My Learning
My Learning: Minibeasts
All you need for an in-depth study of invertebrates is here on this site. Includes worksheets, quiz, useful information, and a fun interactive section where you can build your own super bug!
Iowa State University
Iowa State University: Iowa Insect Information Notes Flies
Flies are almost always known as pests, especially the types called gnats that bite! These information sheets provide descriptions of several types of flies as well as life cycles and ways to reduce these annoying bugs.
Other
Cindy Mark: What's Bug'n You
Students will enjoy learning more about bugs in this engaging resource. Allows users to draw a picture of a spider, create an insect information book, discover how insects move and be able to tell where insects live.
Other
Amateur Entomologists' Society: Bug Identification
This resource allows users to complete bug identification.
National Pest Managment Association
Pest World for Kids: Pest Guide: Bed Bugs
A one-page fact page about the bed bug.
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.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Hey! A Gnat Bit Me
This site is provided for by Kids Health. Gnats, or blackflies, are very small insects. Their reason for biting is to get blood. Use this site to find out more about gnats, and how to handle a bite from one.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Hey! A Chigger Bit Me
This site is provided for by Kids Health. Did you realize that chiggers are so small that they can actually be found on other bugs? They are a type of mite, which means they are an arachnid. What happens when you're bitten by a chigger?...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Who Lives Here?: Investigating and Sorting Schoolyard Insects
For this investigation, young scholars make a pit trap and collect bugs. They then record what they captured and sort the bugs. The data is combined to create a class graph.
EL Education
El Education: The Study of Life Cycles
Students learn about various insects and use original text and illustrations to create a book including information such as habitat, life cycle, diet, behavior, predators, and other interesting facts.
Australian Museum
Australian Museum: Bug Wise
Explore the diverse world of invertebrates. Learn what they are, what they do, and how they contribute to our planet. This site offers "BugWise News", a forum, an invertebrate guide, and a wide range of great resources and activities.
Read Works
Read Works: What's Bugging Everyone?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about bedbugs and how difficult they are to exterminate. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: What's Buggin' You?
Become a scientist for the day and use the science of observation to join forces with Professor Mill Ennium in the Discovery Lab. Help them to uncover the identity of the mystery bug.
PBS
Nova: Bitten by the Bug
Peter Tyson explains the reasons he finds amber fossils so interesting. Read his descriptions and catch his passion for these fossils.
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky: Bug Fun
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...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Dinosaur Train: River Run
Don and Buddy are going rafting down the river looking for bugs for Don's collection. Whoever collects the most bugs wins!
FT Exploring
Ft Exploring: Ants: Super Bugs
Discover how these small insects can really be super bugs. Site uncovers some interesting facts as well as dispels some myths about them. Visit this site and discover the real truth.
Ed Koday
Web Archive: Stink Bugs
Several of the common species of stinkbugs found in the United States are the southern green stinkbug, the green stinkbug, and the brown stinkbug. The green stinkbug is similar to the southern green stinkbug shown in the photo. At times...
Other
Bugbios: Class Insecta
See pictures of many different butterfly wing patterns and read about the individual butterflies.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Ladybug or Lady Beetle
This site from Enchanted Learning provides detailed information on lady bugs and how they can help your garden grow. Includes printouts for labeling and coloring.
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.
Other
Bug Bios: Arthropods Values and Perceptions
A scholarly article which discusses the effects that arthropods have had on human beings over the years, from being a food source to a carrier of many human diseases.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian: Science Fair Projects, Suggestions
A concise page that offers a number of bug-related science fair project suggestions.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Macroinvertebrate Mix and Match
Activity explores major segments of aquatic macroinvertebrates and differences between stages.
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