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Website
Iowa State University

Iowa State University: Entomology Image Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an extensive collection of photographs of insects.
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Website
PBS

Pbs: Nature: Alien Empire

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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Website
University of Kentucky

Read More About Insects and Their Relatives

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This hyperlinked bibliography of resource books about insects is organized by topics that include insect societies, insect-plant relationships, general insects, behavior, history, collecting, development, fiction, and the like.
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Primary
Other

Pharisees & Saducees

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary sources place the Pharisees and Sadducees in context of their time.
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Handout
Other

The Antlion Pit: A Doodlebug Anthology

For Students 9th - 10th
Outlines the physical characteristics of the antlion order, Neuroptera. Identify them by their size, relationships with other animals, and about the antlion's role in certain cultures.
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Handout
Regents of the University of Michigan

Animal Diversity Web: Class Insecta

For Students 9th - 10th
The Animal Diversity Web surveys the general characteristics of the insect class and features such topics as habitat, anatomy, body systems, reproduction, and development.
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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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Activity
University of Kentucky

University of Kentucky: Insects All Year

For Students 3rd - 8th
The University of Kentucky provides information and activities about insects for each month of the year. Projects include art and observational activities.
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Activity
University of Kentucky

University of Kentucky: Bug Fun

For Students 2nd - 6th
This fun site is designed for teachers who want to have interactive fun in the classroom. "Several articles give resources and basic information about insects and their relatives while others outline activities with different insect...
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Activity
Science Museum of Minnesota

Science Museum of Minnesota: Journey North Cluster

For Students 3rd - 5th
An elementary resource to learn about butterflies and their migration with links to a wide variety of activities.
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Handout
Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Cicada

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a brief but concise description of this interesting insect. Grades 4-8.
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Lesson Plan
Michigan Reach Out

Reach Out: What Is an Insect

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A thorough lesson plan site that explores the definition and characteristics of an insect. Contains several informative links. Suggests a number of hands on activities.
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Curated OER

The Original Virtual Insectary

For Students 3rd - 8th
This colorful site not only provides images of some common insects, but includes information on the foods which they eat as well as the habitats where they can be found.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Blister Beetle

For Students 3rd - 8th
This colorful site not only provides images of some common insects, but includes information on the foods which they eat as well as the habitats where they can be found.
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Curated OER

Paper Wasps

For Students 3rd - 8th
This colorful site not only provides images of some common insects, but includes information on the foods which they eat as well as the habitats where they can be found.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Bald Faced Hornets

For Students 3rd - 8th
This colorful site not only provides images of some common insects, but includes information on the foods which they eat as well as the habitats where they can be found.
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Graphic
Curated OER

German Yellowjackets

For Students 3rd - 8th
This colorful site not only provides images of some common insects, but includes information on the foods which they eat as well as the habitats where they can be found.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Honey Bees

For Students 3rd - 8th
This colorful site not only provides images of some common insects, but includes information on the foods which they eat as well as the habitats where they can be found.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Garden Spiders

For Students 3rd - 8th
This colorful site not only provides images of some common insects, but includes information on the foods which they eat as well as the habitats where they can be found.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Periodical Cicada

For Students 3rd - 8th
This colorful site not only provides images of some common insects, but includes information on the foods which they eat as well as the habitats where they can be found.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Praying Mantis

For Students 3rd - 8th
This colorful site not only provides images of some common insects, but includes information on the foods which they eat as well as the habitats where they can be found.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Praying Mantis

For Students 3rd - 8th
This colorful site not only provides images of some common insects, but includes information on the foods which they eat as well as the habitats where they can be found.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Egyptian Scorpion

For Students 3rd - 8th
This colorful site not only provides images of some common insects, but includes information on the foods which they eat as well as the habitats where they can be found.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Great Spangled Frtillary

For Students 3rd - 8th
This colorful site not only provides images of some common insects, but includes information on the foods which they eat as well as the habitats where they can be found.