Introduction Task Process Evaluation Conclusion Credits Teachers
Congratulations! You are now an entomologist. Bugs and
insects are all around us and can be found all over the world.
They come in all shapes, sizes and colors. They also all have
a different purpose or function. As an entomologist it is your
job to study them.
Introduction Task Process Evaluation Conclusion Credits Teachers
Task: You have just been
hired to study bugs in
southern Alberta and your
local community and will be
working as a team of
entomologists with two other
students. Your employer
wants to know what these
bugs look like, how big they
are, where they live, what
they eat and how they
effect humans. After
identifying and researching
bugs that live in your
community, you will put the
results on paper to present
to your employer.
Introduction Task Process Evaluation Conclusion Credits Teachers
Step 1: First you and your partner will watch the “ Let’s
Talk About Insects” video to learn a little bit more about
bugs and insects by clicking on the picture below
Step 2: Together you and your partner will research 3
different bugs by clicking on the links below and filling out the
worksheet which can be printed off. Note: you and your
partner will each need to fill out your worksheets separately.
Links to information on each bug can be found by clicking on
the numbers below their picture.
Worksheet
Ladybug
1
2
Firefly
1
2
Praying Mantis
1
2
Dragonfly
1
Bumble Bee
1
2
Ants
1
2
Grasshopper
1
2
Mosquito
1
2
Walking Stick
1
2
Diving Beetle
1
2
Monarch Butterfly
1
2
Daddy Long Leg
1
2
Step 3: Individually you will choose one bug you and
your team studied to present to your employer and each team
member must choose a different bug. In order to do this you
will need a blank sheet of paper, which will be provided by
your teacher. On the paper you will draw a picture of your
chosen bug on the top half of the page and write 5 sentences
about the bug below it’s picture.
Introduction Task Process Evaluation Conclusion Credits Teachers
This web quest will be graded for a total of 40 marks with
the worksheet being worth 10 and the picture being worth 30.
The worksheet will be graded with each question receiving
equal weighting (1 mark each) and then a mark out of 10 will
be calculated
The picture will be graded for a total of 30 marks based on
the following rubric:
Information
5 marks
4 marks
3 marks
2 marks
1 marks
Spelling
All information is
correct
No words are
spelled incorrect
Almost all of the
information is
correct
1-4 words are
spelled incorrect
Only half of
information is
correct
5-8 words are
spelled incorrect
Almost none of
the information is
correct
9-12 words are
spelled incorrect
None of the
information is
correct
13 or more words
are spelled
incorrectly
Picture
Total
marks
The bug is drawn
accurately and
colored the correct
colors
The bug is either not
drawn completely
accurately or is only
colored some of the
right colors
The bug is either not
drawn completely
accurately and is only
colored some of the
right colors
The bug either does
not resemble the bug
at all or is
completely colored
the wrong colors
The picture does not
resemble the bug at
all and is colored the
wrong colors
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Total = _____
Introduction Task Process Evaluation Conclusion Credits Teachers
Congratulations! You have now completed your task and learned
about different bugs that can be found in your community.
Besides the bugs you studied, what other bugs can be found
in your community?
Introduction Task Process Evaluation Conclusion Credits Teachers
Video from
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/insects/01.html
Information from
http://www.geocities.com/sseagraves/schoolyardscience.htm
http://www.mums.org/kids/ladybugs.htm
http://hymfiles.biosci.ohio-state.edu/projects/FFiles/frfact.html
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/critter/insect/firefly.htm
http://www.insectlore.com/xlorepedia_stuff/praying_mantis.html
http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/1insects/PrayMan.html
http://www.amonline.net.au/wild_kids/freshwater/dragonfly.htm
http://www.42explore.com/bees.htm
http://www.4to40.com/encyclopedia/index.asp?id=630
http://www.infowest.com/life/aants.htm
http://www.kidskonnect.com/content/view/402/27/
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/cgkids/animal/2006_02.asp
http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Grasshopper
http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Culicidae/
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/bugs/mosquito.html
http://www.animatedchildrenstories.com/Stories/story57.htm
http://www.thaibugs.com/Articles/stick%20insect%20facts.html
http://www.amonline.net.au/wild_kids/freshwater/diving_beetle.htm
http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4TH/KKHP/1insects/divingbeetle.
html
http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/monarch_butterfly.htm
http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/monarch.htm
http://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/natural/insects/bugsfaq/daddyspd.htm
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-Fact/2000/2060B.html
Pictures found using
http://images.google.ca
Introduction Task Process Evaluation Conclusion Credits Teachers
This web quest was designed for the Alberta grade 2
science curriculum, Topic E on Small Crawling and Flying
Animals. The web quest corresponds to the following SLO’s of
topic E
 1.Students will recognize that there are many different
kinds of small crawling and flying animals, and identify a
range of examples that are found locally
 2. students will compare and contrast small animals that
are found in the local environment. These animals should
include at least three invertebrates-that is, animals such
as insects, spiders, centipedes, slugs, worms.
 5. Describe the relationships of these animals to other
living and non-living things in their habitat and to people.
This web quest was designed to be an introduction to the
unit and lets students discover on their own different bug
found in their community, different characteristics of the
bugs and lets students see how they all very.
Teachers may wish to have students present their bug
poster to the class. That way all students will hear about all
the bugs.
Bugs studied during the web quest can then be used as
example through the rest of the topic/unit when covering the
other outcomes and talking about thing such as habitat, role
in the food chain, relationship to humans in order to help
students make deeper connections.
For the web quest students should be paired in groups of
three with one strong reader, one weak reader, and one inbetween to ensure all groups can read the web
sites/information. Teachers may wish to vary group sizes
depending on the number of strong readers in the class and
class size.
Creepy Crawly Bugs Worksheet
Bug #1
Name:____________________________________________________
What does it look like? _______________________________________
_________________________________________________________
Is it an Insect (yes or no)? ____________________________________
Where does it live? __________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
What does it eat? ___________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
3 interesting facts your employer might want to know?
1. ___________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
Bug #2
Name:____________________________________________________
What does it look like? _______________________________________
_________________________________________________________
Is it an Insect (yes or no)? ____________________________________
Where does it live? __________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
What does it eat? ___________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
3 interesting facts your employer might want to know?
1. ___________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
Bug #3
Name:____________________________________________________
What does it look like? _______________________________________
_________________________________________________________
Is it an Insect (yes or no)? ____________________________________
Where does it live? __________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
What does it eat? ___________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
3 interesting facts your employer might want to know?
1. ___________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________