It's a Bug's Life
This we know, kids love bugs! Our popular insect program capitalizes on student's enthusiasm for invertebrates of all kinds, from centipedes to cicadas. Students learn to stridulate (sing) like crickets, hunt like praying mantis and play exciting games based on insect movements. And of course they will have the opportunity to catch, observe and release a variety of invertebrates.
| (This program can be modified to suit any grade) |
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Curriculum Links & Expectations:
Grade 4 : Science and Technology
| Life Systems - Habitats and Communities |
| 4s1 |
demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of habitat and community, and identify the factors that could affect habitats and communities of plants and animals; |
| 4s2 |
investigate the dependency of plants and animals on their habitat and the interrelationships of the plants and animals living in a specific habitat; |
| 4s8 |
recognize that animals and plants live in specific habitats because they are dependent on those habitats and have adapted to them (e.g., ducks live in marshes because they need marsh plants for food and shelter and water for movement); |
Grade 6 : Science and Technology
| Life Systems - Diversity of Living Things |
| 6s1 |
demonstrate an understanding of ways in which classification systems are used to understand the diversity of living things and the interrelationships among living things; |
| 6s2 |
investigate classification systems and some of the processes of life common to all animals (e.g., growth, reproduction, movement, response, and adaptation); |
| 6s7 |
identify and describe the characteristics of invertebrates, and classify invertebrates into phyla (e.g., sponges, worms, molluscs, arthropods); |
| 6s14 |
use appropriate vocabulary, including correct science and technology terminology, in describing their investigations and observations (e.g., use terms such as organism, species, structure, and kingdom in describing classification of animals); |
| 6s20 |
identify various kinds of plant or animal organisms in a given plot using commercially produced biological or classification keys (e.g., organisms observed in a pond study, in the school yard, in wildlife centres); |
