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Recommended for: Grades 1-4

Resource: Backyard Bugs

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Media Type:
QuickTime Video

Length: 2m 48s
Size: 7.7 MB

Do you like insects? In this video from Wild TV, you will see and hear about many different kinds of insects. Some crawl like spiders and centipedes, while others fly, walk on water and even flip and click. You will learn the names of some interesting-looking insects. You will also learn how to be safe around dangerous spiders and how to identify male and female Dobson flies. By listening and watching closely, you can tell how the speakers feel about the various insects by the ways the speakers react to and talk about the insects.

Teachers' Domain, Backyard Bugs, published August 26, 2008, retrieved on ,
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The following suggestions are best suited for elementary school students using this video in an English language arts or science lesson. Be sure to modify the questions to meet your students' instructional needs.

Frame (ELA) How might a person who likes spiders describe, talk about and react to them? In comparison, how would a person who does not like spiders describe, talk about and react to them?

Focus (ELA) As you watch the video, listen to the words the speakers use to talk about the insects. Note the actions and reactions of the speakers and the ways the insects are described.

Frame (SCI) What do you know about the many different types of insects there are? How are they alike and different from each other?

Focus (SCI) Observe the environment (habitat) of the insects in the video and how the insects interact with the environment.