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Insects
Natural Science
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Life cycle of insects
The egg, larval, pupa, and adult stages comprise the insect life cycle. (eOrganic online, n.d)
Activity: Create a life cycle of a bee on a paper plate with paper, cotton wool and brown paper. Life cycle paper plate compromises of the 4 main stages of bees.
Definition of insects
Activity: Create a page with "Insects Can do and Body Parts." Name things insects can do (crawl, bite, eat) and what body parts insects have (head, legs, abdomen)
Insects are the biggest class of the phylum Arthropoda, which is the largest of the animal phyla. Insects differ from other insects in that their bodies are separated into three distinct parts. (Wigglesworth Online, 2019)
Technology
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Insects body parts
The three primary components of an insect's body are the "head, thorax, and abdomen". (Mahalski and Taonga online, n.d.)
Activity: Create 3D insect out of paper. Insect body includes the head, legs, and abdomen.
Social Science
What attracts insects
Sugar serves as a nutritious type of "energy", which ants believe, thus explaining why they utilize any glucose source. Any form of sugar can offer an ant with sufficient energy to get through the day. (Horizon Pest Control,2023)
Activity: Leave a cupcake with icing outside and see how long it takes to attract ants. This allows students to see how fast glucose can attract ants.
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Habitat of Insects
Insects seek for cracks and crevices to nest in. Adult insects typically release eggs in the safest location they can discover, then die, anticipating that their valuable cargo will survive. (Smithsonian Magazine, 2017)
Activity: Create a habitat with leaves, artificial grass, pictures of trees and wood for different cut-out insects with a shoebox. Students to ensure they create cracks as part of the habitat for insects.