Educational Resources Academic Encyclopedia of Insects published by Vincent Resh and Ring Carde'  is a comprehensive work devoted to all aspects of insects, including their anatomy, physiology, evolution, behavior, ecology, and disease, as well as issues of exploitation, conservation, and management. For more information: http://www.licosa.com/ency_insects.htm Educators KIDzANTS, presented by the Texas Cooperative Extension, contains information on where red imported fire ants originated, how their bodies are built and other fascinating facts about red ants: http://kidzants.tamu.edu. Many fun and interesting ideas by elementary school teachers for teaching insect science (including games, crafts, movies and hands-on activities) by ProTeacher click on Science and Technology, animals, then insects: www.proteacher.com/ Interesting facts about honeybees, honey recipes, games and more from Backyard Beekeepers Association, when there, click on "Find a Club" for more links: www.backyardbeekeepers.com. Let's Talk About Insects, a fun and informative site by University of Illinois extension: www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/insects/ A curriculum for elementary-school children from an entomology outreach program in Oakland, California. http://www.bugpeople.org/curriculum/curriculum.htm A K-12 curriculum on insects that combines hands-on classroom activities and internet-based activities.  http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/citybugs Lesson plans based around the hornworm and teacher's guide-site to raising the hornworm. This site includes a webcam pointed at a developing hornworm 24-7 during the school year. Shots are archived every hour. http://manduca.entomology.wisc.edu Learn about using common field and house crickets to teach skills of observation and measurement. The unit also includes basic information on cricket biology and introduces students to the scientific literature. http://telusplanet.net/public/ecade/CricketsintheClassroom/cricketsintheclassroom.html Information sheets of various insects from Enchanted Learning. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/insects/printouts.shtml Insect-related information sheets and activities for teachers, 4-H'ers, and young people from the University of Kentucky. http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/ythfacts/entyouth.htm Lesson plans for grade K-3 on using live insects in the classroom from the University of Arizona Center for Insect Science, Education Outreach. http://insected.arizona.edu/ Educational resources including lesson plans and materials for teaching entomology to students in grades K-12. This Texas A&M University web site includes links to many other resources helpful for teaching entomology. http://insects.tamu.edu/youth/ "Sci4Kids" offers information for young people to help them learn science including insects, plants, and the environment. Classroom resources are available along with information on agriculture science projects, and much more. http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids Fun information, games and puzzles from science news for kids: www.sciencenewsforkids.org Learn about butterflies with this South Carolina web site. http://butterfly.clemson.edu The complete website for butterfly lovers, gardeners, teachers, students and farmers: http://mgfx.com/butterfly/ Learn about the Smithsonian O. Orkin Insect Safari where science and imagination meet: http://www.insectsafari.com Insect Lesson Plans: http://www.pedagonet.com/other/lsplns.html Don't let insects overwhelm you. Visit the Texas A&M Entomology Website for information on identifying and managing insects: http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/users/j/jrmeyer/www/homepage.html See a variety of insect pictures with general descriptions with Stein's Virtual Insectary: www.virtualinsectary.com/ For fun and interesting facts see the yuckiest site on the internet: http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/ Moths of North America: www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/moths/mothsusa.htm All kinds of information on insects: www.earthlife.net/insects/six.html Iowa State Entomology on beekeeping: http://www.ent.iastate.edu/List/beekeeping.html Bug Out Curriculum for K-3rd Grade: http://ipm.ncsu.edu/4-H/k3.html Insect Specific Information on Cicadas: www.entfdn.org/cicadas.htm Information on Diptera (Flies), includes a Young Dipterists (kids) section. http://www.diptera.org See a fly up-close using a special magnifying lense. Learn more by participating in an interactive anatomical atlas on the fly families of Australia. http://www.ento.csiro.au/biology/fly/fly.html Camps, Fairs, Field Trips, Zoos, Museums Teachers learn about biology and classroom culturing of insects and practical classroom experiments: www.cas.psu.edu/docs/casconf/bugcamps/kids/BCK.html Learn about collecting, pinning, biology, classification and insect diseases: www.msstate.edu/Entomology/4-H/camp.html This Pennsylvania State fair consists of an insect zoo, insect olympics, insect deli, insect art contests, etc.: www.scied.cas.psu.edu/insectfair.html Families join University of Kentucky staff and students for an evening of walking trails to see night-active insects and spiders: www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/entdept/special/insectwalk/insectwalk.htm American Entomology Society's Field Day, where families, educators and scientists participate in a variety of field excursions: www.acnatsci.org/hosted/aes/sswkend.html Creepy Crawly Zoo, a traveling zoo and insect exhibit: www.creepycrawlyzoo.com/ Learn about the role of insects with the Smithsonian's Orkin Insect Zoo: www.mnh.si.edu/museum/VirtualTour/Tour/second/InsectZoo/ Young Entomologists' Society Minibeast Zooseum & Education Center: http://members.aol.com/YESbugs/zooseum.html Learn with the Smithsonian's traveling museum, Orkin Insect Safari: www.insectsafari.com/home.asp Butterly World Museum offers 80 butterfly species in a garden/rainforest setting: www.butterflyworld.com/ Pennsylvania State's Frost Entomological Museum houses more than 500,000 species of insects representing roughly 10,000 species: www.ento.psu.edu/home/Frost/ A fun and educational live animal zoology presentation: www.kathyscritters.com/index.html