A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Mayfly (Ephemeroptera)
Learn facts about the Mayfly, including details on its appearance, habitat, breeding, diet, and predatory lifestyle.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Moth (Gynnidomorpha Alisman)
Investigate the world of the Moth and discover information on the appearance, habitat, behaviour, and diet of this nocturnal animal. Includes images and statistics.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Pond Skater (Gerridae )
Provides photographs and a fact card about the pond skater. Discusses the many species and their common names, where they are found, how they walk on water, diet, predators, mating and reproduction, and the threat of pollution.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Stick Insect (Phasmatodea)
This entry identifies the defining characteristics of the Phasmatodea, more commonly known as the stick insect.
National Pest Managment Association
Pest World for Kids: Bees
Comprehensive guide for learning important facts about bees such as their habitat, diet, and impact. Content includes details on bumble bees, carpenter bees, honey bees, and killer bees.
National Pest Managment Association
Pest World for Kids: Wasps
Complete resource guide for learning facts about wasps focusing on diet, habitat, prevention, and impact. Content includes details on the Bald-Faced Hornet, European hornet, and yellow jacket.
Ohio State University
Osu: Flea Fact Sheet
A fact sheet on fleas from the Ohio State University Extension lists scientific names, identifying characteristics, and pictures.
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Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Science Education Center: Expedition Insects [Pdf]
Giant deadly hornets, gorgeous fluttering butterflies and stealthy crawling stink bugs: readers cannot tear their eyes away from these fascinating creatures. They can discover these and more mesmerizing world insects in Expedition:...
Other
The Bug Club: Bug Pets
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.
Other
Aes: Bug Identification
This interactive resource can be used to identify the order of an insect.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Support Dragonflies: A Goal for Your Site?
Find out why dragonflies are beneficial to a backyard habitat.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Earwig (Dermaptera)
Explore images and facts about the Earwig, including details on its appearance, habitat, diet, and behavior.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Mosquitoes O Logy Card
Turn over this interactive OLogy card and start learning bite-size pieces of useful information about mosquitoes, such as their diet and physical characteristics.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Termites O Logy Card
Turn over this interactive OLogy card to find fast facts, questions and answers, and similar bite-size pieces of information to help you understand termites.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Common Eastern Firefly O Logy Card
Flip this interactive card to start learning about the Common Eastern Firefly. Answer multiple-choice and fact-or-fiction questions and review some fast facts about this insect that communicates with patterns of flashing light.
University of Minnesota
University of Minnisota: Radcliffe's Ipm World Textbook
This is a site designed and used by professors to teach integrated pest management. A part of the National IPM network. Gives great photos and countless suggestions.
Can Teach
Can Teach: Songs and Poems
This site features an extensive list of poems and songs for every event during the school year. Explore the seasons, colors, holidays, and more.
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Eric Carle
What do you know about Eric Carle, the author? This Carol Hurst site highlights some interesting facts about this author's life and refers to some of his books.
Other
Yahoo! Japan: Multimedia Zukan Encyclopedia
Japanese content! Includes search and browse function to research animals, insects, plants, and birds by names and glossary. Video and audio available as well.
Read Works
Read Works: Insects on the Move
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about some insects that can do amazing things. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Creepy Cave Crawlers
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about twenty-seven new species of insects found in caves in central California. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Spooky Spiders
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about spiders and how helpful they can be. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: All About Ants
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage describes the roles of different types of ants. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding...
Read Works
Read Works: All About Ants
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text different kinds of ants and different roles ants have within their colonies. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.