Nature Camp 1998- Insect Survival

Weekly Overview for 7-8 year olds,

Monday- What is an insect?

• Introduction of teachers and students
• Create a nametag and take home sack
• Let's see what we can find?
• Explanation of an Insect
• Play a Part
• Song- What makes an insect an insect?
• Let's read!
• Nets
• Collecting containers
• Starting a collection
• Insect ice-cream
• Journal decoration and writing

Tuesday- Ants Are Fun!

• Time to Eat
• Lets Get Us Some Insects (4 habitats)
• Let's Build an Ant Farm
• The World of Ants
• Amazing Anthony Ant and Ant Cities
• A-Maze-ing Ants
• Ant pheromone game
• Eat an ant mound
• Plant a flower
• Journal Activity

Wednesday- Bee Day

• Going on a bee hunt
• Bee costumes
• Exploring bees in the discovery room
• Waggle Dance
• Honeycomb Frames
• Share insect collections and pets
• Outside reading
• In a Beehive (video)
• Honey butter
• Baby Bumble Bee song
• Journal Activity

Thursday- Butterflies and Bees

• Going on a Butterfly hunt
• Where's that Butterfly?
• Poem- Fuzzy Wuzzy (Butterflies)
• Butterfly characteristics
• Let's see how they change- A Butterfly is Born by Melvin Berger
• Egg Carton Caterpillars
• Butterfly Symmetry
• Guided Imagery- "A Day in the Life of a Butterfly"
• Read- Butterfly Alphabet Book by Kjell B. Sandved
• What is the Difference?
• Video- The Very Hungry Caterpillar
• What is a beetle? What is a ladybug?
• Paper plate lady bugs activity- symmetry
• Lady bug key chain activity-symmetry
• How tasty is your beetle?
• Read- Amazing Beetles by John Still
• Read- The Ladybug and Other Insects by Gallaimard Jeunesse
• Interview with a Beetle

Friday- Entomologist Graduation

• Decorate T-shirt
• Scavenger Hunt
• Make Flip Book
• Insect Card Game
• Insect Bingo
• Puzzles
• Preparation for graduation/parents

Slide show

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