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 Agricultural educational materials and more can be found at
http://www.agclassroom.org This site is brought to you by Agriculture in
the Classroom. Teacher resources, virtual tours, science projects, and
more.
Environmental educational materials and more can be found at
http://www.enaturalist.org Learn more about the Roger Tory Peterson
Institute's Electronic Naturalist. The site offers almost 300 educational
units on subjects including insects, birds, fish and more.
Insect lesson plans and More... teaching resources available to
teach about fleas, mosquitoes, ticks, spiders, and more. Check out
http://elementaryinsects.tamu.edu
Essentials to learning about insects...this site offers a guide to insect
orders, how to identify an insect, teaching materials, lesson plans, and
more. Check out http://insects.about.com
Academic
Trying to find out where entomology majors are available? How about online
courses? http://www.entsoc.org/resources/education/undergraduate.htm
Kansas State University, Department of Entomology
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Special Topics in Entomology
Insects as food? Have fun while learning more about edible insects from Sunrise
Land Shrimp at http://www.slshrimp.com
Check out the following web site for educational videos on Insect Collecting
Techniques, Gardening- "People Place Alley Garden," and Forensic Entomology. See
http://lubbock.tamu.edu/ipm/AgWeb/videos/index.html
Fun Insect Facts
Entomology fact sheets from University of Kentucky Entomology including
information on the Madagascar hissing cockroach, starting an observation hive of
honey bees, and rearing crickets. http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entomology.php
Basic insect facts including insect anatomy, complete metamorphosis, incomplete
metamorphosis, and characteristics of insects can be found at
http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/1insects/buginfo.html
Educators
Looking for children's bug experiments? Bug-themed games? How about animated entomologist tour? With a goal of educating children and adults about the importance of pest control, Truly Nolen of America, one of the nation's largest family-owned pest control companies, has developed a website to serve as a teaching tool. Check it out at http://www.trulynolen.com/Truly_Kids/truly_kids.asp
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: http://www.proteacher.com
Learning about insects through creativity. Students develop an insect travel brochure or advertising campaign while learning about insects. See http://iitc.tamu.edu/1998and2000/lessons/lesson18.html
Let's Talk About Insects, a fun and informative site by University of Illinois extension:
http://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
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
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:
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org
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:
http://www.virtualinsectary.com
For fun and interesting facts see the yuckiest site on the internet:
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com
Moths of North America:
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org
All kinds of information on insects:
http://www.earthlife.net/insects/six.html
Bug Out Curriculum for K-3rd Grade:
http://ipm.ncsu.edu/4-H/k3.html
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Insect Specific
Ants
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
Butterflies
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
Crickets
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
Pollinators
"Nature's Partners: Pollinators, Plants and You" brought to you by the
North American Pollinator Partnership. For grades 3-6. Get a copy today
at http:://www.nappc.org/curriculum/
Pollinator Fact Sheets brought to you by the Xerces Society for
Invertebrate Conservation. Go to www.xerces.org and click on Xerces
Publications.
Attract pollinators to your garden. Learn how through the Xerces Society. See http://www.xerces.org/pollinator_insect_conservation/consinfo.htm
Learn all about wildflowers and gardening with a focus on pollinators. Special pages
for children along with coloring pages. See: http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/
http://www.kidsgardening.com/
http://www.nappc.org
http://pollinators.nbii.gov
http://fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/index.shtml
Honeybees
Learn all about honeybees and become a honeybee expert at:
Agricultural WebQuest
Interesting facts about honeybees, honey recipes, games and more from Backyard Beekeepers Association, when there, click on "Find a Club" for more links:
http://www.backyardbeekeepers.com
Iowa State Entomology on beekeeping:
http://www.ent.iastate.edu/List/beekeeping.html
Mosquitoes
American Mosquito Control Association:
http://www.mosquito.org
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Camps, Fairs, Field Trips, Zoos, Museums
Teachers learn about biology and classroom culturing of insects and practical classroom experiments:
http://www.msstate.edu/Entomology/4-H/camp.html
Learn more about insects by visiting the North Carolina Museum of Life & Science in Durham, North Carolina: http://www.ncmls.org/
Learn about collecting, pinning, biology, classification and insect diseases:
http://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.:
http://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:
http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/entdept/special/insectwalk/insectwalk.htm
