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Insects
Natural Science
Different types of insects (Rayner, 2022)
Many insects have this whole life cycle sorted out in just four stages: egg, larva, pupa, and, well, the adult phase. This process happens only to insects like butterflies, moths, ants, bees, wasps, and beetles. (Fast Growing Trees, 2023)
Different insects like butterflies, beetles, flies, crickets, dragonflies, bugs. (Gaeng,2023)
Activity: Start by discussing the idea of various bugs with the children. Show them pictures or drawings of butterflies, beetles, flies, crickets, dragonflies, and bugs.
Insect habitat (Orchids The International School, 2023)
Insects gather materials like mud, soil, and water, to use their skills to create homes and even their special stuff to build mounds. Some bugs, like beetles and ants, dig and fold leaves to make tree homes. Bees and wasps build their own homes from wax or mud. (Orchids The International School in 2023)"
Insects are seriously adaptable. These insects can live in places such as – on land, in water, and even in forests. These sorts of places have to give them food and good spots for having babies. Some insects are like habitat travelers. As they go through their growing-up phase, they start shifting around to different spots. For example, ants and termites, build these cool mounds on land. Meanwhile, other bugs set up camp in trees or hang out in the water. In all sorts of places, these little creatures are actually really good at making themselves at home. (Orchids The International School, 2023)
Activity: "Bug Hunt and Draw" Children will have a look at the bugs of their herbal environment. Students will depict their selected bugs on paper with the use of colorings and elaborate details, fostering a deep comprehension of bugs whilst nurturing creativity.
Insect characteristics (Rayner, 2022)
Activity: "Metamorphosis Adventure" activity, Children can choose an insect like a butterfly, bee, or ladybug and create its lifecycle stages using craft materials. While enjoying hands-on activity they can share their imaginative stories about each stage, which will help them enhance their understanding of complete metamorphosis.
The bodies of insects are divided like puzzles into three primary segments – the head, thorax, and abdomen. Most insects have antennae on their head, and they use it most of the time for scent and motion. Some have compound eyes. Most of the insects normally have 3 pairs of legs and 2 pairs of wings. (Orchids The International School, 2023)
Insect lifecycles of butterflies, moths, bees, wasps, ants, and ladybugs (beetles), involve a process called complete metamorphosis. The main lifecycle stages of the insects mentioned consist of the following: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. (Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County, n.d)
Social Science
How insects Help Us (Rayner, 2022)
Honeybees, butterflies, moths, etc., help humans in pollination and nectar of different flowers.(Orchids The International School, 2023)
Activity: Organize a Pollinator Parade- where kids dress up as different pollinators like bees, butterflies, and birds. Provide simple props like wings and antennas. Have the kids pretend to visit flowers and spread "pollen" (confetti or colored paper) while marching in the parade.
Crickets and other harmful insects destroy vegetation while praying mantis feed on grasshoppers. (Orchids The International School, 2023)
How some insects harm us (Rayner, 2022)
Bed bugs and mosquitoes bite and suck humans' blood and cause many diseases. (Orchids The International School, 2023)
Activity: Bug Impact Exploration- It will show learners how harmful insects like aphids affect plants and how mosquitoes can harm humans through hands-on demonstrations with pictures, water, and containers, fostering understanding of insect impacts."
Aphids reduce the crop yield by sucking the juice from the plants. (Orchids The International School, 2023)
Insects and people in different places (Duffus et al., 2021)
Insects in Art and Stories Insects have appeared in art and stories for thousands of times. Artists have used insects in their oils, puppets, and indeed in the design of structure. In stories, bugs can be like the good guys or the not-so-good guys, and they show us things like working together and getting along. Exploring how people from different parts of the world talk about insects in art and stories shows us just how fond and knowledgeable they are about these tiny creatures. (Duffus et al., 2021: 47-74)
Insects are part of many societies worldwide and have been in stories, myths, and traditions for a long time. Insects like butterflies are seen as symbols of beauty and metamorphosis in certain places and other places they show things like hard work and patience. Just as people have different beliefs, they talk about insects differently too. (Duffus et al., 2021:29-46)
Activity: Bug Safari Adventure - Take the students on a nature walk in a park or garden. Provide them with magnifying glasses and small containers. Encourage them to observe the insects they find and help them collect a few in the containers for closer inspection. After the interesting adventure, we will all take a seat down for a discussion, and we will be able to communicate approximately the bugs we discovered and what they have discovered concerning their colors, shapes, and behaviors.
Technology
Butterfly's crystalline color (Harman, 2013)
Activity: Children can create their colorful butterfly designs using colored paper and art supplies. There will be a discussion of how the colors on the butterfly wings are created by light reflection, just like how their artwork reflects light.
Butterflies are famous for their vibrant displays; butterflies have this cool thing going on with how their wing structures bounce light around. The twist in this idea got tapped into to create smartphone and tablet displays. These displays show off super bright colors and all that jazz while not guzzling up too much power (Harman, 2013).
Screens that utilize less energy were made possible because of the butterfly's wing structure. These displays don't require a lot of electricity to operate, and they can be viewed well. (Harman, 2013)
Spider's reflective web (Harman, 2013)
Activity: Using a UV flashlight, have the children shine the light on different objects placed on the white paper. Explain that this is how spiders' webs reflect light that birds can see. Encourage the children to find objects that reflect UV light and discuss how this can help birds avoid the objects, just like how birds avoid spiderwebs.
Reflective Patterns: Spiderwebs have this way of reflecting a specific kind of light that birds can pick up on. This idea was used to make glass that reflects the same light, giving birds a heads-up and helping them avoid crashing into windows (Harman, 2013).
Bird Protection Glass: To prevent birds from flying into it, special glass was created to resemble spiderwebs. (Harman,2013)
Flea's jumping joints (Harman, 2013)
Activity: Mark a starting point on the floor using masking tape. Have the children take turns "jumping like fleas" and measure how far they jump from the starting point. Discuss the idea that fleas can jump many times their body length because of their special legs. Have a friendly competition to see who can jump the farthest, celebrating their "flea-like" jumping abilities.
High Jumps: Due to a completely unique characteristic of their legs, fleas can bounce extraordinarily high. This idea triggered the development of elastic materials for both footwear and scientific instruments (Harman, 2013).
Elastic Protein: The legs of fleas are made of a springy protein. A substance that bounces back like that was created by scientists and can be used to create elastic, spring-like objects like rubber bands. (Harman, 2013)