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Simple Science: Bits of Bugs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The innovative resource introduces learners to setting a scale when making measurements, units of measurement, and entomology. The activity has an interactive online version and a printable data sheet.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Forensic Entomology

For Students 9th - 10th
In this comprehensive interactive tutorial you will investigate the area of entomology and how it applies to forensic science. Learn what information a forensic entomologist can determine from a crime scene and a victim's body. Other...
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Website
Other

The Academy of Natural Sciences

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes the museum. It shows the viewer what is currently on exhibit, interesting facts, and many links to other exhibits.
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Activity
Science Museum of Minnesota

Science Museum of Minnesota: Entomologist

For Students 9th - 10th
Introduction to entomologists for young researchers. Site includes examples for more information about butterflies and entomologists.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Insect Investigations

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
For this lesson, learners will explore the life cycles of insects, how they are classified by Entomologists and their role within an ecosystem. Students will also investigate different habitats to observe the biodiversity of insects...
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Website
abcteach

Abcteach: Insects

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the insect world using activities and lesson plans that emphasize cross-curricular learning.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Tales From the Hive

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine how bees use a variety of dances to communicate the location, quality and quantity of a food source to their hivemates.
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Handout
Other

University of Delaware: Major Resource Kits

For Students 9th - 10th
Major Resource Kits link academic majors to career alternatives by providing information on career paths, sample job titles, and a short bibliography of Career Resource Center materials available to students in a particular major....
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Website
Other

The Bug Club: Bug Pets

For Students 9th - 10th
The Bug Club for young entomologists offers answers to insect questions, a colorful newspaper, and invertebrate caresheets if you're interested in keeping bugs as pets.
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Interactive
Other

Aes: Bug Identification

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive resource can be used to identify the order of an insect.
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Website
Australian Museum

The Australian Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features links to information on Australia's museum.
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Department of Entomology

For Students 9th - 10th
Search the National Insect Collection, one of the largest entomological collections in the world with over 35 million insect specimens. In addition, learn how insect research is conducted, who is doing the research, read past...
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Website
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Science Homework Help

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The science section of this popular homework helper site features links to chemistry, life, earth, physical, and space science resources.
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Website
University of Georgia

University of Georgia: Integrated Pest Management Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives general info on Integrated Pest Management. Along with news, IPM contacts, publications, and related links. Also lists various subject areas to look into.
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Website
US Department of Agriculture

Us Dept. Of Agriculture: Agricultural Research Service: Not All Bugs Are Bad

For Students 2nd - 7th
Find out who an entomologist is and how they are using good bugs to control the population of bad bugs. Resource by Agricultural Research Service.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: The Frontiers Decade: Wonders of the World

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Emulate the work of a naturalist by making observations of wildlife in local parks. Record field notes, including drawings, photographs and observations of behavior, on a particular animal or habitat.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Expedition Panama: Bee Lines

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Emulate the work of entomologists and explore biodiversity by collecting insects from different sites and keeping records of various populations. Develop a theory about insects and design a way to test it.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Expedition Panama: Champion Chompers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Compare and contrast the weightlifting abilities of ants and humans and graph the results, and investigate the roles ants and fungi play in the forest ecology.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific Breakthroughs in Germany: Flight of the Dragonfly

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Emulate the work of a naturalist by making observations of wildlife in local parks. Record field notes, including drawings, photographs, and observations of behavior, on a particular animal or habitat.
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Interactive
California Academy of Sciences

California Academy of Sciences: Flesh Eating Beetles!

For Students 3rd - 8th
Get the gory low-down of flesh-eating beetles and find out how they are put to work in natural history museums.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Bugs (Insects and Arachnids)

For Students 1st - 8th
What is an instect? Kids learn about where and how bugs live. What is an arachnid?
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Handout
The Franklin Institute

The Franklin Institute: Living Things Families

For Students 9th - 10th
What do centipedes and crabs have in common? What's so special about a backbone? Check this site out from The Franklin Institute if you are interested in biology and classification.
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Activity
Bill Nye

Bill Nye: A Slice of Apple Fly

For Students K - 1st
Try this at-home science experiment to learn about the reproduction of fruit flies.