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Bugscope Project

Bugscope Project. Lindsay Johnson Education 140. Spiders!.

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Bugscope Project

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  1. Bugscope Project Lindsay Johnson Education 140

  2. Spiders! • Spiders are invertebrate animals that fall within the classification of arachnids. They have two body parts, the head and thorax and the abdomen, eight legs, and do not have wings. Unlike many insects, spiders do not have antennae. Instead, they use their legs as feelers. All spiders produce a thin protein strand called silk, which is excreted from the end of their abdomen with the aid of internal organs called spinnerets. • Spiders use this silk to create webs used to trap their prey. Webs are also useful to spiders for climbing, building walls for burrows, wrapping and holding prey, and building egg sacs. Eggs that are packed in the female spider’s egg sac are the means of spider reproduction. The male spider usually performs a mating dance, then quickly fertilizes the female’s eggs before she uses her predatory instincts to attack him. • The life cycle of a spider has three stages; the embryonic (egg is fertilized and spider hatches and begins to resemble adult), the larval (adult), and the nympho-imaginal (begins to hunt on its own). The life span of a spider is about one year. Some can survive longer; for example, the tarantulas can live up to 20 years! Spiders are found in virtually every part of the world, but vary in type and name. A few of the more common spiders found in North America include orb weavers, jumping spiders, black widows, and tarantulas.

  3. Photos of Spiders: 1. Digital Image of a Wolf Spider, as seen on Bugscope website using ESEM. 2. Google photo of a spider. (http://www.ojibway.ca/spiders.htm) 3. Hand-drawn picture of a spider.

  4. Connection to NSES: • GOOD SCIENCE PROGRAMS REQUIRE ACCESS TO THE WORLD BEYOND THE CLASSROOM. District and school leaders must allocate financial support to provide opportunities for students to investigate the world outside the classroom. Communication technology has made it possible for anyone to access readily people throughout the world. This communication technology should be easily accessible to students. • PROGRAM STANDARD D:The K-12 science program must give students access to appropriate and sufficient resources, including quality teachers, time, materials and equipment, adequate and safe space, and the community. • This standard connects to the Bugscope Project because it requires educators to utilize technology to communicate with the world beyond the classroom. Bugscope is a program that allows students to chat live with other classrooms and bug experts as they explore microscopic images of bugs on the web.

  5. Authenticity of Technology: • Both the microscopes and ESEM allow students to see what normally couldn’t be seen with their everyday vision. The technology lets students observe the anatomy and structure of insects, make inferences, and generate questions. They can apply what they learn in class from diagrams to actual live insect specimens. The online live chat session also allows students to talk with insect experts and ask quality questions to discover even more information.

  6. Literature Resources: 1. “The Best Book of Bugs” by Claire Llewellyn. This book is recommended for grades 3-5. While the information is a bit oversimplified, it highlights the general physical and behavioral differences as well as the life cycles of about two dozen arthropods. 2. “From Caterpillar to Butterfly” by Deborah Heiligman, Illustrated by Bari Weissman. This book is for grades Pre-K through 1st grade. It a beginning science book for students just learning to read, but the pictures are of the close-up stages of the process of butterfly metamorphosis. 3. “The Big Book of Bugs” by Theresa Greenaway. This book is better for older elementary children, grades 2-5. The book contains real-life enlarged photographs of the different insects, which show parts of their body close up. The photographs include detailed and factual information.

  7. Bugscope Applied: • 1. Bugscope can be used to connect to a literature/writing/art activity. Students can choose to research one bug of their choice, and create a class presentation on it. They would be required to gather all factual data about where the bug lives, what it eats, how it reproduces, etc. They would include several photos of the bug, including digital microscopic images from Bugscope. The students could create a visual aid of their choice by using a poster, scientifically accurate model sculpture of bug, powerpoint presentation, etc. 2. Bugscope could also be used in a creative writing assignment. The digital images of bugs seen in the Bugscope website could be the starting point of an imaginative and creative story that children would enjoy writing. To make sure science is being linked, students would have to weave several scientific and factual pieces of information into their story.

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