University of Arizona
Center for Insect Science Education Outreach: Getting to Know You: Meal Worms
Young scholars become connected with nature by handling and caring for another living creature. Focuses on insect care and familiarization with a meal worm.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: A Simple Way to Tell Insects Apart
Anika Hazra explains how the features of an insect's mouthparts can help identify which order it belongs to, while also providing clues about how it evolved and what it feeds on.
Society for Science and the Public
Science News for Students: Keeping Bugs Away From Food
Discover how scientists in New Zealand kept bugs out of food boxes. How did they do this? They coated the cardboard boxes with citronella oil. Bugs hate the stink of citronella so they stay away from the food!
Other
Little Giraffes: Insects
Insect activities for early elementary students are pictured and described on this resource.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Bugs (Insects and Arachnids)
What is an instect? Kids learn about where and how bugs live. What is an arachnid?
Other
Staten Island Children's Museum: Bugs and Other Arthropods [Pdf]
Here are some fun family projects to do at home involving bugs.
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.
Other
Alphabet soup.com: Insects and Spiders
An extensive list of activities, songs, poems, and fingerplays are listed by alphabet-soup.com. Additional recipes, art projects, and literature connections are also included.
Iowa State University
Iowa State University: Iowa Insect Information Notes Sowbugs and Pillbugs
Pillbugs may look like insects, but they're really crustaceans. This article describes them and their habitat, and describes what to do if they become a nuisance in the home.
Healthline Media
Medical News Today: What Are Bed Bugs?
Bed bugs are becoming a growing problem today. Find out what they are, how dangerous they are to humans, how they feed and reproduce, treatment, and how to control them.
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky: Insects All Year
The University of Kentucky provides information and activities about insects for each month of the year. Projects include art and observational activities.
Ed Koday
Koday's Kids Amazing Insects: Assassin Bug
Learn all about assassin bugs with this interesting fact page and pictures.
Other
Catch the Science Bug: Insect Observation Investigation [Pdf]
Activity encourages kids to locate insects and record data about observations they make about insects that live in their area, then research the animal to find out new facts about it.
Other
Orkin: Bug Games
Site provides an interactive game where students are required to "Name That Bug." Also includes a "Bugalizer Studio," as well as a "Print-A-Bug," coloring sheet.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Animals for Kids: Stick Bug
A site where students can learn about the Stick bug which is a strange insect that mimics the trees and shrubs they live on.
Other
Port Discovery Children's Museum: Stem at Home: Bug Bingo
Did you know that there are more than 1.5 million species of named bugs? You can find so many bugs right in your own back or front yard and you can have some fun of your own playing the two Bug Bingo games.
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky: "Katerpillars" (& Mystery Bugs)
For younger students, these insect-themed activities, treats, and crafts also feature teacher resources and book references.
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky: Get This Bug Off Me
This informative site distinguishes harmful from nonharmful insects. Pictures supplement the text.
Iowa State University
Iowa State University: Entomology Image Gallery
This site provides an extensive collection of photographs of insects.
Australian Museum
Australian Museum: Bug Wise: Ants
Museum site invites users to learn more about this tiny creature by providing them with information on what ants look like, where they are normally found and much more.
Australian Museum
Australian Museum: Bug Wise: Cicada
Museum site features the Cicada. Provides a comprehensive physical description as well as information as to where they are found and what they do.
Other
Billy Bear4 Kids: Butterflies and Bugs
BillyBear4Kids.com is a great butterfly resource with links to butterfly cut-outs, flashcards, bookmarks, crafts, online games, and more. Scroll down for reproducibles.
Ed Koday
Web Archive: Milkweed Bugs
Adults are 9/16 to 10/16 inch long, black, and colorfully marked with reddish-orange on the head, sides of the pronotum (part of the thorax), and the wing covers. They have a Y-shaped head marking and two wide crossing orange bands...
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.
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