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Resources and Links for Classical Nature Study

BUGS

Unit One

Learn more about arthropods by watching this video.  You can also visit the following website for more information: Globio – Arthropods

Unit Two

Learn more about arthropod diversity by watching this video.

You can also visit the following website to try your hand at some insect crafts!  Insect Crafts

Unit Three

Learn more about the insect life cycle by watching this video.

You can also visit the following website to watch a monarch butterfly go through its life cycle.  Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle

Unit Four

Learn more about the insect senses by watching this video.  You can also visit the following website to learn how your senses compare to an insects'. Insect Senses

Unit Five

Learn more about the spiders by watching this video.  You can also visit the following website to learn more about Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White. Charlotte's Web Fun Pages

Unit Six

Learn more about ticks by watching this video.  Learn the details of insect mouthparts by watching this animated tutorial. Animated Mouthparts

Unit Seven

Camouflage Test link from course

Learn more about insect camouflage by watching this video. Why does the bug move back and forth instead of staying still?

You can also visit the following website to learn more about insect camouflage and make a fun craft. Walking Stick Craft

Unit Eight

Bombardier Beetle video from course

Learn more about dragonflies at this website: ScienceNews For Kids – To Catch a Dragonfly.  Learn more about ladybugs at this link: National Geographic Kids

Unit Nine

Learn more about the honeybee hive by watching this video.  Then visit this website to learn more about the different types of metamorphosis:  Metamorphosis

Unit Ten

Watch this video about complete metamorphosis.  Then visit this website about the incomplete metamorphosis of the grasshopper. Cricket/Grasshopper Life Cycle

Unit Eleven

Watch this video about desert insects.  Visit this website to learn more about the mystery of the disappearing honeybees:  National Geographic

Then visit this website to learn more about hive life: NOVA – Tales From The Hive

Unit Twelve

Watch this video about leafcutter ants.  Checkout this website to learn more about ants and the ant colony: Kinderpedia: Ants

Unit Thirteen

Watch this video about how resourceful ants in the jungle can be when their lives are at stake.  Checkout this website to learn more about insects in the Amazon Jungle: Amazon Insects

Unit Fourteen

Watch this video to learn about treating a scorpion sting.  Visit this website to learn more about scorpions: Orkin Website: Scorpions

Unit Fifteen

Watch this video about mosquitoes.  Visit this website to learn more about the deadly diseases spread by mosquitoes: ScienceNews For Kids

Unit Sixteen

Watch this video about spiders.  When you are done you can visit the website below to learn how to make some cool spider crafts! Spider Activities

Unit Seventeen

Ever wondered what a baby firefly looks like? Well here’s your chance to find out!  When you are done you can make your own glowing firefly to play with at night! Firefly Craft

Unit Eighteen

If you are squeamish about the thought of parasitic bugs you might want to skip these videos – but if you have the stomach go ahead and take a closer look at parasites. 

Botfly lifecycle in host

Bed bug sniffing dogs

When you are done you can be a parasite sleuth by visiting this interactive website: Parasite Sleuth

Unit Nineteen

You’ve just completed your study of bugs and now it is time for some fun. Visit the following links before you move on to your final projects:

Pest World for Kids

National Geographic Bugs

National Geographic Kids: Bugs

Bug Games

More Bug Games

1. Complete the Butterflies, Bees, Dogs, Cats, and Reptiles interactive unit studies included in the optional parent guide pack.
2. Raise ants on an Ant Farm. Watch them make tunnels and carry the sand around as they create their colony.
3. Raise a Butterfly Garden and watch your caterpillars make a cocoon and turn into butterflies!
4. Raise the darkling beetle in the Beetle Barn and watch as they develop from larvae to pupae to adult.
5. Raise some ladybugs in the Ladybug Land kit! Watch as live ladybug larvae grow, then attach themselves to the dome of the habitat and turn into pupae. Five days later, they emerge as red-and-black-spotted adult ladybugs!
6. Make a diorama of a bug in their natural habitat and then fill out the Bug Report Form included in the workbook.
7. Choose a bug that you raised, or just one you find interesting. And then make a lapbook about bugs using the lapbook materials in the parent guide pack. You can also use your own materials – simply print out some pictures from the internet and paste them onto your lapbook folder. Try to include several interesting and scientific facts like:

Where it lives
What it eats
How it develops
What kind of defense it uses to protect itself
How long it can be expected to live
The scientific name and what type of bug it is
Mention another bug that is closely related

Below is an example of how you might choose to layout your lapbook using two standard file folders. Simply fold each side of the folders in half, then glue them together to make one large 12 sided lapbook.