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Arachnids, Bugs, Insects
Submitted by Mrs Froman on Sun, 2008-05-18 04:10.May 16, 2008
We had much more time this week to appropriately tend to our topic, INSECTS. Because all of the children, both boys and girls alike, are fascinated by these creepy crawlies, we were delighted to examine them more closely. Since bugs can be found most everywhere, we were able to examine some first hand, and go beyond book learning alone. Yes, we even have an occasional visitor in the form of an ant...our juice leftovers can be very sticky! Don't be alarmed. This just affords us a "teachable moment" regarding cleanliness.
So what did we learn about insects? Here are a few of our discussion topics:
INSECTS have three body parts (head, THORAX, abdomen) and six legs.
Spiders don't measure up. They have only two body parts and eight legs, hence their classification as ARACHNIDS.
ANTENNAE do most of the seeing, hearing, feeling and touching for bugs (catchall category)
