Insect Quest

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Insect Quest

• By
• Miss Finley

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HELP US!

• There is an exterminator that wants to destroy
  these insects! They need your help to keep from
  being destroyed. Please, can you help them?

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Task

• We are going to make a class journal about these
  insects.
• You will work in groups of four (one group will
  have five) and research the type of insect your
  group has been assigned. Your group will draw
  pictures and write interesting facts about your
  insect. Then we will put your groups work
  together to make a class journal.
• Then each of you will write a letter to the
  exterminator telling why this insect is helpful.

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Insect Information

• Honey Bees
• Honey bees are social insects that work together
  in a colony. The colony has worker bees, drones,
  and one queen bee. The worker bees are female and
  the drones are male. The Queen works very hard to
  lay 1000 eggs a day! The worker bees collect
  nectar from flowers to make honey.
• Praying Mantis
• The praying mantis received its name because when
  the insect sits, its front legs are together and
  they look like they are praying. What they are
  really doing is waiting for lunch to walk by.
  Mantis do not live in colonies like some insects.
  They like to stay by themselves. Praying mantis
  help farmers by eating other insects that like to
  eat the farmers crops.

Ladybugs Ladybugs are a beloved insect on two
counts. First, it is colorful in a very stylish
and happy way. After all, who doesn't notice
black polka dots on bright-red wing cases?
Second, it saves our vegetable gardens and rose
bushes from the scourge of aphids and other
pests. Dung Beetle Dung Beetles are a very
important part of the insect world. They help
keep the earth clean by eating other animals
waste. They also fertilize the soil. Like the
praying mantis the dung beetle likes to be by
themselves. They will also eat other dung
beetles.
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Links
Click on the words to learn more interesting
facts about the insect that you group has been
assigned. Click on the picture that your group
has been assigned to see pictures of the insect.
Ladybug Dung Beetle Honey Bee
Praying Mantis
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Advice
Make notes on what you read so that it will be
easier to remember when we go back to the
classroom and work on the pictures and journal
about insects.
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Assess

• Groups will be graded on
• Presentation
• Neatness 25pts
• Facts Listed 25pts
• Accurate drawing 25pts
• Individual student work
• Letter to exterminator completed 25pts

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End

• Thank you so much for telling the exterminator
  how the insects are helpful! The insects are very
  happy and they want to know if they can join you
  at your next picnic!