What's Bugging You?

Entomology 2: NATIONAL SCIENCE EDUCATION STANDARDS: GRADES 5-8

 

CONTENT STANDARDS

Chapter One

 

Sights & sounds

A, Use appropriate tools & techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data

E, design a solution or product; communicate the process of technological design

F, science & technology in society

Dots Before my eyes

A, Use appropriate tools & techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data; develop descriptions, explanations, predictions, and modeling using evidence; think critically and logically to make the relationships between evidence and explanations; communicate scientific procedures and explanations; use mathematics

C, diversity & adaptations of organisms

G, nature of science

Designer Bugs

A, develop descriptions, explanations, predictions, and modeling using evidence; communicate scientific procedures and explanations

C, diversity & adaptations of organisms; structure & function in living systems

E, design a solution or product; communicate the process of technological design

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter Two

 

Swatting just doesn’t cut it

A, Use appropriate tools & techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data; think critically and logically to make the relationships between evidence and explanations; use mathematics

C, populations & ecosystems; regulation & behavior

E, understandings about science & technology

 

Bugs are my life

F, Science & technology in society

G, science as a human endeavor

Are we there yet?

A, Use appropriate tools & techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data

C, structure & function in living systems; populations & ecosystems

How Sweet it is

A, Use appropriate tools & techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data; develop descriptions, explanations, predictions, and modeling using evidence; think critically and logically to make the relationships between evidence and explanations; communicate scientific procedures and explanations; use mathematics

C, structure & function in living systems

G, nature of science

Chapter Three

 

Baby Buggy Bumpers

A, Use appropriate tools & techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data; communicate scientific procedures and explanation

C, structure & function in living systems

Things that Buzz in the Night

A, Use appropriate tools & techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data; communicate scientific procedures and explanations

C, structure & function in living systems; regulation & behavior; diversity & adaptations of organisms

GrassHOPper To It

A, Use appropriate tools & techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data; communicate scientific procedures and explanation

C, structure & function in living systems; diversity & adaptations of organisms

Peek-A-Bug

A, Use appropriate tools & techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data; communicate scientific procedures and explanation

C, structure & function in living systems; diversity & adaptations of organisms

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter Four

 

Think Little

A, Use appropriate tools & techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data; communicate scientific procedures and explanation

C, structure & function in living systems

Bring ‘em Back Alive

A, Use appropriate tools & techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data; communicate scientific procedures and explanation

C, structure & function in living systems

Read the Label, Mabel

A, Use appropriate tools & techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data; communicate scientific procedures and explanation

F, Risks & benefits; science & technology in society