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Information web sites
The Entomology for Beginners site uses simple coloured diagrams and easy-to-read text to explain the parts of an insect and metamorphosis.
http://www.bijlmakers.com/entomology/begin.htmThis Insects site has a page of information about insects, with an excellent labelled diagram of a grasshopper and photos of a dragonfly and a butterfly that can be enlarged.
http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Animals/beginner/insects-01.htmlThis is a simple insect identification site for young students. An assessment activity is included.
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/encanto/justwingingit/insectid.htmThe Our Animals site includes pages on Australian butterflies, spiders and ants. Information and pictures explain the physical features, food, and habitat of these minibeasts.
http://www.abc.net.au/schoolstv/animals/The Yuckiest site on the Internet has a section on worms and well as cockroaches. It contains pictures and coloured diagrams.
http://www.yucky.com/The Insecta Inpecta World site provides information about ants, bees, beetles, butterflies, crickets, fleas, mantids, mosquitoes and termites.
http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/The CSIRO Insect Identification and Advice Service provides excellent photographs and information on a wide range of insects found in Australia.
http://www.ento.csiro.au/about_insects/index.htmlLinks to minibeast web sites.
The KidInfo site has links to sites on insects.
http://www.kidinfo.com/Science/Insects.htmlThe ABC Teach it! Insect web page provides links to information and activities about bees, butterflies, ladybirds and praying mantis
http://abcteach.com/Insects/theme/insectstoc.htmThe Gander Academy's Creepy Crawly Resources on the World Wide Web contains sections on spiders, butterflies, ants, dragonflies, scorpions, centipedes and millipedes, bees, beetles and earthworms with annotated links to sites
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/creepy_crawlies.htm?This Themes for Years P-3 web page provides links to information, printable worksheets and activities about a variety of minibeasts and insects.
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/denise/ThemesP-3.htm#Insects/MinibeastsThis comprehensive page of links was created by Sue Lacey, Teacher Librarian - Bega West Public School.
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~slacey/minibeasts.htmWebQuests and Online Research Units
These may be used for independent research.The Welcome to the Wonderful World of Insects provides simple activities and links to websites that provide the necessary information.
http://www.macomb.k12.mi.us/wq/WebQ97/BugsBugs.htmButterfly Appearance provides activities and links to help students learn about the appearance of butterflies.
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/butappearance/index.htmlButterfly Body Parts provides activities and links to help students learn about the body parts of butterflies.
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/butbodyparts/index.html
The Butterfly Life Cycle provides activities and links to help students learn about the life cycle of butterflies.
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/butbodyparts/index.html
The Wanted Creepy Crawly Insects unit enables children to choose an insect to research. Some suggestions are: dragonfly, butterfly, cockroach, praying mantis, ant, mosquito, bee, grasshopper, beetle, fly, and tick.
http://www.dowslane.org/bugs.htmlImages
The Bugbios – entomogical database has 98 photographs of magnified insects.
http://www.bugbios.com/entophiles/index.htmlThe Nanoworld Image Gallery contains 113 highly magnified black and white images of insects and insect parts.
http://www.uq.edu.au/nanoworld/images_1.htmlThe Virtual Insectary! provides images of some common insects, and includes information on the foods which they eat as well as the habitats in which they may be found.
http://www.virtualinsectary.com/
The Enchanted Learning website provides many invertebrate printouts, with some information.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/index.shtmlInformation for Teachers
This site provides information and fact sheets for teachers.
http://www.amonline.net.au/teachers_resources/background/minibeasts.htm
QuickTime Movies
The 3D Virtual insects and a spider site provides movies of 13 minibeasts. Included are the ant, stag beetle, German cockroach, mosquito, praying mantis, grasshopper, flea, water strider, termite, wasp, fly bee, and black widow spider.
http://www.ento.vt.edu/~sharov/3d/interact.htmlExamples of Student Work
The "Insect Bookshelf" pages provide links to illustrated information about insects done by students. The first site contains information on butterflies, scorpions, stag beetles, stinkbugs, dragonflies, grasshoppers, ladybirds, stick insects, wasps, and locusts. The second site has information on ants, mosquitoes, grasshoppers, beetles, moths, wasps, bees, termites, bees, praying mantis, dragonflies, ladybirds, cockroaches, fireflies, stick insects, and bed bugs.
http://www.miamisci.org/avocado/insects/clangford/bookshelf.html
http://www.miamisci.org/avocado/insects/clobello/bookshelf.htmlThe Insects research web pages written by Year 4/5 Sydney children from Elanora Heights Primary School contain photographs and several sentences of information written by the children on the bee, bull ant, bush fly, cabbage white butterfly, cicada, cockroach, diving beetle, dragonfly, moth, butterfly, honey pot ant, hornet, ladybird, leech, mosquito, praying mantis, silverfish, stick insect and wasp.
http://www.schools.ash.org.au/elanorah/insects.htmThe Buggy Reports were written by a Year 1 class on 19 different minibeasts. Information includes: Where they live; what they eat; how they catch food; how they protect themselves; how they move; how they grow; where they lay eggs; their enemies; other interesting facts
http://cook.hartford.edu/insectpages/insects2.htmlAssessment Activities
In the Circle the Insects activity, children are asked to circle insects on a page of line drawings of 13 animals.
http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/ythfacts/4h/unit1/insects.gif
© 2002 Jackie Miers
July 2005
