Transcript Merrillinsectprojectx

Learn How to Make an Insect Zoo or
a Caterpillar/ Butterfly Farm
Due to the replacement of the wetlands by commercial businesses and private
residents, many natural habitats of butterflies have become scarce, especially the
Monarch Butterfly. This butterfly is a signature insect that is not endangered, but
sensitive. This instructional design is provided to help young people learn about
insects, how to identify them, their life cycle, other aspects about survival, and to
grow to appreciate nature by observation and interaction with it. The world will go on
as usual with or without them, it just won’t be as aesthetically pleasing.
One day Ammon went to visit his cousin, Addi, and to
see her new rabbit. They played with Oreo.
“Can I have a pet ,” Ammon
asked his mother?
“No,” said his mom. “We
live in an apartment and no
pets are allowed.”
“I know,“ said his mother, “you
can make an insect zoo and a
butterfly farm. They will be your
pets.”
”Hooray!” said Ammon.
“Let’s learn how to make a
butterfly farm and an insect zoo,”
said his mother.
Making an insect zoo is simple.
Click on each number to see what to do.
#1 Have someone older help you
punch many holes in a clean lid.
#2 Put some stickers on a empty,
clean, glass bottle.
#3 Add some grass and twigs to
the inside of the bottle. For
extra decoration, you may want
to color a backdrop.
Ammon is outside collecting bugs for his insect zoo.
Help Ammon learn what an insect is. Remember to look
closely in case an insect is using camouflage.
Sometimes when you try to find insects, they are hard
to see because there is something called camouflage.
Camouflage is a disguise that causes the
insects to blend in with their surroundings.
Look closely and click on the pictures
to find the camouflaged insects.
Can you find the insect? Look closely.
Remember they look like they blend in with
the surroundings.
Click on the pictures to find the insect.
Click on the picture to
find what an insect is.
What is an insect?
An insect is a little creature that has:
1. Six (6) jointed legs
2. Three (3) body parts
3. An outside skeleton
Which one is the insect?
Click on the picture.
Look for the animal
with 6 legs. A lizard
has 4 legs.
A parrot has 2 legs.
Try again.
Awesome! You
did it! Did you
count the legs?
Click on the insects with 6 legs.
No. A tarantula
has 8 legs.
No. Snails have only 1
foot.
Yes! A ladybug has
6 legs.
Yes! A fly is an
insect.
How many legs does an insect have?
An insect has 6 legs.
Click on the animal that is an insect. Remember to count the legs.
Great! You found the insect.
Try again. A spider has 8 legs.
An insect has 3
body parts.
Click on the insect to name
the body parts.
1. The head is the top part.
2. The thorax in the middle
part.
3. The abdomen is the bottom
part.
The abdomen
The head
The thorax
Click on the arrows to find the body parts.
Remember an insect has 3 body parts.
How many body parts
does an insect have?
Click on the lines to count
the body parts.
1
2
3
Find the 3 body parts on each insect.
Click on each line divider of each
insect and find the 3 body parts.
Thorax
Head
Head
Thorax
Abdomen
Abdomen
An insect has an
exoskeleton or a skeleton .
Click on the picture to find
where the exoskeleton is
found.
It is found on the outside of
the insect’s body.
Click on the skeleton that is on the
outside of the animal’s body.
Great! The skeleton is on the
outside.
Try again. The horse’s skeleton is
found on the inside.
Let’s compare. Can you find the animals with an inside skeleton?
Insects have an outside skeleton. Click on the pictures.
The crocodile’s skeleton in on the inside.
A dragonfly has a skeleton on the
outside of its body.
If you accidentally step on an insect, you will hear a
crunch. That’s the skeleton breaking apart.
Click to hear the
sound.
Good Job! You have made an insect
zoo and found an insect or two.
• When you found your insect, maybe it was
really small. Maybe it was a little nymph or a
little naiad. That is great because you can
watch your insect grow up and get bigger and
bigger, if you can keep it alive.
