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Akron Children's Hospital

Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: For Teens: Bug Bites and Stings

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how to prevent, treat and deal with bug bites and stings in this article for teens. Includes links to additional information.
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PPT
PBS

Nova: Master of the Killer Ants: Bugs You Can Eat

For Students 9th - 10th
The interactive tutorial examines entomophagy (insect-eating). Some examples of bugs you can eat are witchetty grubs, silkworm pupae, and grasshoppers. The activity consists of a printable version and interactive version.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Do Milkweed Bugs Show a Color Preference for Egg Laying Sites?

For Students 6th - 8th
Milkweed bugs, as their name suggests, have a close relationship with the milkweed plant. The plant produces a milky sap, and toxic compounds, but somehow the milkweed bug is unaffected by them. Instead, it concentrates chemicals from...
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Handout
Ed Koday

Koday's Kids Amazing Insects: Assassin Bug

For Students 4th - 8th
Learn all about assassin bugs with this interesting fact page and pictures.
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Unit Plan
Museums Victoria

Museum Victoria: Bug Catcher

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students explore different types of insects as they help the curator organize the museum's insect collection and as they search for, examine, and capture new insects out in the field.
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Interactive
Other

Iowa State University: Bug Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Here's an easy to use guide for identifying insects. All you have to do is click on the image that looks like your bug, then read all about it! There's lots of information about the insect; including food, life cycle, range, and habitat.
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Handout
University of Michigan

University of Michigan Critter Catalog: Insects

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough site that provides a description of the characteristics of insects and then focuses on the insects of southeastern Michigan. Pictures, classification groupings, and sound clips of insects are included.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Trb 4:5 Investigation 13 What's Bugging You?

For Teachers 4th
Learn if a bug is an insect or a spider.
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Entomology: Bed Bug Information

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed information about bed bugs: how to identify them, treating and preventing infestations, physical features, life cycle, and misconceptions about bed bugs. Includes links to additional resources. (Published: December 13, 2010)
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eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Animals: Do You Like Bugs?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A pattern book about insects. Includes audio narration in 20 additional languages with text in English.
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Lesson Plan
Texas A&M University

Insects in the Classroom: Lesson Plans

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A very comprehensive site that includes insect lesson plans for ages 3-18 and links to a syllabus, course material, activities, and related resources.
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Interactive
Other

Aes: Bug Identification

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive resource can be used to identify the order of an insect.
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Article
Read Works

Read Works: Bug Power

For Students 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage focuses on social insects: honey bees, ants, and termites. A comprehension question set and vocabulary are provided.
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Website
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Bug Vacuums: Sucking Up Biodiversity

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this science fair project you can take on the role of a wildlife biologist by examining the biodiversity of insects in your own backyard. To do this, you will follow the directions to create a homemade bug vacuum.
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Website
Other

The Bug Club: Bug Pets

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Activity
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Insect Crafts

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An extensive list of elementary insect crafts. Each activity contains a list of everyday materials, and detailed instructions.
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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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Website
US Department of Agriculture

Us Dept. Of Agriculture: Agricultural Research Service: Not All Bugs Are Bad

For Students 2nd - 7th
Find out who an entomologist is and how they are using good bugs to control the population of bad bugs. Resource by Agricultural Research Service.
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Activity
Other

Hummingbird Educational Resources: Ladybugs and Insects

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This is a resource for any teacher looking for some ideas to use to complement a unit on bugs. Scroll down for songs, center ideas, crafts, science discovery, math ideas, dramatic play ideas and much more!
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Should We Eat Bugs?

For Students 9th - 10th
What's tasty, abundant and high in protein? Bugs! Although less common outside the tropics, entomophagy, the practice of eating bugs, was once extremely widespread throughout cultures. Insects hold promise for food security and the...
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eBook
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Science Education Center: Expedition Insects [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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:...
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Handout
Earth Life

Wonderful World of Insects: An Introduction to the 32 Orders of Insects

For Students 9th - 10th
A very thorough look at the world of insects. This site examines the 32 orders of insects and gives a complete explanation of the characteristics of each order. Text is supplemented with pictures.
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Activity
Staten Island Children's Museum

Staten Island Children's Museum: Bugs and Other Arthropods

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Fun family projects relating to insects.
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Interactive
Scholastic

Scholastic: Monster Bugs

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Here are a couple of fun games where you can mix and match bug bodies, legs, wings, and heads to make your own "monster bug." There is also some fun trivia as you play!

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