InsectsInsectsOrganisms and Organisms and EnvironmentEnvironment

Key Learning:Key Learning:Insects can be helpful and harmful to Insects can be helpful and harmful to the environment.the environment.

All living things have needs and must All living things have needs and must depend on and interact with resources depend on and interact with resources in the environment in order to survive.in the environment in order to survive.

Key LearningKey Learning: : Basic Basic NeedsNeeds

Lesson Essential QuestionsLesson Essential Questions What are the basic needs of insects?What are the basic needs of insects? How do insects depend on their How do insects depend on their

environment?environment?

Basic needs of insectsBasic needs of insects

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How do insects depend on How do insects depend on their environment?their environment?

Environment:Environment:treestreesgrassgrassdirtdirtflowersflowersdesertdesertwaterwaterArcticArcticrain forestrain forest

Key Learning:Key Learning:CharacteristicsCharacteristics

Lesson Essential QuestionsLesson Essential Questions What does an insect look like? What does an insect look like? What are the characteristics and What are the characteristics and

functions of an insect’s body parts?functions of an insect’s body parts?

Insect bodiesInsect bodies

Characteristics and Characteristics and functions of an insect’s functions of an insect’s body partsbody parts

Key Learning:Key Learning:Similarities and Similarities and DifferencesDifferences

Lesson Essential QuestionLesson Essential Question How can we determine the difference How can we determine the difference

between an insect and an arachnid?between an insect and an arachnid?

Sort the spider and insects

Differences between an Differences between an insect and an arachnidinsect and an arachnid

Insect Arachnid

Key Learning:Key Learning:Life CyclesLife Cycles

Lesson Essential QuestionsLesson Essential Questions What is the life cycle of an insect?What is the life cycle of an insect? How do living things change over time?How do living things change over time? What would happen if organisms didn’t What would happen if organisms didn’t

change?change? What are the similarities and differences What are the similarities and differences

between the life cycles of organisms?between the life cycles of organisms?

Life Cycle of an InsectLife Cycle of an Insect

Cut the pictures apart. Glue each insect’s life cycle in the correct order on your paper.

Life cycles of other Life cycles of other organismsorganisms

Movie from IMC

Similarities and differences Similarities and differences between the life cycles of between the life cycles of organismsorganisms

Similarities Differences

•Everything starts as an eggEverything starts as an eggEverything has adultsEverything has adultsEverything gets biggerEverything gets bigger

•Some have larva, some don’t

•Some animals are born, some are hatched

How do insects impact our How do insects impact our environment?environment?

Positive Impact (helpful) Negative Impact (harmful)

Bees make honey and wax.

Bees help flowers and trees bloom and have fruit.

Ladybugs eat aphids.

Insects eat clothes.

Insects eat wood.

Flies eat our food and leave germs on the food.

Mosquitoes carry disease can make you sick

Mosquitos can bite you and make you itch

Key Learning:Key Learning:PestsPests

Lesson Essential QuestionLesson Essential Question How do insects impact our environment?How do insects impact our environment?

Key Learning:Key Learning:EnvironmentEnvironment

Lesson Essential QuestionLesson Essential Question What is the relationship between humans What is the relationship between humans

and their environment?and their environment? How do organisms react to How do organisms react to

environmental change?environmental change?

Humans and their Humans and their environmentenvironment

Organisms react to Organisms react to environmental changeenvironmental change

Construction Pollution Global Warming

Your Final ProjectYour Final Project

You just discovered a new insect! Present You just discovered a new insect! Present your insect to the class. Be ready to:your insect to the class. Be ready to:

Show a picture of your insect;Show a picture of your insect; Explain its body parts and their functions;Explain its body parts and their functions; Tell where it lives;Tell where it lives; Tell what it needs to survive;Tell what it needs to survive; Explain its life cycle;Explain its life cycle; Tell if it helps or harms the environmentTell if it helps or harms the environment