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Insects, Different types insects, Sustainable
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Insects
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How insects help us
Some insects are natural pest controllers. They hunt other bugs, which protects gardens and crops.
Clifton-Ross (2021)
For the activity teach children about the importance of pollinators and how they help plants grow, by helping them a grow a pollinator-friendly garden. Provide each child with a notebook and
encourage them to observe the garden regularly and record their findings.
Insects do an important job of breaking down things like leaves, feces, and dead animals. This helps plants grow and keeps ecosystems healthy.
Clifton-Ross (2021)
Besides bees and butterflies, moths, wasps, ants, and beetles are pollinators
Clifton-Ross (2021)
Different types insects
For the activity give the children toy insects and ask them to group them by color, size, or how many legs they have.
Flies, also known as Diptera, have one set of wings. To stay balanced while flying, they use spinning rods called halteres.
dkfindout (2023)
Bees, wasps, and ants belong to the Hymenoptera group. These insects have a slender waist, and some have two pairs of wings. Many species in this group can sting if attacked.
dkfindout (2023)
Grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets belong to the Orthoptera group. They make sounds by rubbing their wings and legs together.
dkfindout (2023)
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Harmful insects
Some pesky bugs can give you painful bites or stings. It can be a minor inconvenience when it's just one, but it can be deadly when it's a group.
Tremblay (2021)
Troublesome bugs like caterpillars, grasshoppers, and locusts eat leaves, seeds, and fruit, which can cause crop damage and famine.
Tremblay (2021)
For the activity play a board game about harmful insects to teach children about protecting themselves
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