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Learn How to Make an Insect Zoo or a Caterpillar/ Butterfly Farm

Due to the replacement of the wetlands by commercial and private businesses and residents many natural habitats of butterflies have become scarce, especially the Monarch Butterfly. This butterfly is a signature insect that is not endangered, but sensitive. Young students can learn about insects, how to identify them and provide a healthy environment for them. The world will go on as usual with or without them, it just wont be as aesthetically pleasing. This instructional design is provided to help young people learn and grow to appreciate nature.The Adventures of Ammon and AddisonOne day Ammon went to visit his cousin, Addi, and to see her new rabbit. They played with Oreo.

Can I have a pet , Ammon asked his mother?

No, said his mom. We live in an apartment and no pets are allowed.I know, said his mother, you can make an insect zoo and a butterfly farm. They will be your pets.

Hooray! said Ammon.Making an insect zoo is simple.

#1 Have someone older help you punch many holes in a clean lid.

Click on each number to see what to do.#2 Put some stickers on a empty, clean, glass bottle.#3 Add some grass and twigs to the inside of the bottle. For extra decoration, you may want to color a backdrop.Sometimes when you try to find insects, they are hard to see because there is something called camouflage.Camouflage is a disguise that causes the insects to blend in with their surroundings.Can you find the insect? Look closely. Click on the picture to find the insect.

Ammon is outside collecting bugs for his insect zoo.Help Ammon learn what an insect is. Remember to look closely in case an insect is using camouflage.

Click on the picture to find what an insect is.

What is an insect?An insect is a little creature that has:

Six (6) jointed legs

Three (3) body parts

An outside skeleton

How many legs does an insect have? Click on the animal that is an insect. Remember to count the legs. Great! You found the insect.

An insect has 6 legs.

Try again. An elephant has 4 legs.Which one is the insect?Click on the picture.A parrot has 2 legs. Try again.

Look for the animal with 6 legs. A lizard has 4 legs.

Awesome! You did it! Did you count the legs?Click on the insects with 6 legs.

No. A spider has 8 legs.Yes! A ladybug has 6 legs.Yes! A fly is an insect.No. Snails have only 1 leg.An insect has 3 body parts.

Click on the insect to name the body parts.The head is the top part.

The thorax in the middle part.

The abdomen is the bottom part.

Click on the arrows to find the body parts.Remember an insect has 3 body parts.

The headThe abdomenThe thoraxHow many body parts does an insect have?Click on the lines to count the body parts.

231Find the 3 body parts on each insect.Click on each line divider of each insect and find the 3 body parts.

HeadThoraxAbdomenHeadThoraxAbdomenAn insect has an exoskeleton or a skeleton .

Click on the picture to find where the exoskeleton is found.It is found on the outside of the insects body.

Click on the skeleton that is on the outside of the animals body.Great! The skeleton is on the outside.Try again. The horses skeleton is found on the inside.

Lets compare. Can you find the animals with an inside skeleton? Insects have an outside skeleton.

A dragonfly has a skeleton on the outside of its body.The crocodiles skeleton in on the inside.If you accidentally step on an insect, you will hear a crunch. Thats the skeleton breaking apart.

Good Job! You have made an insect zoo and found an insect or two.Is a butterfly an insect?Click on the picture to find the answer.

Is a caterpillar an insect?Click on the picture to find the answer.

Yes! 6 legs, 3 body parts and an exoskeleton.

A caterpillar is going to turn into a butterfly. Lets see how! Complete MetamorphosisSome insects go through 4 stages of growth. None of the young look like the adult. Click on the adult.

This is the adult.

Stage 1: These are butterfly eggs.Butterflies lay their eggs on the leaf of the plant that they eat.

Look on the leaf of a milk weed to find some eggs of the Monarch butterfly.

Click to watch where the Monarch butterfly lays its eggs.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjwDrMsk5IY&feature=related

Stage 2: When the egg hatches a little caterpillar comes out.A new caterpillar is called a 1instar. It is really little.

The caterpillar eats and grows and changes into a 2instar and then a 3instar.

Stage 3: The 5instar caterpillar is ready to make a chrysalis. Click on the link to see the butterfly spin the cocoon.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKjG1vm5F84&NR=1Here are some different spun pupas.

Some caterpillars look really scary, but dont worry. They are using a scare tactic so nobody will eat them.Click on the link to see the scariest caterpillar of all in action. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lD00Err6CY

Caterpillars change 4 times. When they turn into a 5instar they are ready to make a chrysalis.Click on the numbers to put the caterpillars in order of age.1

2345Stage 4: The pupa opens up and out comes the butterfly.Click on the link to see the cocoon open up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjduur9YyVA&feature=relatedIt looks different! It doesnt look like an egg, or a caterpillar or a pupa.

The butterfly life cycle has 4 stages: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis and adult. Look at the pictures. Which one is missing?

Click on the picture to find the missing stage.

the eggOh! Oh! Sometimes another butterfly tries to copy a butterfly. This is called mimicry.

Monarch butterflies taste nasty and birds wont eat them. The Viceroy butterfly tries to look like the Monarch so birds wont eat him.Look at the hind wings. The Viceroy has an extra black line going across the wings. Look at the hind wings again. The Monarch does NOT have an extra black line going across.Lets see if we can remember all the things that insects use so they wont get killed or eaten by an animal.MimicryCamouflageScare tacticsAnother tactic is smell. Some insects use a bad, bad, bad smell so other animals will leave them alone.Some insects are great fighters. They have a stingers and it hurts if they sting you. Have you had a bee sting?