Insects
Natural Science
Technology
Social Science
What attracts insects
Harmful insects toward humans
Habitat of Insects
Different camouflage insects
How a caterpillar emerges from a Pupa
Insects body parts
Different types of insects
Life cycle of insects
Definition 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)
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)
Diseases caused by mosquitoes are those that are transmitted through the bite of a mosquito that is infected. Mosquitoes transmit diseases such as Zika virus, West Nile virus, and malaria. (CDC,2020)
Insects are divided into 29 orders, several of which have familiar names in modern insect classification. (Britton online, 2020)
The egg, larval, pupa, and adult stages comprise the insect life cycle. (eOrganic online, n.d)
The three primary components of an insect's body are the "head, thorax, and abdomen". (Mahalski and Taonga online, n.d.)
The insect's colours helps it to camouflage within the surroundings, making it more difficult for a predator to spot. (Study.com online, 2023)
The egg, caterpillar, chrysalis and butterfly are the 4 stages of a caterpillar emerging from the pupa. (Louisville Zoo online , 2017)
Activity: A variety of insects will need to be matched to the jars if they can fly or crawl.
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)
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.
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.
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.
Activity: Use a 2-liter plastic soda bottle to make a mosquito trap with brown sugar, dry yeast and warm water. This enables students see how a mosquito can get trapped in a mosquito trap.
Activity: Create 3D insect out of paper. Insect body includes the head, legs, and abdomen.
Activity: Use leaves to create a 3D leaf insect to show camouflage next to a tree of leaves.
Activity: Make a caterpillar entering the Pupa, and then become a butterfly. Students to use toilet roll holder, string, cotton balls and paper.