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Insects
Natural Science
How do insects damage plants. (Sub topic)
Class Activity: Discuss ways to protect our plants from insects eating them.
Concept: Planet earth and beyond with insects.
Content: They chew on plants and make holes on plants, insects like grasshoppers and beetles. (Barbercheck 2009).
Life Cycle of insects (Sub topic)
Concept: How do insects develop and change
Content: Egg, larva, pupa and adult. (Barbercheck 2009)
Class Activity: Label the life cycle of an insect
Characteristics of insects( Sub topic)
Content: Three body segment (head, abdomen and thorax). Antenna on head, two compound eyes, invertebrates and winged. (Study.com 2003)
Class Activity: Learners label the different body parts of an insect
Concept: life and living of insects
Social Science
How can we save insects (Sub Topic)
Concept: Conservation of Insect.
Content: Plant native plants, go organic and avoid pesticides, mow lawn less frequently. (Kimbrough 2020)
Class Activity: Make a Poster from magazine pictures showing things to do to help save insects.
Where do insects live?( Sub topic)
Concept: Places where insects are found.
Content: most life on land like on logs, on flowers and trees and in water like lakes ponds and rivers. (Museum Victoria 2023)
Class activity: Go to the school garden to look for insects.
Discuss Adaptation of Insects ( Sub Topic)
Class Activity: Discuss how insects body shapes help then adapt to their environment.
Concept: Adaptation of insects
Content: Dragonflies have large eyes that help to see in the dark, Grasshoppers long legs help them to jump when getting away, Stink bugs eat the leaves that are the same color as them. (Adaptation of insects 2023)
Technology
How do insects help humans (Sub topic)
Concept: Experiment how insects are helpful to humans
Class Activity: Design and make a net that we are going to cover our plants in the garden
Content: Insects Pollinate crops, clean up waste and control pest insects. (University of Nebraska- Lincoln 2023)
Observing Insects (Sub topic)
Concept: Investigate when insects are most active
Content: Insects are active during the night to look for water, food and potential mates. (Borel 2014)
Class Activity: Capture insects using a lightrap during the night and place them in a clear jar with lid
Classification of insects. (Sub topc)
Content: Coleoptera examples: beetles. Hymenoptera examples: ants, wasps and bees. Lepidoptera examples: butterflies. Hemiptera examples: cicadas and true bugs. (Science learning Hub 2007)
Class Activity: Design and make a light trap using white sheet, rope, string, tent, pegs, a touch and a clear jar with a lid
Concept:Classify insects in their groups