Entomology Fun

We are going on the second week and I have not even had a chance to blog on this fun project for Sean! I am so glad Sean likes this project and 4H provides this opportunity for him.

The last two weeks the 4Hers have learned about:

Classification (King Phillip cried out, "For goodness sake!")
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species

Parts of an insect (They had fun drawing insects for this part of the lesson!)

Head
Abdomen (legs and wings attached here)
Thorax

They also have learned the importance of insects to our environment.

Now they have begun the review of the orders that will be presented to them at contest.

Mantodea (Mantids)
Phasmatodea (Walking Sticks)
Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)

Odonata (Damselflies and Dragonflies)

Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, katydids)

Blattodea (Roaches)

Isoptera (Termites)

These are just a few of the ones they will need to know...a few more weeks to learn.