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Anatomy of a Crayfish

We went camping the weekend before this lesson and hunted for crawdads along the creek. We caught this guy for our lesson. Love when it works out like this. Arthropods Lesson 13 G&B Science

Spinning a Web

Arthropods Lesson 12 G&B Science

Anatomy of an Ant

Arthropods Lesson 10 G&B Science

Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Arthropods Lesson 9 G&B Science

The Boy Who Loved Insects

Entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre Arthropods Lesson 7 G&B Science

Bee Communication

Did you know bees communicate by smells and dancing? Put a few drops of essential oil on two cotton pads. Repeat with several different oils. Give one of each pair to the student and place the other of the pairs at different locations around the room. Have the students match the pairs using only their sense of smell.  Lesson 6 Arthropods G&B Science

Pollen Pick-Up

First put a "nectar" skittle treat at the bottom of a "flower" cupcake wrapper Cover in cheetos "stamen" Invite kids "bees" to get the nectar only  See how much "pollen" they carried away Arthropods Lesson 5 G&B Science

Life Cycle of a Bee

Arthropods Lesson 5 G&B Science

Termite Mounds

Termite Mound Craft We happen to live in West Texas where termites abound. We were able to go out in the pasture and trap termites in their tunnels and observe them closely. We then came in and made our own termite mounds from brown clay. Arthropods Lesson 4 G&B Science

The Empress and The Silkworm

Today we learned about silkworms as we drank hot tea.  Arthropods Lesson 4 G&B Science

Fireflies

Today we learned about fireflies. We made firefly necklaces out of glowsticks and wax paper wings. Arthropods Lesson 4 G&B Science

Oral Presentation on Dragon Flies

Arthropods Lesson 3 G&B Science