Eureka: Insects and other bugs

Have you ever been scared to touch a spider or jumped when you feel a fly on your shoulder?  It takes a level of courage to tackle insects and other bugs, which is exactly what we are going to be studying  this week.

Insects have some unique things - an exoskeleton, jointed legs, compound eyes and 6 legs and three body sections -head, abdomen, thorax, a symmetrical body and  antennae.  Some insects but not all have wings.    Watch this collection of videos to get an overview of what makes an insect an insect and why they are amazing. 

Explore some insects this website to explore the world of insects for older youth check out this one
Draw a picture of your favorite insect.  We'd love to see it - share in comments or bring to class.

Listen to this music and imagine your a hardworking ant who can carry 50x his weight and then listen to this  one and imagine you are an industrious bumblebee working to help your hive collect nectar.

Read or listen to one of these folklore stories from Africa about Anasi the Spider - there are a lot of stories about him on Youtube.  If you don't like tricky spiders listen to this one.  Both of these folktales are from Africa which we will be studying for GeoQuest.   (you can also get Anasi books from the library)

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Other Awesome stuff to check out (but not required)
John Muir Laws is an awesome nature illustrator and he has an online class about how to draw insects.  It is long but really good.  If you want to draw amazing insects check out this class.

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