Insects
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
What are insects?
How are insects similar and different?
Why is it important to study insects?
ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS
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Students will begin to understand and appreciate that . . .
Insects are animals
 Insects are animals with similar
 The great diversity of forms in
Insects have characteristic
structures and behaviors
the animal kingdom.
 Animals have life cycles that include
structures and behaviors
 Respect insects as living
being born, developing into adults,
Insects need air, food, water,
things.
reproducing,
and
eventually
dying.
The
and space
 Insects contribute to our lives
details of this life cycle are different for
Insects have specific habitats
 All insects have a unique role
different
organisms.
Insects can survive only in
within their ecosystem.
 Insects have specialized structures
environments in which their
that serve specific functions.
needs are met
 Different insects have varying natural
habitats.
Outcomes-Skills
Students will show independent ability to . . .
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Observe, describe, record, and communicate the structures, patterns, and behaviors of insects.
Observe, describe, record and communicate the sequence of changes that bugs go through as they mature into adults
Compare and contrast different insects (structure, behaviors, life cycles)
Compare and contrast female and male insects
Outcomes-Knowledge
Students will know . . .
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The life cycles (stages) of the
insects studied and related
vocabulary (larva, pupa,
metamorphosis, structure,
function)
Insects hatch from eggs
Insects have three body parts:
head, thorax, and abdomen
Insects can live underground,
above ground, and in water
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Vocabulary: larva, pupa, metamorphosis,
structure, function.
Male and female insects mate, and the
female lays eggs.
Larvae produce silk
Some insects go through complete
metamorphosis (egg, larva, pupa, adult) and
some go through incomplete metamorphosis
(egg, nymphas stages, adults).
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Vocabulary: ecosystem,
entomologist?
Insects
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