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Little Learning Labs: Bugs for Kidsan abridged paperback edition of Bug Lab for Kids, a finalist for the 2019 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Bookspresents 20+ fun and informative activities that celebrate all things beautiful, creepy, and crawly.
Prepare to cozy up with spiders, centipedes, butterflies, and bees, to name just a few! In Little Learning Labs: Bugs for Kids, Mississippi State University associate professor, extension entomologist (bug expert), and educator John W. Guyton shares his knowledge and excitement about the world of bugs. Discover experiments, hunt-and-catch and citizen science initiatives, and arts and crafts projects that teach about bugs physical characteristics and behavior, and how they affect agriculture, health, and water quality.
Youll also find helpful tips on how to safely handle common insects, and how to easily identify bugs that shouldnt be held, pet, or touched.
The popular Little Learning Labs series (based on the larger format Lab for Kids series) features a growing list of books that share hands-on activities and projects on a wide host of topics, including art, astronomy, geology, and mathall authored by established experts in their fields. Each lab contains a complete materials list, clear step-by-step photographs of the process, as well as finished samples. The activities are open-ended, designed to be explored over and over, often with different results. Geared toward being taught or guided by adults, they are enriching for a range of ages and skill levels. Gain firsthand knowledge on your favorite topic with Little Learning Labs.
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20+ Family-Friendly Activities for Exploring the Amazing World of Beetles, Butterflies, Spiders, and Other Arthropods
Activities for STEAM Learners
John W. Guyton, Ed.D.
Many young people are naturally curious about and attracted to bugs. Parents and teachers can take advantage of this natural curiosity to sustain students interest in science and provide an avenue through which they can explore their world.
Insects and other arthropods outnumber all other animals combined. More than 95 percent of all animals may be insects! Insects are incredibly successful, and research suggests they have at least a 450-million-year record of survival on a changing and periodically hostile planet! The pocketsize critters even survived the dinosaurs in, essentially, their current form!
There is obviously a lot we can learn from insects. Insects are our principal competitor for food, and we cannot survive without their beneficial services. Arthropods are found everywhere; they are our most common encounter with wildlife. They are essential in pollination, recycling nutrients, and the production of many useful products. They are a critical link in the web of life.
Our interactions with insects can nurture curiosity and enable youth to develop a realistic and balanced relationship with arthropods, instead of the unnecessary and uneducated frightened reactions.
The fascination that young entomologistspeople who study bugshave for arthropods is the beginning of an adventure of discovery that can last a lifetime. Wherever they roam there will be new arthropod adventures awaiting. This curiosity is infectious and, if nurtured, will provide a healthy use of leisure time. They will quickly become the entomologist in their families and peer groups, and this often encourages advanced study. On their arthropod adventures, they will encounter legions of entomologists who will find their curiosity inspiring and who will patiently answer their questions, share their interest, and guide them. Young entomologists knowledge will amaze their teachers and earn their respect.
It has been a privilege to watch so many young entomologists pass through our programs at Mississippi State University, growing intellectually and enjoying a healthy use of their leisure time.
Dressing appropriately for a collecting trip helps ensure your encounters with arthropods are successful. Bites and stings, especially from mosquitoes and ticks, are easily minimized by wearing the proper collecting outfit and/or using insect repellent. High rubber boots, long-sleeved shirts, long pants, and veils are appropriate for excellent protection.
Wearing proper collecting clotheslong pants, a long-sleeved shirt, high rubber boots, a cap or hat, plus duct tape, insect repellent, and a net or veilwill help make your encounters with arthropods both safe and successful.
STEP 1: Gather your collecting clothes. It is best to wear long pants and a long-sleeved shirt.
STEP 2: Put on your boots and tuck your pant legs into the boot tops. Loosely wrap duct tape around your pants several times, at the top of each boot, to secure your pants to your boots. On the last wrap, flip the tape, sticky-side out, to collect pests trying to crawl up your pant legs. If youre collecting in the woods, grasslands, or prairie and wearing shoes instead of boots, securely tape your pant legs to your shoes, turning the tape for the last wrap sticky-side out. Sandals are not appropriate collecting gear.
STEP 3: Spray any exposed areas with insect repellent (do not spray it on your face, though).
STEP 4: In the late afternoon and evening, wear a net or veil over your head to protect you from mosquitoes and biting midges.
STEP 5: Check the duct tape after each trip to see if it collected ants, ticks, or redbugs.
STEP 6: After every collecting trip, carefully check yourself for ticks, or have an adult help you.
BUG SCIENCE
Entomologists seek places where insects are abundant, so appropriate attire is very important. For example, an important consideration if working with bees is not to dress in contrasting colors, like black and white. A light-skinned beekeeper with a black watchband can expect bees to sting on the wrist. Similarly, a white shirt on darker skin will attract stings to the point of greatest contrast.
Collecting insects safely requires specialized equipment and techniques. In addition to proper collecting clothes (shown ), including a veil to protect you from bites, consider which materials from the following list will serve you best, depending on where you are collecting, your collecting strategy, and your goals.
Some essential collecting kit items.
Aspirator, for small bugs
Beat sheet, for bugs in shrubs and small trees
Black light, for night collecting
Camera
Critter keeper, for live specimens
Forceps or tweezers, for picking up biting or stinging arthropods
Insect field guide or identification book
Insect net
Insect repellent
Non-acetone nail polish remover (ethyl acetate), for dry collecting jar
Pencil
Pitfall traps
Rubbing alcohol (isopropyl alcohol, 60%), for wet collecting jar
Shoulder bag, to carry your kit
Trowel, for digging a pitfall trap or digging into rotting logs
Vials or pill bottles
Wet and dry collecting jars
Your field notebook
A well-organized collecting kit enables you to quickly charge your dry and wet jars and head for the field. Occasions regularly arise when an interesting insect shows up and, if you are prepared, you can collect it. You may want to take all your supplies with you, but it is not necessarycarry just what you need.
STEP 1: For each outing, charge your collecting jars and pack your shoulder bag with your essential equipment. Take only what you think you will need.
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