Creepy Crawly Zoo, a traveling zoo and insect exhibit:
http://www.creepycrawlyzoo.com
Learn about the role of insects with the Smithsonian's Orkin Insect Zoo:
http://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:
http://www.insectsafari.com/home.asp
Butterly World Museum offers 80 butterfly species in a garden/rainforest setting:
http://www.butterflyworld.com
Pennsylvania State's Frost Entomological Museum houses more than 500,000 species of insects representing roughly 10,000 species:
http://www.ento.psu.edu/home/Frost
A fun and educational live animal zoology presentation:
http://www.kathyscritters.com/index.html
Public Butterfly Gardens and Zoos:
http://butterflywebsite.com/gardens/index.cfm
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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":
http://www.ex.ac.uk/bugclub
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Contests & Awards
Science Fair Contest. Enter the Contest on-line at http://www.super-science-fair-projects.com/science-fair-contest.html
North Carolina State University Beekeeping Presentation & Essay Contest:
http://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:
http://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:
http://www.coleopsoc.org/coleyout.shtml
American Entomological Society Calvert Award:
http://www.acnatsci.org/hosted/aes/education.html
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Games
Truly Nolen of America offers children the opportunity to participate in bug-themed games on-line such as Roach Run and Ladybug Lunchbug. Begin playing now at: http://www.trulynolen.com/Truly_Kids/truly_kids.asp
Grow a maize crop and maximize your profit the aMaizing Plant Disease Game funded by the British Society for Plant Pathology:
http://www.bspp.org.uk/maize/maize.htm
Penn State presents fun pesticide education with D.B. Pest Games, puzzles and word searches:
http://www.pested.psu.edu/youth.shtml
Learn about Integrated Pest Management for your home and have fun at the same time
http://www.ipminstitute.org/supersleuth.htm
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Educational & Fun Magazines and Books for Children
Ranger Rick Magazine- specially designed to appeal to today's active , inquisitive kids:
http://www.rangerrick.com
Zoobooks- guide to the world's most fascinating animals, birds, reptiles, and insects:
http://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:
http://www.nativewestpress.com
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The Insect Wonderland is a children's book containing 57 pages, two
illustrated pages for each letter of the alphabet, depicting 26 different insects
with verses. Look inside Insect Wonderland to learn more: Insect Wonderland
Programs and Projects
Teaching about science through insects. Ideas from the winners of the Entomological Society of America's
President's Prizes for Outstanding Achievement in Primary & Secondary Education. Click here to learn what others are doing in the classroom.
More than 500 Science Fair project ideas with full instructions and explanations:
http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com
Mississippi State University 4-H Forestry Project:
http://msucares.com/4h_Youth/4hforestry
North Carolina State University Planting a Butterfly Garden Project:
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/4H/butterfly8.html
North Carolina State University Collecting and Displaying Project:
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/4H/pollen.html
North Carolina State University 4-H Entomology:
http://ipm.ncsu.edu/4-H
University of Arizona Using Live Insects in the Classroom:
http://insected.arizona.edu/uli.htm
Virginia 4-H Forestry Health Project (MS Word Format):
http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/environment/forhealth/forhealthguide.doc
University of Kentucky Entomology Leaders Guide:
http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/ythfacts/4h/leader/intro.htm
University of Maryland 4-H Entomology Program: http://www.agnr.umd.edu/ces/4H/pubs/ProjectGuide/Entomology.html
UC Berkeley City Bugs Program:
http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/citybugs
Outreach and Education from Illinois Natural History Survey:
http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/chf/outreach
Boy Scouts of America Insect Study Merit Badge:
http://www.geocities.com/austintroop256/insectstudy.html
University of Arizona Africanized Honey Bee Education Project:
http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/insects/ahb
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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. Click on:
Education
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Supplies & Materials
CRC Press, the leading publishers of essential information for the professional and technical communities worldwide:
http://www.crcpress.com
Cool Bug Stuff provides entomology supplies, books, and games along with materials to help teach about entomology including insect facts and articles.:
http://www.coolbugstuff.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.:
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
Wards provides in-depth entomology supplies, as well as biology specimens, lab activities (biology, environmental and earth science), and more:
http://www.wardsci.com
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The list above does not constitute an endorsement by The Entomological Foundation.
It is only for informational purposes.
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