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Insects, Reference List - Coggle Diagram

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        • The idea of interdependence: plants need insects, insects need plants, humans need plants & insects
        
        • Threats to insects: habitat loss, pesticides, pollution
        
        • Conservation actions: planting insect-friendly plants, reducing pesticide use
      - Classroom Activity
        
        Conduct a class discussion: “What would happen if bees disappeared?” Then have learners draw a “food web” showing insects, plants, humans. As follow-up, learners list actions they can take at home to help insects (plant flowers, avoid spraying).
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        • In many cultures, insects such as beetles, butterflies, or cicadas appear in stories, proverbs or art
        
        • Some communities use insects as part of traditional food (e.g. edible insects)
        
        • Insect motifs in beadwork, crafts or storytelling
      - Classroom Activity
        
        Ask learners (or families as homework) to find a story, proverb, or drawing from their community that involves an insect. Students share and the class discusses what the insect symbolises or why it was used
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        • Design thinking: planning, testing, improving
        
        • What factors insects need (shelter, food, water)
      - Classroom Activity
        
        In groups, learners design and build a small “insect hotel” using sticks, leaves, cardboard tubes. After a week, learners observe whether insects use it, discuss improvements.
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        • Safety and ethical principles (catch & release, minimal harm)
        
        • What tools scientists or hobbyists use to observe insects
      - Classroom Activity
        
        Let learners build a simple insect trap (e.g. a jar with soft funnel, or a pitfall trap) and use it for a short period to catch ground insects (ants, beetles). Then release them. Learners record what insects they found.
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        • Pollinators (e.g. bees, butterflies) help plants reproduce
        
        • Decomposer insects (e.g. beetles, ants) help break down dead matter
        
        • Predatory insects (e.g. praying mantis, ladybugs) help regulate pest populations
        
        • Some insects can be harmful (mosquitoes transmit disease; locusts damage crops)
      - Classroom Activity
        
        Take learners on a short walk around the school garden or outdoor area. Ask them to observe insects and discuss what role each insect might have (pollinator, decomposer, predator). Afterwards, learners draw one insect and write/draw what role it might play.
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        • Insects are arthropods—have exoskeleton, segmented body, jointed legs
        
        • Some insects (e.g. butterflies) undergo complete metamorphosis (egg → caterpillar → pupa → adult)
        
        • Other insects may have more simple changes (e.g. grasshoppers: egg → nymph → adult)
      - Classroom Activity
        
        Give learners pictures / models of different insects and ask them (in pairs) to label the body parts. Then provide a simple life cycle diagram (unlabeled) and have learners arrange the stages in order.