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a) Insects - Coggle Diagram
a) Insects
Natural Science
Different insects (DoBE 2011:55)
Flying insects
Non-flying insects
Activity: Do an insect sorting activity.
Characteristics of an insect (DoBE 2011:55)
Hexapoda
They have 6 legs
Antennae on head
"Feelers"
Jointed legs are attached to thorax (Wigglesworth 2023)
2 Compound eyes
Situated on either side of the head
Three body segments
Abdomen
Thorax
Head
0-3 Simple eyes
Called ocelli
Invertebrates (Lacking a backbone) (National Geographic Book, Animal Encyclopedia 2021)
Activity: Draw a any insect with all body parts
Definition of insects
A small arthropod animal that has six legs and generally one or two pairs of wings.
Activity: Recite a poem for children such as Insect All Around
Social Science
How insects help us (DoBE 2011:55)
Insects pollinate many of our fruits, flowers, and vegetables. (Clifton-Ross 2021)
Bees are great pollinators and they produce honey.
Food
Beauty products
Medicine
Activity: Draw a beehive and paint it using bubble wrap to create a beehive pattern.
How insects harm us (DoBE 2011:55)
They use us as a food source whereby they bite and suck blood, causing many diseases. (ABC Termite & Pest Control 2020)
Biting flies
Ticks
Mosquitoes
Activity: Reading a book about insects that harm us.
They can sting us, and these stings can be deadly if allergic. (Mayo Clinic Staff 2022)
Activity: Label the parts of a honeybee.
Bees
Wasps
Life cycle of an insect (DoBE 2011:55)
Butterfly
Larva
Pupa
Eggs
Adult butterfly
Bees
Pupa
Eggs
Adult bee
Larva
Activity: Make a model of a butterfly's life cycle on a paper plate. (The Gazette 2021)
Technology
Body structure
Thorax
Abdomen
Head
Activity: Label the fly (drawing) by using words in the word bank.
Drawing an insect (DoBE 2011:55)
Label
Activity: Draw and paint your favourite insect.
Draw
Observe an insect (DoBE 2011:55)
Take a picture
Scoop it in a jar
Activity: Write three sentences about an insect and describe its shape, colour and size.