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| ANTS |
| Ant Farm Science Projects
Temperature; Light & Dark; Wet & Dry Sand; Different Foods |
| Secret Lives of
Ants |
| Ant Information |
| Army
Ants from the Bug Club |
| Ants
& Ant Supplies This is where I get my ants! |
| BEES & WASPS |
| Wasp Coloring Page |
| Artificial Domiciles to
Attract Bumble Bees Students will use a variety of materials to construct
artificial domiciles for attracting bumble bee queens. |
| Flight of the Bumble Bee
|
| Spring Collecting and Identifying
Bumble Bees Data Sheet |
| Bee Facts Data Sheet |
| Gleanings In Bee Trivia
1 Point for easy questions, 3 points for hard ones. |
| Bee Information Pages
29 pages including information on African Killer Bees |
| Bumble Bee Identifier |
| Beekeeping: Beekeepers Home
Page Everything you want to know about beekeeping, honey, and honey bees are
right here! |
| Biology of the Honey
Bee Bee Reproductions |
| BEETLES |
| Beetles
Labeling Assignment Answers |
| Information
about Beetles The order name
of beetles, Coleoptera, is pronounced "co-le-OP-ter-a." This name was first
used by Aristotle in the fourth century B.C., more than 5,000 years ago! It comes from the
Greek words "koleos," which means sheath (or shield), and "ptera,"
which means wings. Lots of information at this site. |
| BUGS |
| Bug Profile Sheet |
| Don't
Let the Bugs Bite Crossword Puzzle |
| Bug Mugs 12 Most Wanted |
| BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS |
| Adopt a Butterfly
Choose a butterfly and complete classification information, habitat location, food
requirements, and other information. Use this report template. |
| Butterfly
Adventure |
 Butterfly Notebook Paper Border
of butterflies page 30 |
| All
About Luna Moths |
| Butterfly Information |
| Create a
Butterfly Garden Lots of info |
| All About Butterflies
A Zoom site from Enchanted Learning. All About
Butterflies is a comprehensive on-line hypertext book about butterflies It is designed for
students of all ages and levels of comprehension. It has an easy-to-use structure that
allows readers to start at a basic level on each topic, and then to progress to much more
advanced information as desired, simply by clicking on links. |
| Butterflies at the Field Museum
Did you know there are about 20,000 different kinds of butterflies in the world? The
butterflies shown here are just a few from The Field Museum’s worldwide Butterfly Collection. |
| Butterflies of
Illinois This site is from the web site Butterflies of
North America . It consists of the following information: Distribution
maps showing the counties in which occurrence of a particular species has been
verified, Photos of the adult and caterpillar (when available), Species
accounts containing information on size, identifying characteristics, life
history, flight, caterpillar hosts, adult food, habitat, species range, conservation
status, and management needs, and Species checklists for each county in
the U. S. and state in northern Mexico. |
| Butterfly and Moth Lifecycles
This site is devoted to showing as much of the lifecycle of these and other Lepidoptera
species. |
| CICADA |
| How Cicadas Sing |
| COCKROACH |
| Yucky Roach World A
day in the Life; Inside View; Amazing Roach Facts; Scrapbook |
| Cockroach Family Tree |
| Bugs
Caught in the Web An Internet field trip. Did you know that cockroaches have been around an estimated 280+
million years? That's before the dinosaurs' time! There are more than 5,000 types of
cockroaches; the largest is 6 inches long with a wing span of over a foot! Find out more
fascinating facts about roaches on your trip! |
| COLLECTIONS |
| Field Collection
Record |
| Insect Collection
Instructions, Chart, and Rubric |
 Insect Collection Project |
| Starting
My Insect Collection |
| Thoughts on
Collections Alternate project ideas |
| Zoo Display Label |
| CRICKETS |
| Living Thermometer |
