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- Teacher will introduce a unit on "What is an Insect?"
using manual with Insects: Little Giants of the Earth Videodisc.
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- You will need a media cart equipped with videodisc player* and
the videodisc Insects (available at your local curriculum center).
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- Brainstorm a list of insect characteristics.
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- View the section of the Insect videodisc on
characteristics
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- Use their list to check off characteristics mentioned in video.
(Record additional characteristics and don't be limited by the original list.)
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- Compare insects with similar characteristics and group into
families.
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- Contrast insects with different characteristics and group into
families.
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- Take a trip outside to view insects in their habitat and keep a
journal of sketches and different kinds of behaviors they have observed.
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- Construct a pie graph based on facts found in the video. For
example, find the facts of percentages of animal species population, percentages of
arthropods, insects and beetles.
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- Visit the Insect project on the EnviroNet web site (http://earth.simmons.edu/
) (Hint: Contact an online expert for those curious questions).
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- Construct a database on a insect transect or types of
insects/characteristics found (Suggested software Claris Works, Microsoft Works
or TableTop ).
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- Construct a Timeline showing a monarch butterfly's lifecycle (Timeliner
software).
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- Exchange information with schools in another part of the country
using email.
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- *Note: Other videodiscs available in the Central Office
Curriculum Center...
- Whales
Blue Planet
Geography Series (The library includes a videodisc of all
regions of the country).
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