Encyclopedia of Life
Encyclopedia of Life: European Honey Bee
Comprehensive reference tool investigates the European honey bee with a description, pictures, and maps. Includes facts on ecology, habitat, behavior, conservation, and external links.
Other
National Integrated Pest Management Network
This site shows general info on IPM, but allows you to get specific by picking a pest or a commodity.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Wonderful World of Insects
In this lesson plan, learners will use simple classification schemes to sort Utah's common insects.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Trb 4:5 Investigation 13 What's Bugging You?
Learn if a bug is an insect or a spider.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Pollination Parties
This lesson helps students understand the concept of pollination. Objectives, materials, procedures, adaptations, discussion questions, evaluation, extensions, suggested readings, links, vocabulary, and academic standards are all included!
Utah Education Network
Uen: Nhmu: Insect Family Tree
Identify and match insects on the insect family tree.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Monarch Migration
This video from Nature features the start of the monarch butterfly's northward trek. [3:02]
Utah Education Network
Uen: Life's Different Seasons
Recognize changes in bears and insects and compare them.
Texas A&M University
Insects in the Classroom: Lesson Plans
A very comprehensive site that includes insect lesson plans for ages 3-18 and links to a syllabus, course material, activities, and related resources.
Princeton University
Cotsen Children's Library: Creepy Crawlies: Insects in Picture Books
Learn about how insects are used in children's books in this image gallery with descriptions of multiple examples from popular children's literature.
Other
Curriki: Butterfly Life Cycle Lesson Plan
Project to learn about the life cycle of a butterfly and how the caterpillar becomes to be a butterfly.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Monarch Butterfly
This excellent resource from the San Diego Zoo presents extensive information on monarch butterflies including details about their habitat, physical characteristics, size, diet, family life, conservation status, and fun facts.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Ant
This excellent resource from the San Diego Zoo presents extensive information on ants including details about their habitat, physical characteristics, size, diet, family life, conservation status, and fun facts.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Kids: Bee
Bees fly from flower to flower, sipping nectar and collecting grains of pollen. Bees have a special tongue that sucks up the nectar and a crop in their throat for storing it until they get back to the hive, where it is turned into honey...
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Kids: Anna's Hummingbird
This San Diego Zoo resources is a webpage about Hummingbirds. The resource discusses their diet, habitat and other characteristics.
University of Florida
Florida Museum of Natural History: Animals 2: Insects and Spiders
This teacher's guide focuses on the smaller animals that inhabit our world: insects and spiders. These fascinating creatures provide young children many hands-on opportunities to learn about the diversity of living things, how living...
PBS
Pbs Nova: Tales From the Hive
Website that accompanies the NOVA program "Tales from the Hive." Site includes additional facts on bees, specifically the breakdown of a bee hive, and the different dances bees do as well as what they mean.
Other
Insectclopedia: Lesson Plans
A very comprehensive site from pedagonet.com that includes lesson plans on insects for all ages and grade levels. Students will enjoy learning about insects as you employ these engaging lesson plans in your own classroom.
PBS
Pbs: Nature: Alien Empire
Outstanding site that compliments an insect series on PBS. Interactive presentations include bee anatomy and honeybee hives. Includes interactive puzzles, teacher's guides, and formats for making insect masks.
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: Insect Hormones
An online biology textbook page on insect hormones. Full of labeled, color diagrams for better understanding.
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
Chemical Control Techniques in Grain
This site is one of several that pulls together information on grain storage, but is specific to using chemicals to control insects.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primitive Insects of the Congaree Swamp
In this video segment from NatureScene, observe dragonflies and mayflies near Cedar Creek at Congaree Swamp National Park. [5:25]
Science Museum of Minnesota
Science Museum of Minnesota: Entomologist
Introduction to entomologists for young researchers. Site includes examples for more information about butterflies and entomologists.
University of California
Ucmp: The Pleistocene
The UCMP Berkeley provides a brief overview of the Pleistocene Era, including links to more information.