Lisa Fletcher's List: Elementary Insect Research Resources

• • Website more for teachers. Use the video as a motivator for young students.

• • Search for a specific insect.
• • Great pictures with details!
• • Learn about the insect. Look at the map to learn where it lives.

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• • Teachers - use to make the study of insects interdisciplinary, interesting and fun.

• • Many research questions are answered on individual insect pages. Click on critter catalog to find more insects to research.

• • Great resource for teachers. Created by a primary teacher. Makes studying insects interdisciplinary. Choose what meets your needs.

• • Connect language arts to science with stories, poems and songs.

• • Great resource for unusual species of insects. However, be aware of the advertising! Teach students to navigate the website without clicking on ads.

• • Limited insects with details and pictures. Use to motivate research throughout the year with "Bug of the Week" feature.

• • Have fun making a bug found in nature.

• • Play a fun "bug" game and learn something new.

• • Great read aloud to point out characteristics of insects.
• The Insects are the most diverse and important group of animals on land.
• Insects are members of a larger group called arthropods
• All insects have bodies which are divided into three sections: the head, thorax, and abdomen.
• Nearly all insects have a pair of antennae on their heads.
• Adult insects (and most immatures) have six legs that

• group:

   
  • Corydalus cornutus
  • beetles
  • butterflies and moths
  • cockroaches
• All insects lay eggs.

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