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Recommended for: Grades 3-12

Resource: Moths

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Media Type:
QuickTime Video

Length: 4m 10s
Size: 11.5 MB

This WILD TV segment shows program host, Wali Collins and entomologist Mark Hostetler conducting an experiment on moths’ attraction to light. Moths use the moon to navigate at night, the reason they are attracted to outdoor artificial white lights. Mark and Wali go to a dark spot at night and turn on a white light. Moths and other insects soon arrive and land on Wali near the light with one moth even beginning to lay eggs on Wali. At the end of the segment we also learn frogs and lizards are attracted to light; they know there will be insects around to eat.

Teachers' Domain, Moths , published October 8, 2008, retrieved on ,
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The following suggestions are best suited for elementary or middle 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) What is a main idea statement? How do details from a story support the main idea statement?

Focus (ELA) Determine the main idea of the video segment you are about to see. Keep in mind that details throughout the segment will support the main idea.

Frame (SCI) Do you have a light outside the door at your house that you turn on at night sometimes? What happens sometimes when you turn on a light outside at night?

Focus (SCI) Learn about why moths are attracted to light at night and to what kind of light they are attracted.