Public Butterfly Gardens and Zoos: http://butterflywebsite.com/gardens/index.cfm Clubs and Youth Organizations Learn about insect diversity, body parts, insects in our daily lives, collecting, preserving, and habitats with Florida's 4-H Bug Club: http://bugclub.ifas.ufl.edu/ Young Entomologist Society: http://members.aol.com/YESbugs/links.html Amateur Entomologists' Society "Bug Club": www.ex.ac.uk/bugclub Contests & Awards North Carolina State University Beekeeping Presentation & Essay Contest: www.rtpnet.org/ncsba/kidlinks.htm Join Purdue's Bug Bowl for insect crafts, tasting, races, story telling, insect zoo, gifts, etc.: http://news.uns.purdue.edu/UNS/bugbowl/bugbowl.index.html Mississippi State 4-H Linnaean Games: www.msstate.edu/Entomology/4-H/LINNAEAN.html Learn about insect evaluation, tree disease evaluation etc. with the National 4-H Forestry Judging site: http://forestryjudging.nres.uiuc.edu/ Coleopterists Society Youth Incentive Award: www.coleopsoc.org/coleyout.shtml American Entomological Society Calvert Award: www.acnatsci.org/hosted/aes/education.html Games Grow a maize crop and maximize your profit the aMaizing Plant Disease Game funded by the British Society for Plant Pathology: www.bspp.org.uk/maize/maize.htm Penn State presents fun pesticide education with D.B. Pest Games, puzzles and word searches: www.pested.psu.edu/youth.shtml Learn about Integrated Pest Management for your home and have fun at the same time: www.ipminstitute.org/supersleuth.htm Educational & Fun Magazines for Children Ranger Rick Magazine- specially designed to appeal to today's active , inquisitive kids: www.nwf.org/kidzone Zoobooks- guide to the world's most fascinating animals, birds, reptiles, and insects: www.zoobooks.com/ Blessed "Pests" of the beloved west is an affectionate collection of poems and essays of insects and their kin. Not designed to be cute, this book provides informative, imaginative, sometimes humorous and sometimes disturbing stories about insects. To learn more or to order this book: nativewestpress.com. Programs and Projects The-Science-Lab.com provides many resources for science organizations: http://www.the-science-lab.com/Biology/ More than 500 Science Fair project ideas with full instructions and explanations: http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology - latest version of experiments to teach ecology online: www.tiee.ecoed.net/ Mississippi State University 4-H Forestry Project: http://msucares.com/4h_Youth/4hforestry/ Mississippi State University Collecting and Displaying Project: http://insectzoo.msstate.edu/ North Carolina State University Planting a Butterfly Garden Project: www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/4H/butterfly8.html North Carolina State University Collecting and Displaying Project: www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/4H/pollen.html North Carolina State University 4-H Entomology: http://ipm.ncsu.edu/4-H/ National 4-H Council Cycling Back to Nature: www.reeusda.gov/4h/curricul/da4.htm University of Arizona Using Live Insects in the Classroom: http://insected.arizona.edu/uli.htm Virginia 4-H Forestry Health Project: www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/environment/forhealth/forhealthguide.doc University of Kentucky Entomology Leaders Guide: www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/ythfacts/4h/leader/intro.htm University of Maryland 4-H Entomology Program: www.agnr.umd.edu/ces/4H/pubs/ProjectGuide/Entomology.html UC Berkeley City Bugs Program: www.cnr.berkeley.edu/citybugs/ Pennsylvania State University 4-H Publications: http://pa4h.cas.psu.edu/familyguide.html Outreach and Education from Illinois Natural History Survey: www.inhs.uiuc.edu/chf/outreach/ Boy Scouts of America Insect Study Merit Badge: www.geocities.com/austintroop256/insectstudy.html University of Arizona Africanized Honey Bee Education Project: http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/insects/ahb/ University of Massachusetts Service Learning Project: www.umass.edu/ent/outreach/kids/index.html Colleges & Departments of Entomology Visit the Entomological Society of America's list of colleges and universities with entomology programs. Many of these sites offer entomology resource links and/or information pertaining to academic programs, Extension Service programs, library resources, insect photographs, and much more. Supplies & Materials CRC Press, the leading publishers of essential information for the professional and technical communities worldwide. http://www.crcpress.com Berkshire Biological provides a wide range of insects including beneficial insects.  http://www.berkshirebio.com BioQuip Products offers educational tools for teaching entomology in grades K-12.  http://www.bioquip.com Blue Spruce Biological Supply offers supplies for collecting insects and displaying insect specimens.  http://www.bluebio.com Carolina Biological Supply Company's products include materials for teaching earth and environmental science. This site also offers links for science teaching resources.  http://www.carolina.com The Complete Naturalist provides entomology supplies and books. http://www.completenaturalist.com Cricket Science's products include live insect supplies and educational books, CD-ROM's, and videos.  http://www.cricketscience.com Educational Science, specializing in butterflies, offers entomology kits and equipment.  http://www.educationalscience.com Einsteins-Emporium sells science kits, collecting tools, mounting supplies, insect collections and more.  http://www.einsteins-emporium.com General information, images, scientific researches, prices, distribution and variation, taxonomic notes, habitat and biology of insects from the former U.S.S.R. http://www.osipov.org/insects/index.htm Insect Lore offers insect kits along with curriculum for helping to teach  entomology.  http://www.insectlore.com The Nature Store provides live butterfly kits and other educational materials.  http://thenaturestore.com Sericulum offers a complete line of products for silkworm rearing and study including live silkworm eggs for life science investigation and discovery.  http://www.sericulum.com     The list above does not constitute an endorsement by The Entomological Foundation. It is only for informational purposes.