| Mapping Cricket Behavior |
| Cricket
Diagram and Information From Enchanted Learning |
| Cricket Information |
| Cricket Rearing |
| Flukers Cricket Rearing Guide
11 Pages includes dissection directions |
| Rearing Crickets
|
| DISSECTION |
| Cricket Dissection
From Access Excellence |
| DRAGONFLY |
| Class Hexapoda: Class Odonata
Other names: sewing needles, devil's darning needles, snake doctors, horse stingers, and
mosquito hawks. Olympic Feats! |
| Dragonfly
Enchanted Learning |
| Frequently Asked Questions
About Dragonflies |
| Dragonfly Society of America |
| Giant Dragonflies |
| Giant Dragonfly Anax tristis, Order Odonata |
| Gordon's Odonta Page All
the information you could want. |
| Hunters in the Sun |
| Meganeura
The Meganeura had a wing span of more than 75 cm and was probably the largest
insect to ever appear on earth. |
| Odes
For Beginners |
| The Dragon Flies
Great color pictures! |
| FIELD TRIPS |
| Bugs
Caught in the Web |
| FLY (DIPTERA) |
| Diptera
Labeling Assignment Answers |
| Fly Information |
| Diptera Site Information
about the world's flies. |
| GRASSHOPPER |
| Grasshopper Information |
| HYMENOPTERA |
| Hymenoptera
Labeling Assignment Answers |
| INSECTS |
|
Adopt an Insect
Choose an insect and complete classification information, habitat location,
food requirements, and interesting facts. |
| Choose
an Insect Use books, encyclopedias, magazines, and the Internet to discover certain
facts about an insect of their choice. |
|
Insect Mania
Insect Collection, Insect Jeopardy, Insect Poster, Insect Book, and Insect
fact cards. Choose the project you like! |
| Insect Wanted
Poster Blank Wanted Poster
Wanted Poster Example |
| Insects
A-Z |
| Things That Bug Me Poems
Example
Sick
Guess
What? |
| Field
Guide to Schoolyard Insects Each group creates a page for one insect. |
| Insects on
Stamps |
| Insect Citations, Proverbs,
etc. A collection of citations, proverbs, expressions, etc. all about
insects and spiders. |
| Insect
Orders |
| Wings,
Stings, and Leggy Things: Insects of Illinois |
| Alien Empire
Insect Scramble Put the insect puzzle pieces
together. |
| Bug Food
Insects as food with recipes |
| Bug Mugs
The 12 Most Wanted. Click on a picture to see a mug shot and rap sheet. |
| Entomology for Beginners
Basic information about insects, insect anatomy, and insect metamorphosis. |
| Entomology Dictionary
A glossary for insect terms |
| Insect Drawings Gallery
50-60 year old insects drawings from the U of Illinois. |
| Insectclopedia An insect portal to
all Insect topics. |
| State Insects Home Page
Find your state's State Insect |
| KEYS & GUIDES |
| Bug Club: Key to Insect Orders |
| Bug ID An easy to use Insect
Identification Key |
| Bumble Bee ID Book
34 Pages |
| Key to Insect Orders |
| Key to Insect Orders
GOOD SITE FOR AN INSECT PROJECT!!! An on-line classification guide for some, not
all, of the insect orders. |
| LADYBUGS |
| Lady
Big Unit Coloring page and research worksheet |
| MEALWORMS |
| Mealworm Light & Dark Experiment |
| Mealworm Information |
| Keeping and Raising Mealworms |
| Mealworm Head |
| Super
Worm Farms SuperWorms, Mealworms, Crickets, and Wax Worms |
| MONARCH BUTTERFLY |
| The Travels of
Monarch X Outline
Map of North America |
| How
to Tell if it is a Male or Female Monarch |
| Monarch Butterfly
Information on characteristics, range, habitat, food, reproduction, and behavior. |
| Monarch Watch A University of Kansas
site dedicated to education, conservation, and research. |
| Moths of Illinois
Pictures and information |
| MOSQUITOES |
| Mosquito Information |
| PRAYING MANTID |
| Praying Mantis Information |
| Praying Mantis Adventure |
| TRUE BUGS |
| True Bug
Labeling Assignment Answers |
Insects:
Eyewitness Video 
Prentice Hall 343-355
On the Board
Globe Fearon
Fig 9-30 p.220 to label the cricket's body parts
Collect Cricket diagram to see if it is complete. Pass out to be graded.