• All insects have a life cycle. There are 4
different life cycles. Your insect has one of
them.
Group 1 Insect Life Cycle:
No Metamorphosis
• This group of insects comes from the egg and looks exactly like it will when
it grows up, except that it will be larger.
Silverfish, springtails, biting lice and
sucking lice are the only insects in
Group 1 No Metamorphosis
Group 2 Insect Life Cycle:
Gradual Metamorphosis
• Insect in this group change shape gradually.
There are three stages of growth, egg, 5
different stages of nymphs and the adult.
There are many insects with a Gradual
Metamorphosis life cycle.
• Grasshoppers, termites, true bugs, aphids,
earwigs, thrips and book and bark lice.
Insects with Gradual Metamorphosis
have to be go through a nymph cycle.
Group 3 Insect Life Cycle:
Incomplete Metamorphosis
• The young insects in this group change shape
gradually. They do not look like adults until
shedding their last skin. Then there is a
change.
Dragonfly, mayfly, and a stonefly are all insects
with two sets of wings. They have an
Incomplete Metamorphosis. They turn into the
adult after they shed their last skin.
Group 4 Insect Life Cycle:
Complete Metamorphosis
• Some insects go
through 4 stages of
growth. None of the
young look like the
adult. Click on the
adult.
This is the adult.
Is a butterfly an insect?
Click on the picture to find the answer.
Is a caterpillar an insect?
Click on the picture to find the answer.
A caterpillar is going to turn into
a butterfly. Let’s see how!
Yes! 6 legs, 3 body parts
and an exoskeleton.
Stage 1: These are butterfly eggs.
• Butterflies lay their eggs
on the leaf of the plant
that they eat.
• Look on the leaf of a milk
weed to find some eggs
of the Monarch butterfly.
• Click to watch where the
Monarch butterfly lays its
eggs.http://www.youtub
e.com/watch?v=IjwDrMs
k5IY&feature=related
Stage 2: When the egg hatches a
little caterpillar comes out.
A new caterpillar is called a 1instar.
It is really little.
The caterpillar eats and grows and
changes into a 2instar and then a
3instar.
Stage 3:
The 5instar caterpillar is ready
to make a chrysalis.
Here are some different spun pupas.
Click on the link to see the butterfly spin
the cocoon. http://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=DKjG1vm5F84&NR=1
Some caterpillars look really scary, but don’t worry.
They are using a scare tactic so nobody will eat them.
Click on the link to see the scariest caterpillar of all in action.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lD00Err6CY
Caterpillars change 4 times. When they turn into a
5instar they are ready to make a chrysalis.
Click on the numbers to put the
caterpillars in order of age.
1
5
2
4
3
Stage 4:
The pupa opens up and out
comes the butterfly.
It looks different! It doesn’t look like
an egg, or a caterpillar or a pupa.
Click on the link to see the
cocoon open up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjduur9Y
yVA&feature=related
The butterfly life cycle has 4 stages: egg,
caterpillar, chrysalis and adult. Look at the
pictures. Which one is missing?
Click on the picture to find
the missing stage.
the egg
Oh! Oh! Sometimes another butterfly tries to copy a
. This is called mimicry.
butterfly
Monarch butterflies taste nasty and birds
won’t eat them. The Viceroy butterfly tries
to look like the Monarch so birds won’t eat
him.
Look at the hind wings. The
Viceroy has an extra black line
going across the wings.
Look at the hind wings again. The
Monarch does NOT have an extra
black line going across.
Let’s see if we can remember all the
things that insects use so they won’t
get killed or eaten by an animal.
Click on words to find definition
• Mimicry
•Camouflage
•Scare tactics
The insect mimics another insect to
protect itself.
The insect disguises itself so it can blend in
with its surroundings.
The insect scares other insects or animals that
might try and eat it.
Another tactic is smell. Some insects use a bad, bad,
bad smell so other animals will leave them alone.
Some insects are great fighters. They
have a stingers and it hurts if they
sting you. Have you had a bee sting?