Curated OER
Building A Bug Bungalow
Students chart how milkweed bugs grow and change. In this growth and life stages lesson plan, students read two stories and discuss how and why things grow. Students brainstorm what can be measured about humans, review and discuss life...
Curated OER
Milkweed and Monarch Mania
In this milkweed and monarch caterpillar worksheet, learners contrast the milkweed caterpillar with the monarch caterpillar. Students look at a picture of each.
Curated OER
Milkweed and Monarch Butterfly Mania
In this milkweed bug and monarch butterfly learning exercise, learners view 2 videos on the bugs and answer 1 short answer question. Students write 4 ways they could feed the milkweed plants.
Curated OER
Milkweed and Monarch Butterfly Puzzle
In this milkweed bug and monarch butterfly instructional activity, students complete a crossword puzzle dealing with milkweed bugs and monarch butterflies. Students answer 15 questions in the puzzle.
Curated OER
Milkweed and Monarch Butterfly Mania: identifying
In this milkweed bug and monarch butterfly worksheet, students observe a picture of each one in their caterpillar state and have to identify which is which. Students observe 2 pictures.
Curated OER
Milkweed and Monarch Quiz
In this milkweed and monarch butterfly worksheet, students take a quiz online about the milkweed and monarch butterflies. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
Curated OER
Milkweed and Monarch Butterfly Mania-True/False Quiz
In this milkweed and monarch butterfly worksheet, students complete a 9 question true/false quiz. Students may retrieve score on line.
Curated OER
Arthropod Data Collection
Students describe the life cycle of various bugs as well as their predators and feeding habits. The class participates in a discussion of the various methods scientists use to gather data including research and experiment. After...
Curated OER
Mimicry: Other Insects That Resemble Bees
Students design a conceptual experiment to test whether mimics actually benefit from the fact they resemble other organisms or objects. They define the term mimicry. They focus on insects that resemble bees and wasps.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Do Milkweed Bugs Show a Color Preference for Egg Laying Sites?
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...
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...
Iowa State University
Iowa State University: Entomology Image Gallery
This site provides an extensive collection of photographs of insects.