activities

Building a classroom balance

Making a centimeter ruler

Measuring
   Data sheet

Measuring Manducas
   Data sheet
   Growth chart

Science activities

Observation

Caterpillar race

Caterpillar tracks

Manduca sexta Life Cycle

Duca poop

Who Am I?

Middle & High School Science Activities

Chromatography

Language Arts activities

Reading and Writing activities

The Tobacco Hornworm

"My Manduca" Stories

Manduca poetry

Word Search -
Manduca Sexta - English
Manduca Sexta - Spanish

Art & Music activities

Ideas for Art & Music activities

Observational drawing

Manduca tessellations

Manduca songs
Oh Where - Manduca? & Tiny Manduca

The Manduca Sexta

Manduca Sexta oruga verde & Una Manduca se Alimentaba