Insects for Kids


	Insects for Kids BugBios from Insects.org - http://www.insects.org/ Insect Identification - http://www.insectidentification.org/ Creepy Crawlies - http://www.uksafari.com/creepycrawlies.htm Bug Guide - http://bugguide.net/node/view/52 Smithsonian - http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/nmnh/buginfo/start.htm Welcome to the Wonderful World of Insects http://www.earthlife.net/insects/six.html Insects Hotlist from Franklin Institute Online http://www.fi.edu/learn/hotlists/insects.php Insects from KidInfo http://www.kidinfo.com/Science/insects.html Jerrie Cheek's Insects http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/insects.htm Amazing Insects from Koday's Kids http://www.district96.k12.il.us/IH/4th/kkhp/1insects/bugmenu.html Sci4Kids - http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/insects/insectintro.htm Bug Facts - http://www.burgepest.com/ants.html Insects at Enchanted Learning http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/insects.shtml Wings, Stings, and Leggy Things - http://dnr.state.il.us/education/classrm/wingleg/wingsstings.pdf Insect Sounds - http://www.naturesongs.com/insects.html Ants - Great site about ants from Japan http://ant.edb.miyakyo-u.ac.jp/INTRODUCTION/Gakken79E/Page_02.html Ant Facts http://www.pestworldforkids.org/ants.html http://www.district96.k12.il.us/IH/4th/kkhp/1insects/ant.html http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/ant/ http://www.live-ants.com/facts-about-ants.html http://www.kidskonnect.com/subject-index/13-animals/402-ants.html http://www.lifestudiesonline.com/aants.htm http://www.42explore.com/ants.htm http://www.4to40.com/encyclopedia/index.asp?p=Ants&c=Insects Carpenter ants - http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/pdf/2063.pdf Arachnids - Not insects - but included here for the time being Spiders - http://www.pocanticohills.org/spiders/spiders2.htm http://www.kidzone.ws/lw/spiders/index.htm Print-outs http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/arachnids/Arachnidprintouts.shtml Text - http://www.arachnology.be/Arachnology.html More - http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/Science/Animals/Arachnids.htm CyberSleuth - http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/Science/Animals/Arachnids/ http://animals.howstuffworks.com/arachnids http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2060.html Asian Long-Horned beetle - http://www.district96.k12.il.us/IH/4th/kkhp/1insects/asianlhbeetle.html http://www.uvm.edu/albeetle/ http://www.asian-longhorned-beetle.com/ Bees - from PBS - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bees/hive.html short article - http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/bees.htm Bees4kids - http://www.cyberbee.net/kids http://www.district96.k12.il.us/IH/4th/kkhp/1insects/honeybee.html http://www.district96.k12.il.us/IH/4th/kkhp/1insects/bumblebee.html http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/bees/honey/index.html http://www.4to40.com/encyclopedia/index.asp?id=630 Bee Cam - http://www.draperbee.com/webcam/beecam.htm Beetles - http://www.district96.k12.il.us/IH/4th/kkhp/1insects/beetles.html http://tolweb.org/Coleoptera http://bugguide.net/node/view/60 http://www.cirrusimage.com/beetles.htm http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0502.htm http://www.4to40.com/encyclopedia/index.asp?id=631 Black Flies - http://extension.unh.edu/resources/files/Resource000529_Rep551.pdf http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Wildlife_Journal/WJ_sample_stories/WJ_a00_Blackflies.pdf http://www.mosquitomagnet.com/advice/mosquito-info/biting-insect-library/black-flies http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2167.html http://www.lawestvector.org/black_flies.htm Butterflies - Mrs. Mitchell's Butterfly Page http://www.kathimitchell.com/butterfly.html http://www.butterflies.org/ Butterfly Basics - http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/butterfly/basics.htm http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/butterfly/butter_collect.htm http://www.monarch-butterfly.com/ http://www.4to40.com/encyclopedia/index.asp?p=Butterflies_and_Moths&c=Insects By state - http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/ Caterpillars - http://www.backyardnature.net/caterpil.htm http://www.discoverlife.org/20/q?guide=Caterpillars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterpillar http://insects.about.com/od/butterfliesmoths/ig/Stinging-Caterpillars/ USGS - http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/insects/cateast/index.htm http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/pdf/2015.pdf Cicadas - http://www.desertusa.com/mag98/july/papr/du_cicada.html http://science.howstuffworks.com/cicada.htm http://www.district96.k12.il.us/IH/4th/kkhp/1insects/cicada.html Cicada Hunt - http://saltthesandbox.org/cicada_hunt/ http://www.4to40.com/encyclopedia/index.asp?p=Cicada&c=Insects Crickets - http://www1.extension.umn.edu/garden/insects/find/crickets/ http://www.district96.k12.il.us/IH/4th/kkhp/1insects/cricket.