Museum Kits
INSECT INVESTIGATOINS ENCOUNTER KIT
Photos
Activity #1: Insect Adaptations Activity
10 Kaleidoscope lenses
30 Plastic insect models
20 Magnifying lenses
Plasmo-mounts:
1 Insect leg adaptation plasmo-mount
1 Honey bee head plasmo-mount
1 Grasshopper head and mouthparts plasmo-mount
1 Nature Scope - Incredible Insects
Insect Legs and Insect Mouths poster
5 Boxes with insect specimens (oversize)
4 Insect posters (oversize) (also used in Activity #2)
Dragonflies
Beetles
Bees, Wasps, and Ants
Bugs
Activity #2: Insect Diversity
Insect specimens:
5 June Bugs - Coleoptera
5 Paper Wasps - Hymenoptera
5 OBIS Activity Lawn Guides
Animal Diversity - OBIS Activity - (3 sheets)
Reading Rainbow video tape - Bugs
4-H Entomology Manual
Insect Order plasmo-mount
Activity #3: Invent An Insect
Invent an Animal - OBIS Activity (2 sheets)
2 Insect specimens:
Morpho Butterfly
Monarch Butterfly
Activity #4: How Many Can There Bee?
1 Vial of plastic Ants
Bean Bugs - OBIS Activity (2 sheets)
Activity #5: Snug As A Bug
5 Bagworm homes
5 Paper Wasp’s nests
Snug as a Bug - OBIS Activity (2 sheets)
1 large paper wasp nest
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