|
 |
|
|
|
|
About the Site
This Web site, sponsored by Iowa State University, contains dozens of closeup photographs of insects. Click the names on this page for closeup photographs of ladybird beetles, sometimes called ladybugs, which children will recognize as the bugs in the story they have read. You may want to show children other types of beetles or other insects. To do so, click Entomology Image Gallery to see the index.
What to Do
Help children navigate the Web site. Tell them the common name (ladybird beetle or ladybug) of the insect in their book. Ask children to compare the illustrations in their book with the images of the real insects.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
About the Site
The O. Orkin Insect Zoo is part of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History. In this section, children will learn about insects that reside in people's homes, tarantulas, ants, and leaf insects. This site contains comprehensive information about insects, photographs, and a virtual tour of other areas of the museum.
What to Do
Help children navigate the site. Have them describe the insect pictures. For further exploration, go to the Orkin Zoo map at http://NaturalPartners.Org/InsectZoo/OrkinZoo/intZoo.html.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
About the Site
Help students find out more about spiders at Westside Spidermania, a Web site created by a second grade teacher from Georgia. Read the simple, understandable descriptions that accompany the colorful photographs to your class.
What to Do
Ask children to describe a spider. Tell them that there are many kinds of spiders. Then show them the Web site. As they view the photographs, read and discuss each picture.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
About the Site
Students can find out about 47 different spiders at this Web site that contains enlargeable photographs, descriptions, and scientific information. Preview the spider descriptions and select interesting facts to rephrase for children. The site was produced by PEERS, a community of science teachers trained to design and implement student-directed, open-inquiry lessons based on ecosystem models.
What to Do
Ask children if they have ever seen a spider jump, run sideways, or swivel. Explain that there are many varieties of spiders that exhibit different behaviors. Click the spider name to see a larger picture and a description that you can paraphrase for children.
|
|
|
Leveled Books |
| |
|
|
| Big and Small Animals |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
About the Site
FossWeb.com is maintained by the University of California. It has activities for all grades, from kindergarten to sixth, designed to encourage learning.
Lesson Objectives
Suggested Additional Activities
Have students click on Pond at the top of the game screen. Have them locate the bugs in the pond area. Have students go to the FossWeb Insect homepage located at http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/Insects/index.html. Have them click on Movies. Have students watch the insect movies.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
About the Site
This is a Discovery Page hosted by the Colorado Division of Wildlife. These pages are designed to teach children about Western wildlife.
Lesson Objectives
Students will use the Internet to learn about the bull elk. Students will watch a movie about the bull elk. Students will draw a picture of a bull elk.
Suggested Additional Activities
Watch another movie of an animal found in Colorado. These are found on the menu below the bull elk. Use pipe cleaners to make elk antlers. Have students draw a picture of the face or head of an elk and attach the antlers to it.
|
|
