Ed Koday
Ivy Hall: Grasshopper
Hop to it! See several images and facts of grasshoppers. Click on the images for more information.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Grasshoppers
Kids learn about the Grasshopper, high jumping insects that make music with their legs and wings.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Mearn's Grasshopper Mouse
Grasshopper Mice are adapted to a predatory lifestyle. Their molar teeth have high-cusped shearing surfaces for puncturing and slicing, and their biting strength is increased through enlarged muscle attachments on the lower jaw and...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Southern Grasshopper Mouse
Southern Grasshopper Mice are also known as scorpion Mice: they are able to kill (and then eat) scorpions, by first immobilizing the venomous tail and then biting the head. They also prey on beetles that secrete defensive chemicals from...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Northern Grasshopper Mouse
Northern Grasshopper Mice are highly predatory, and their skulls and teeth resemble those of flesh-eating carnivores such as cats and dogs. Their forelimbs, equipped with elongated fingers and claws, have developed great dexterity, so...
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Grasshoppers
Grasshoppers are found all over the world. Some basic facts about these insects are found here along with some pictures.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Grasshopper by Anton Chekhov
Read the full text of the short story "The Grasshopper" by Anton Chekhov.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Electronics and Solar Energy With a Robot Bug
In this science fair project, use the "frightened grasshopper" solar-powered toy to explore how solar energy is converted into kinetic energy. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract,...
Read Works
Read Works: Ant and Grasshopper
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It contains questions and teacher guides and...
University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts, Amherst: Aesop's Fables: "Ant and the Grasshopper"
The importance of planning is the moral of this tale, written both in its traditional version and in a more modernized rendition.
Iowa State University
Iowa State University: Orthopteran Dissection
This is a simple animation that shows an outline of a grasshopper. Different systems can be clicked on to show the different organs. This could be very helpful prior to dissections!
Seeker
Seeker: Week of 10 28 13: Scorpion Eating Mice Feel No Sting
Article reports on the scientific discovery that the venom of a scorpion has an unusual reaction in grasshopper mice, actually blocking the mouse from feeling pain instead of inducing it.
PBS
Nova: Master of the Killer Ants: Bugs You Can Eat
The interactive tutorial examines entomophagy (insect-eating). Some examples of bugs you can eat are witchetty grubs, silkworm pupae, and grasshoppers. The activity consists of a printable version and interactive version.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Grasshopper
Learn about the appearance, diet, habitat, conservation status, and other fun facts about this jumping insect.
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: "The Jungle Book" by Kipling (Full Text)
This site presents the full text of Rudyard Kipling's book, "The Jungle Book." Content includes a brief summary.
University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts, Amherst: Aesop's Fables
Work your way through the moral tales of Aesop. Table of context provides links to traditional tellings and modernized versions. Videos and original illustrations help tell the stories.
Language Guide
Language Guide: Los Insectos
Colorful pictures display various types of insects. You can hear the correct Spanish pronunciation and see the correct spelling by holding your mouse over the picture.
Other
Insectclopedia: Lesson Plans
A very comprehensive site from pedagonet.com that includes lesson plans on insects for all ages and grade levels. Learners will enjoy learning about insects as you employ these engaging lesson plans in your own classroom.
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