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15. How are dragonflies helpful to people?
16. Do people really eat insects? Insects are good source of ......
17. How can you estimate the outside temperature on a warm summer evening?
Listen to a cricket chirp. Other cricket sounds examples. Describe the sound.
Estimate the temperature where the recording was made.
18. What can a praying mantis do that no other insect can do?
19. Do all mosquitoes feed on blood?
Name a disease that is carried by mosquitoes that can impact people in your region. Research required.
20. Aren't lady bugs cute? They are also voracious predators! So why Lady Beetles are welcome in the garden?
21. Identify three differences between a butterfly and a moth. Research may be helpful.
22. What insect keeps its own garden? Why?
23. Many insect pests are not native to North America. They were imported, on purpose or by accident, by people bringing goods here to sell. These pests are damaging our ecosystem and degrading our lives. Give an example of a non native insect pest that is causing damage or degrading daily living in your region.
24. Gravity impacts everything on earth. How can some insects walk on the ceiling?
25. In 2002, a scientist found a new order of insects!
26. How many known insect species are there? How many insect species are estimated to exist? What is the ratio of known to estimated insects?
27. Watch the Bee Sting video.
28. What is Biomimicry?
Identify an insect and a solution we have today that imitates it in someway. Or identify a trait or skill an insect has that could help solve a human problem.
+ Complete the Mystery Caterpillar and IPM Challenge + Make a multimedia presentation about an interesting insect. + Sort the Insects - activity + Variation - grouping things
+ Plan and plant an insect friendly habitat garden at school, at home or at a local park + Conduct a school wide survey to select the most interesting local insect. Insect mascot project
Mystery Butterfly activity | Milkweed & Monarch Butterfly Mania - explore the many insects found on a milkweed. Butterflies and Moths Internet activity | Wetland insects | Science Observation Skill Builders > 40 Free Pest Control - centipedes and millipedes | Full of Holes - insect respiration The Bugscope project | Singing Insects of North America | Bug Info @ the Smithsonian Firefly Watch - fun project Learn about them and conduct your own study. | Cicada Activity Africanized Honey Bees on the Move - use these resources to BEEcome an "expert". Monarch Butterfly migration report - listen online | Interesting Insect Investigation video Explore The Wonderful World of Insects site - Write down 3 interesting facts about bugs. Watch cockroaches video | Find out more about your favorite bug using these links. Electronic Naturalist - nature study with materials | Explore a science subject at Science Close Up gr 1-6 Explore insect flight http://hannover.park.org/Canada/Museum/insects/insects.html Caterpillars Click and Puke to Stop Predators | Ants - 42explore Flight of the Painted Ladies witnesses and documents the 14-day life cycle of the painted lady butterfly Iowa State Entomology Index of Internet Resources | Entomology 201 - Alien Empire Internet Hunts / Nature / Plants and People / Water & Watersheds / Computers / Puzzles & Projects / Home
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