Insect or Spider?

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Insect or Spider?

• Created By
• Joanne H. Swatt
• Second Grade

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Become an Expert!

• Introduction
• Task
• Process
• Step 1 How do they look?
• Step 2 How are they similar and different?
• Step 3 Where do they live? What do they eat?
• Step 4 Which insect and spider is your favorite?
  
• Evaluation
• Conclusion

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Introduction

• Is that an insect or a spider?
• In this webquest you will explore the world of
  insects and spiders by,
• 1- collecting information about them,
• 2- completing activities to show how they are
  different.
• At the end of this webquest you will be an
  expert on insects and spiders.
• Enjoy your adventure!

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Task

• Your job is to become an expert!
• Use the websites to answer these questions with
  your partner
• How do they look?
• How are they similar and different?
• Where do they live? What do they eat?
• Which insect and spider is your favorite?
• At the end, you and your partner will be an
  expert on insects and spiders!

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Process Step 1 How do they look?

• Click on each green word below to learn about the
  anatomy (body parts) of each bug.
• Song Insects Spiders
• Print the organizers, and label each bug.
• Insect Anatomy Spider Anatomy

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Process Step 2How are they similar and
different?

• Click on each website and learn how insects and
  spiders are the same and different.
• Insect and Spider Facts
• The Spider Web
• Spiders EEK!
• Brain Pop Spiders Video
• Brain Pop Insects Video
• Insects are Everywhere
• 2. Use this Venn Diagram to show their
  similarities and differences.

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Process Step 3Where do they live?What do they
eat?

• 1. Click on each question to gather facts about
  spiders and insects.
• Where do insects live? Where do spiders
  live?
• What do insects eat? What do spiders
  eat?
• 2. Click on the Fact Log to identify an insects
  
• and a spiders habitat and what they eat.

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Process Step 4Which are your favorite?

• 1. With your partner, choose one insect and one
  spider.
• Write 3 facts about each. Draw an illustration
  to show what it looks like.
• Here are some websites to explore!
• Butterflies Spider Photos Spiders!
• Insects Bug Facts Which spider is it?

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Evaluation
Independent 3 Progressing 2 Needs improvement 1
Step 1 Completes the spider and insect anatomy with no more than two mistakes. Completes the spider and insect anatomy with no more than 4 mistakes. Completes the spider and insect anatomy with 5 or more mistakes.
Step 2 Has at least 2 similarities and 3 differences. Has only 1 similarity and 2 differences. Missing either the similarities or differences.
Step 3 Identifies where the bugs live and what they eat using details from the websites. Identifies a few places each bug lives and some of what they eat. Only identifies where the bugs live or what they eat.
Step 4 Writes 3 facts about an insect and a spider with matching illustrations. Writes 2 facts about an insect and a spider with matching illustrations. Writes 1 or no facts for an insect and a spider with matching illustrations.
Spelling and Neatness Only a few spelling errors and handwriting is neat. More than five spelling errors and handwriting is mostly neat. Most of the activities have many spelling errors and handwriting is messy.
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Conclusion

• Congratulations! You are now ready to research
  an insect or spider for the Reading Research Lab
  Program. Enjoy reading nonfiction books about
  the bug you choose. Use facts from this webquest
  and Reading Research Lab books as you make a book
  about your bug. Good luck and have fun!

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Credits References

• Thank you to the following websites for their
  fabulous facts about insects and spiders!
• http//www.songsforteaching.com/intellitunes/spide
  rorinsect.htm
• http//biokeys.berkeley.edu/inverts/insect_anatomy
  .html
• http//www.howstuffworks.com/spider1.htm
• http//www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id4
  629
• http//sln.fi.edu/qa99/spotlight5/
• http//www.tooter4kids.com/Spiders/Spiders.htm
• http//www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/sp
  iders/preview.weml
• http//www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/in
  sects/preview.weml
• http//www.insecta-inspecta.com/
• http//library.thinkquest.org/5767/
• http//www.termapest.co.nz/kids_corner.html2
• http//www.termapest.co.nz/kids_corner.html2
• http//www.tooter4kids.com/Spiders/eating.htm
• http//www.kidsbutterfly.org/
• http//www.uark.edu/dksander/spiders.html
• http//www.bugfacts.net/insects.shtml
• http//www.pocanticohills.org/spiders/spiders2.htm