[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses characteristics of insects.

Explore the fascinating stories of insects and the roles they play in our lives. Check out the photos and descriptions, learn how they help humans, find some great educational resources, and much more.

You may not know what they are, but scale insects may be on your houseplants right now! This article describes what they are and how they can be controlled.

A thorough site that provides a description of the characteristics of insects and then focuses on the insects of southeastern Michigan. Pictures, classification groupings, and sound clips of insects are included.

In this activity, students will explore the characteristics of insects by sorting a collection of organisms found in pond water. Students will sort insects from non-insects. Lesson plan includes basic procedure for activity.

Identify and match insects on the insect family tree.

In this lesson, students will use simple classification schemes to sort Utah's common insects.

This teacher's guide focuses on the smaller animals that inhabit our world: insects and spiders. These fascinating creatures provide young children many hands-on opportunities to learn about the diversity of living things, how living...

A very comprehensive site that includes insect lesson plans for ages 3-18 and links to a syllabus, course material, activities, and related resources.

Learn about how insects are used in children's books in this image gallery with descriptions of multiple examples from popular children's literature.

Insect rhymes, crafts, coloring printouts, and quizzes are collected by Enchanted Learning. Color pictures, diagrams, and charts are included.

A collection of twenty lessons with science and math activities that use live insects.

A very thorough look at the world of insects. This site examines the 32 orders of insects and gives a complete explanation of the characteristics of each order. Text is supplemented with pictures.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Insects have different types of appendages adapted for capturing and feeding on prey. They also have special senses that help them detect prey. Furthermore, insects...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Insects, with over a million described species, are the most diverse group of animals on Earth. They may be found in nearly all environments on the planet. No matter...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Many insects are considered to be pests by humans. However, insects are also very important for numerous reasons. Learn more about the importance of insects in this...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Most insects can reproduce quickly within a short period of time, which means they evolve faster and can adjust to environmental changes. Most reproduce by sexual...

An extensive list of elementary insect crafts. Each activity contains a list of everyday materials, and detailed instructions.

Wikipedia offers detailed information on insects, invertebrate animals of the class Insecta.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Ladybugs won't hurt you. But they are dangerous to some other insects! Ladybugs eat plant-harming bugs known as aphids. Since they have an appetite for aphids,...

A vey in-depth look at the life cycle of insects. You will learn about the metamorphisis and reproduction of insects.

Giant deadly hornets, gorgeous fluttering butterflies and stealthy crawling stink bugs: readers cannot tear their eyes away from these fascinating creatures. They can discover these and more mesmerizing world insects in Expedition:...

As an online exhibit from the Natural History Museum, this site examines many different subtopics stemming from a study on both insects and spiders. Several of the subtopics include spider bites, bumblebees, moths, edible insects,...

Discover everything you can about various species of insects including the cicada, the diving beetle and the mosquito.