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Article: What's Bugging You?(observing invertebrates)
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- Science and Children
- Article date:
- April 1, 2006
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Byline: Sherri Brown
"Ooh, these things give me the willies, and I am not getting near them." "Wonder what those things are and what they eat?" Statements like these-which often coincide with some high-pitched screams-are typical from my preservice students as they conduct data on "bugs" outdoors. I refer to these invertebrates as "bugs" intentionally because one objective of this lesson is for students to observe and begin to differentiate the common word bug from the specific characteristics of an insect. While I modeled this activity with a group of preservice elementary teachers, it is equally appropriate-and effective-for middle to upper elementary students ...