WHAT WORKS IN EDUCATION The George Lucas Educational Foundation

Backyard Bugs

URL: 

http://www.totallybuggin.com

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Topic: 

Habitat/Ecosystems
Wildlife

Type: 

Curriculum
Lesson Plans

Description: 

This site offers information about insects and other creepy-crawly critters, close-up pictures and videos, interactive software for kids, and other items for all ages. Products and gifts featuring monarch butterflies, dragonflies, praying mantises, tarantulas, stick insects, honeybees, luna moths, and many more. It also features thirty-six lesson plans on biodiverse arthropods.

Cost: 

Yes

Grade: 

Elementary (K-5)
Middle (6-8)

Time: 

Ongoing

Keywords: 

insects, metamorphosis, butterfly, butterflies, monarch butterfly, viceroy butterfly, luna moth, luna moths, regal moth, regal moths, hickory horned devil, hickory horned devils, walking stick, walking sticks, stick insects, tachinid fly, tachinid flies, caddis fly, caddis flies, blephariceridae, millipede, millipedes, centipede, centipedes, ant lion, ant lions, spider, spiders, tarantula, tarantulas, cockroach, cockroaches, giant water bug, giant water bugs, whirligig, whirligigs, mosquito, mosquitoes, dragonfly, dragonflies, praying mantis, praying mantises, honeybee, honeybees, caterpillar, caterpillars, biodiversity, larva, larvae, pupa, pupae, mimicry, habitat, arthropod, arthropods, arachnid, arachnids, life science lesson plans