Thursday, August 18, 2011

Invertebrates - What are Insects?

Insects are animals without a backbone that belong to the arthropod family.

All insects have 3 body sections (head, thorax, abdomen), 6 legs, one pair of antennae, and usually one or two pairs of wings.





 






 Examples of Insects
  • ant
  • bee
  • beetle
  • butterfly
  • caterpillar
  • fly
  • grasshopper
  • moth
  • wasp


Here are some wonderful resources to help the students learn more about insects.


neoK12 (pictures, videos, quizzes, online games, and puzzles)


National Geographic Kids
Insecti -Ride (plus many other great insect videos)


Kid Info


Enchanted Learning

Are you looking for a fun insect craft activity? Here's a fun and inexpensive craft that's made with a paper plate. Just click on the link below.

http://learningideasgradesk-8.blogspot.com/2011/08/ladybug-paper-plate-craft.html



Students might also enjoy reading some of these great books on insects. 



The Insect Book: A Basic Guide to the Collection and Care of Common Insects for Young Children    On Beyond Bugs: All About Insects (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library)    A Child's Book of Insects (A Child's Book Wildlife Series)

Big Book of Bugs      Everything Bug: What Kids Really Want to Know about Bugs (Kids' FAQs)      Simon & Schuster Children's Guide to Insects and Spiders


The Best Book of Bugs      



Insect (DK Eyewitness Books)


 

Have Fun!

3 comments:

  1. I just created an entire Insect preschool unit that's printable! Here is the link:

    http://www.oopseydaisyblog.com/2011/08/i-is-for-insects-mommy-school.html

    I enjoyed seeing your ideas! Great stuff!

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  2. your blog is so cute! I'm going to post in on Facebook for my teacher friends to see :)

    Coley @
    www.whatyoumakeit-coley.blogspot.com

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  3. The great thing is that so many materials with insects for playing with children are prepared. From an early age they should educate, then know how to care for our planete, taking care of insects.

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