Discuss the characteristics of insects. (See Activity Answer for more information.) Give each student a copy of the "Insects: Villains or Heroes?" student handout. Ask the class to brainstorm a list ...

Students set sticky traps to collect organisms, identify and classify the organisms they find, and determine when the organisms first evolved. Every school and home contains organisms. Many are too ...

It turns out that while all bugs are insects, all insects aren’t bugs. So if you’re an insect, I guess maybe you get a little tee’d off if some well-meaning six-year-old picks you up and calls you a ...