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_(insect) http://www.district96.k12.il.us/IH/4th/kkhp/1insects/cricket.html http://www.pca.state.mn.us/index.php/living-green/living-green-citizen/for-kids/creature-feature/cricket.html http://insected.arizona.edu/cricketinfo.htm http://www.4to40.com/encyclopedia/index.asp?p=Cricket&c=Insects Dragonflies - http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/uniramia/odonatoida.html http://ecoevo.uvigo.es/WDA/linked/beginners_guide_odonates.pdf http://www.district96.k12.il.us/IH/4th/kkhp/1insects/dragonfly.html http://www.holoweb.com/cannon/dragonfl.htm http://www.4to40.com/encyclopedia/index.asp?p=Dragonfly&c=Insects Earwigs - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earwig http://www.pestworldforkids.org/earwigs.html http://www.district96.k12.il.us/IH/4th/kkhp/1insects/earwig.html http://www.uri.edu/ce/factsheets/sheets/earwig.html http://www.4to40.com/encyclopedia/index.asp?p=Earwig&c=Insects http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/pdf/2068.pdf Firefly - http://animals.nationalgeographic.com.au/animals/bugs/firefly.html http://www.district96.k12.il.us/IH/4th/kkhp/1insects/firefly.html http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/bimg153.html http://iris.biosci.ohio-state.edu/projects/FFiles/frfact.html http://www.backyardnature.net/lightbug.htm http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/insects/beetles/Fireflyprintout.shtml http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/critter/insect/firefly.htm http://www.4to40.com/encyclopedia/index.asp?p=Firefly&c=Insects http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2125.html Flea - http://www.4to40.com/encyclopedia/index.asp?p=Flea&c=Insects http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/pdf/2081.pdf http://www.pestworldforkids.org/fleas.html http://www.interesting-facts.biz/interesting-facts-about-fleas http://umaine.edu/ipm/ipddl/publications/5020e/ Fly - http://www.4to40.com/encyclopedia/index.asp?id=641 http://209.174.8.139/4th/kkhp/1insects/fly.html http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/insects/fly/Houseflyprintout.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housefly http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/cimg237.html http://www.uri.edu/ce/factsheets/sheets/houseflies.html Grasshopper - http://insected.arizona.edu/ghopperinfo.htm http://www.district96.k12.il.us/IH/4th/kkhp/1insects/grasshopper.html http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/insects/orthoptera/Grasshopperprintout.shtml http://www.bugfacts.net/grasshopper.php http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Acrididae/ http://www.4to40.com/encyclopedia/index.asp?p=Grasshopper&c=Insects Gypsy Moth - http://www.district96.k12.il.us/IH/4th/kkhp/1insects/gypsymoth.html http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/morgantown/4557/gmoth/ http://ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/gypsy-moth http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/plant_pest_info/gypsy_moth/index.shtml Japanese Beetle - http://www.4to40.com/encyclopedia/index.asp?p=Japanese_Beetle&c=Insects http://www.district96.k12.il.us/IH/4th/kkhp/1insects/japbeetle.html http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05601.html http://urbanext.illinois.edu/bugreview/japanesebeetle.cfm Ladybug - http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-ladybug.html http://www.district96.k12.il.us/IH/4th/kkhp/1insects/ladybug.html http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/ladybugs.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccinellidae http://www.ladybuglady.com/ScienceFair.htm http://www.4to40.com/encyclopedia/index.asp?p=Ladybug&c=Insects Facts - http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/ladybug/ http://everything-ladybug.com/ladybug-facts.html Mosquito - http://science.howstuffworks.com/mosquito.htm http://www.district96.k12.il.us/IH/4th/kkhp/1insects/mosquito.html http://www.4to40.com/encyclopedia/index.asp?p=Mosquito&c=Insects http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~insects/mosbiol.htm http://www.mosquito.org/mosquito-info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito Moths - http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/ http://bugguide.net/node/view/82 http://www.cirrusimage.com/moths.htm New Hampshire moths - http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/checklists Moth Info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moth Cecropia http://lifecycle.onenessbecomesus.com/indepth.html Polyphemus http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Antheraea-polyphemus Praying Mantis - http://www.gardeninsects.com/prayingMantis.asp http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/mantid.htm http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2154.html http://www.4to40.com/encyclopedia/index.asp?p=Praying_Mantis&c=Insects http://www.district96.k12.il.us/IH/4th/kkhp/1insects/PrayMan.html http://www.desertusa.com/mag00/dec/papr/mantis.html Roaches - http://kids.discovery.com/tell-me/animals/bug-world/roach-world/amazing-roach-facts Cockroaches - http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/critters/cockroach.html http://www.pestworldforkids.org/cockroaches.html http://www.district96.k12.il.us/IH/4th/kkhp/1insects/roach.html http://www.4to40.com/encyclopedia/index.asp?p=Cockroaches&c=Insects http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/sci/A0812745.html http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/housingandclothing/dk1003.html Silkworm - http://insected.arizona.edu/silkinfo.htm http://www.4to40.com/encyclopedia/index.asp?p=Silkworm&c=Insects http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/activities/printouts/silkworm.shtml http://www.acornnaturalists.com/store/images/SilkwormCare2.pdf Termite - http://drdons.net/whatr.htm