Dr Ming Zhang

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What Is An Insect?

• Dr Ming Zhang
• Prepared for First Grade Science Lesson on Insects

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An Insect is...

• An animal that has three body parts and six legs.
  
• Ants and bees are each a kind of insect.

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Body Parts

• Exoskeleton
• Head
• Thorax
• Abdomen

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What You Need to Do Now
You need to get a piece of paper and a pencil.
Or you can click the button to print out an
activity sheet.
Circle Yes if it is an insect. Circle No if it is
not an insect.
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Is this an Insect?
A beetle
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Is this an Insect?
A spider
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Is this an Insect?
A crab
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Is this an Insect?
A fly
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Is this an Insect?
A worm
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Is this an Insect?
A spiderman
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Is this an Insect?
A centipede
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Is this an Insect?
A dragonfly
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How well did you do?

• Time to check the answers.

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Answers
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References

• Canizares, S. (1998) What do insects do?
  Scholastic Inc.New York.
• Canizares, S. (1998) Where do insects live?
  Scholastic Inc.New York.
• Reid, M (1998). Bugs, bugs, bugs! Scholastic
  Inc.New York.
• MSN Learning and Research at http//encarta.msn.co
  m/encnet/features/home.aspx

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Activity Sheet