Young scholars develop an ant colony that adults and children can visit. Students create different areas including places where tourists can view live ants, play ant games, research facts about ants, and create ant art. Young scholars...

Third graders investigate how manduca sees and they discuss what they think the manduca might be thinking. They write a story about what an insect sees and does from the insect's perspective.

Students gain an appreciation of nature by teaching them about the life cycle of the butterfly. They set up a terrarium so they can observe the changes a caterpillar goes through.

Producers, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, decomposers. To begin a study of the forest ecosystem, learners examine the connections among the members of ecological communities.

Arts Edge at the Kennedy Center provides this lesson plan for teachers of ESOL young scholars that integrates music into language arts. Students create their own poetry while listening to music about bugs and birds.

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

Here are some fun family projects to do at home involving bugs.

This video segment from Wild TV takes a closer look at backyard bugs, their habitat and characteristics. [2:48]

An extensive list of activities, songs, poems, and fingerplays are listed by alphabet-soup.com. Additional recipes, art projects, and literature connections are also included.

Insect activities for early elementary students are pictured and described on this resource.

The University of Kentucky provides information and activities about insects for each month of the year. Projects include art and observational activities.

What do you know about Eric Carle, the author? This Carol Hurst site highlights some interesting facts about this author's life and refers to some of his books.