http://www.district96.k12.il.us/IH/4th/kkhp/1insects/termite.html http://www.4to40.com/encyclopedia/index.asp?p=Termite&c=Insects http://www.pestworldforkids.org/termites.html http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/aimg26.html Tick -http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Wildlife/Wildlife_PDFs/Ticks_Biology_&_Mgt_in_NH_CoopExt_May09.pdf http://www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/pccommonticks.htm http://www.pestproducts.com/ticks1.htm#Tick%20Identification http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/faculty/rbkimsey/tickbio.html Walking Stick - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/insects/orthoptera/Indianwalkingstick.shtml http://www.district96.k12.il.us/IH/4th/kkhp/1insects/walkingstick.html http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/fidls/walkingstick/walkingstick.htm http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/stick-insect/ http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/aimg9.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phasmatodea Wasp - http://www.4to40.com/encyclopedia/index.asp?id=664 http://www.prespest.com/bees-wasp-hornets.htm http://www.district96.k12.il.us/IH/4th/kkhp/1insects/wasp.html http://www.everythingabout.net/articles/biology/animals/arthropods/insects/wasps/ http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2077.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasp Water Strider - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerridae http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/education/classrm/wingleg/strider.htm http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/common_water_strider.htm http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/waterstrider/page.html Enchanted Learning http://www.enchantedlearning.com/paint/subjects/insects/bugs/waterstrider/Wsprintout.shtml Yellow Jacket - diagram from Enchanted Learning http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/eastern_yellow_jacket.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowjacket http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/yellow/jacket.html http://www.clemson.edu/extension/beekeepers/factsheets/yellow_jackets.html Lessons for Teachers: Insect Investigators - http://www.vickiblackwell.com/insect.html Welcome to the Wonderful World of Insects - http://mrscjacksonsclass.com/insectsandspiders.htm Another Welcome to the World - http://www.valdosta.edu/~lafreema/topic.html Insectweb - kindergarten - http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/encanto/insectsK/ An Insect's Perspective Grade 2 - http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/grant/insects/ Creepy, Crawly Bugs - Kindergarten - http://www.kinderkorner.com/bugs.html Grade 2 - http://wajihakhan.tripod.com/grade2/id12.html Creepy, Crawly Critters - http://its.guilford.k12.nc.us/webquests/insects/insects.htm Creepy, Crawly Insect Collection - http://www.biologycorner.com/projects/insects/index.html Webquest for Small Crawling and Flying Animals from Michael A. Kostek School - Edmonton, Alberta http://web.archive.org/web/20041014083203/http://makostek.epsb.net/Insect.html Insects of the World - http://www.biologycorner.com/projects/insects/world.html Insect webquests - http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/webquest_orig/webquest_orig007.shtml http://www.siue.edu/~dsawyer/WebQuest/Intro.htm http://www.dedham.k12.ma.us/webquest/spring2002/ll/insectweb-c.htm http://www.hillcrest.nbend.k12.or.us/staff/JBuskerud/research/Insect_Webquest/Insect%20Webquest.html http://www.richland.k12.wi.us/rms/rms%20web%20page/rms6/bauss/bauerweb/BugWeb/BugWebquest.html Insects for Grade 3 from Ecole Whitehorse Elementary, Yukon http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/wes/webquests_themes/insects_webquest/ Insects from National Museum of Natural History - http://www.mnh.si.edu/insect/ Insect Zoo - http://www.mnh.si.edu/education/printable_resources/insectzoo_teachersguide.pdf Insect Survival - http://www.mnh.si.edu/education/printable_resources/09-10LessonPlanInsects.pdf Ladybug Activities - http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/ladybugs.htm Ladybug Thematic Unit - http://prek-8.com/preschool/lessonPlans_insects.php The Grouchy Ladybug - http://www.yorkville.k12.il.us/webquests/webqfrey/webqsfrey.html Katerpillars and Mystery Bugs - http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/dept/youth.asp Insects As Food - http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/dept/bugfood1.asp http://www.ent.iastate.edu/misc/insectsasfood.html Butterfly Webquests - http://www.can-do.com/uci/lessons99/butterfly.html http://teacherweb.com/IN/Ststanislaus/butterflywq/ http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/brooklyn/butterflies/ http://www.newton.k12.ks.us/tech/butterfly.html http://www.dedham.k12.ma.us/webquest/spring2002/lw/butterfly_webquest.htm http://its.guilford.k12.nc.us/webquests/butterfly/monarch.htm Monarch Butterflies - http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/Mass/webquest/ymindex.html Monarchs Grade 1 - http://warrensburg.k12.mo.us/webquest/monarchs/ Monarch Butterflies - http://www.mtsd-vt.org/mes/webquests/KChase/monarch.htm Crickets in the Classroom - http://www.telusplanet.net/public/ecade/CricketsintheClassroom/cricketsintheclassroom.html Back to Mrs. Mitchell's Virtual School This page was developed by Kathi Mitchell and was last updated on January 2, 2013