LaDyBuGs!

Melissa Wing

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BugScope!

Ladybug Puvillus

Ladybug Eye

Ladybug Claw

Ladybug Palp

Definitions:Pulvillus - a soft, padlike structure located at

the base of each claw on the feet of certain insects; by which it clings to a surface.

Palp - A segmented organ extending from the mouthparts of arthropods, the functions of which includes sensation, locomotion, and feeding. Also called palpus.

National Science Education Standard

Life Science: Content Standard C

Including (1) The characteristics of organisms (2) life cycles of organisms and (3) organisms and environments. All of the subcategories of this standard can be completed in relation to the bugscope activity. The ladybug is an organism that is often encountered in everyday life (according to the standards: “Because the child's world at grades K-4 is closely associated with the home, school, and immediate environment, the study of organisms should include observations and interactions within the natural world of the child”). After looking at this insect closely using bugscope, there are numerous activities that can be related to ladybugs and will help to address the rest of the life science standards. The tradebooks (mentioned in later slides) will help the students learn more about ladybugs: their life, their characteristics, and their enviornment. All of these things learned will help the young students in their future scientific encounters.

Technology Authenticity

The use of this technology in classrooms is an authentic approach to learning. Bugscope is an inquiry based session that trained and educated professionals run. The students are able to visualize and gain anunderstanding for bugs that would otherwise not be comprehendible. Students have the opportunity to ask questions and have valid and reliable answers instantly.

Connection to Literature SourcesAre You A Ladybug? by Judy Allen is a charming book that introduces students to a day in the life of a ladybug. Young children will be fascinated by the world of this tiny living creature that can be found right in their back yard!

The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle is a funny story about an anti-hero ladybug. He was impolite and conceded and always ready to pick a fight, but he soon met his match. This book invites children to explore the concepts of time, size, shape and manners. They will laugh and learn from the ladybug how to be a better/nicer person.

This Scholastic book The Ladybug: and Other Insects is a great book with true scientfic references. This is a helpful tool for students who want to learn more complex facts (more detailed facts than may be found in a tradebook/story).

A Ladybug’s Life by John Himmelman is a scientifically accurate tradebook that takes students on a journey around the world from a ladybug’s perspective. The story follows the ladybug as is searches for food, faces its enemies, and encounters humans.

Bugscope & Other Curricular AreasMath: Ladybugs can be used to lead a math lesson. For example:

their spots can be used as an addition problem. A student could have a worksheet or construction paper cut-outs (or even create ladybugs of their own!) of ladybugs with all different numbers of spots, the student could then use them as an addition problem and add the number of spots (with ladybug models as visuals).

Literacy/Geography: Ladybugs could also be used in a literacy lesson. For example: students could (after reading some of the tradebooks provided on the previous slides) create a tradebook of their own, telling the story of their ladybug’s life. The students could also take this a step further and create a story about all the places their ladybug as been in the world (incorporating literacy and geography).

http://www.celticbug.com/Real/Bugs1.html

http://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/look_around

http://dictionary.reference.com

http://www.fastq.com/~jbpratt/education/theme/animals/ladybugs.html (& amazon.com)

http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/6c.html#csck4

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