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INSECTS
NATURAL SCIENCE
Why are insects important in a food chain?
Biological support for our terrestrial ecology is provided by insects.
By breaking down garbage, they add organic materials to the planet and serve as pollinators tp help plants and flowers grow and spread.(WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM)
Hand out a worksheet and label the primary, secondary and tertiary consumers.
Name the different body parts of insects?
Give out a worksheet to learners and ask them to identify each body part of the insect.
Because they have three pairs of legs, insects can be classified as a particular kind of animal. The three body components of insects are the head, thorax, and abdomen.
As invertebrates, all insects have an exoskeleton instead of bones. This is an outisde covering that safeguards thr flying or crawling organism.(2022 LEAFY PLACE)
What is an insect?
Explain what an insect is.
An insect is a tiny arthropod animal with six legs and typically one of two sets of wings.(DATA FROM THE OXFORD DICTIONARY)
Flying creatures are called insects, as are crickets, mosquitoes, beetles, butterflies, and bees.(THE FREE DICTIONARY)
SOCIAL SCIENCE
TECHNOLOGY
The use of insect architexture used to build cities.
The learners will be given a worksheet to match the insect architexture that was inspired to build the buildings.
On britannica.com, the editors of the Encyclopedia Britannica, from 2000BCE forward, beehive-shaped houses were constructed. There were several of these houses in Ireland and Scotland.
Buro Ole Scheeran's honeycomb hex patterns are striking and highlight the dynamic curves of the buildings that were used to decorate. The hexagonal frames are deep enough to give shade, while the buildings' design purposefully channels cooling airflow, according to dezeen.com.
Insects that inspire new technology.
In order to replicate the butterfly's crystalline hue for its Mirasoland IMOD display, Qualcomm, a publicly traded wireless technology company, imitated it.
Show them a video and have a worksheet handed out to them based on the topic.
Ultraviolet light is reflected by spiderwebs. Birds can perceive the solid surface and prevent collisions thanks to the spiderweb- inspired pattern on Ornilux glass. (ARNOLD GLAS)
Insects used as an alternative food source.
Insects are affordable, nourishing, and, in the opinion of some proponents, tasty. Accoring to the FAO, edible insects are a good source of protein, vitamins, amino acids, calcium, zinc, and iron for people.
Give the learners a passage and let them answer the questions realted to it.
Estimates of the prevalance of consuming insects vary. Even though The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations reported in 2013 that only 20 percent of the world's population consumes insects, many entomophagy proponents asert that insects are consumed in 80 percent of countries.
The effects of insects on the environment.
Many insects, including bees and red ants, can sting or bite people or animals, leaving them open to diseases.Some of these insects, particularly those in the aforementioned group, have the potential to sting or bite humans and inflict chemical poisoning or even death.(BY SANDESH NAROJU)
Show them a video on the effects on insects on our environment and then answer the questions provided in the worksheet.
Numerous bacteria that cause illnesses can spread from their main sources to areas like food and water, where they can then infect animals and people. numerous insects serve as both disease vectors and modes of transmission for these microorganisms.
How do insects become pests?
Invertebrates, vertebrates, and plants are all pests. Even while all bugs are dangerous to people, certain insects have positive qualities. ( PROFOUND- ANSWERS)
Give the learners a case study on the topic and have questions related to the topic after.
When insects eat plants against our will, they are considered pests. When they cintend with humans for the same foods, we label them as pests.
The benefits of insects on humans.
Ask the learners to do an assignment based on how insects would benefit humans.
Other animals, including humans and birds, receive sustenance from insects. Some birds, including woodpeckers, tits, cuckoos, and sparrows, eat insects as a source of food.
Humans can profit from insects, which are also used in medicine. Only a few insects, such as honey bees, are utilized to soothe rheumatoid arthritis inflammation.(2021 BY DEPTHWORLD)