South Dakota State Library

Jumpstart 2008

Activities and Handouts -- Photo Gallery -- February Workshop

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Websites

General

South Dakota GF&P activities for Kids
Bug activities and more for all the year! Also information about the No Child Left Inside program!
The Virtual Insectary
The Virtual Insectary not only provides images of some common insects, but includes information on the foods which they eat as well as the habitats where they can be found. Excellent photographs and close ups of insects.
Young Entomologists Society
Organization kids can join to share their interest in bugs with other kids.
Origami Butterfly
Decorate your library with these cute butterflies!
Journey North: A Global Study of Wildlife Migration and Seasonal Change
Journey North engages students in a global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change. K-12 students share their own field observations with classmates across North America. They track the coming of spring through the migration patterns of Monarch butterflies, robins, hummingbirds, whooping cranes, gray whales, bald eagles — and other birds and mammals; the budding of plants, changing sunlight; and other natural events. Find migration maps, pictures, standards-based lesson plans, activities and information to help students make local observations and fit them into a global context. Widely considered a best-practices model for education, Journey North is the nation's premiere "citizen science" project for children. The general public is welcome to participate.
Iowa State’s Tasty Insect Recipes
Even featured on Leno one year…… uses real insects
Bug Food I: Insect Themed Food
For the less adventurous – this only looks like bugs. For those of you who are willing to give insects a try, go to:
- Bugfood II: Insects as Food!?!
- Bugfood III: Insect Snacks from Around the World
What’s That Bug?
I love it – when they redesigned their website they wrote that they are undergoing a “metamorphosis”! Great play on both of the CSLP themes. Great site with a lot of photos, information and commentary from the WTB folks and reader submissions.
The Ugly Bug Band
Website for an indie Canadian band described as a combination of big band and ska. The MP3 links on the their home page wouldn’t download for me, but a quick look at Myspace found them at www.myspace.com/uglybugband and you can hear their tunes there. Fun stuff.
Bug-Themed Party Ideas for Kids
Bug Central
In bug land you can learn about bugs, play bug games, make bug crafts, look at bug pictures, and much more!
Koday's Kids Amazing Insects!
A Grand Look at Grasshoppers
From Canadian Geographic Magazine’s website. Includes sections called: Friend or Foe?, Pest Detective, It’s a Bug’s Life, Grasshopper Anatomy, Literary Hoppers, and more.
Butterfly Website
The complete website for butterfly lovers, gardeners, teachers, students, and farmers. You’ll find butterfly clip art, inspirational stories, butterfly gardening tips, and more.
Milwaukee Public Museum’s Puelicher Butterfly Wing
Description of one of the best exhibits at the MPM.
Digital Dragonflies
An online collection of dragonflies of all types. Shows specimens at high resolution, and includes a link to the online Dragonfly Museum. Includes information on the hardware and software used to scan photos of the dragonflies and descriptive lists of specimens.
Insects in Art
- Insecta Inspecta World
  Brief historical perspective on the portrayal of insects in ancient art.
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts
  From a teacher resource page at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts website.
Insects (and Other Arthropods) in Literature
Humanity has been reflecting on insects for a very long time. In the Cave of Spiders near Valencia, Spain, there is a 6000-year-old petroglyph that depicts the gathering of wild honey. The Chauvet Cave paintings of southern France are, at 30,000 years of age, the oldest works of art known to us. Amidst the riot of horses, lions and rhinos on the cave walls are apparent images of butterflies and centipedes. Likewise, the oral and written traditions of many peoples include stories that feature insects or other arthropods. Throughout time, these animals have been used by writers and storytellers to flesh out a wide array of thoughts and emotions, as the selection here illustrates. Some of these pieces deal directly with insects; in other cases, the imagery is a step or two removed.

Rhymes and Finger plays

Games

Insect Concentration
A memory game – needs Java Script
Name That Bug
A game from Orkin! Match descriptions of a bug with the correct type.
PBS Kids Cyberchase – Bug in the System!
Bug invaded the Cybrary – can you help get them out?
Bugs in 2D and 3D
This is an informational web site for a film on bugs produced by Terminix. You can down load the movie trailer, learn more about the insects featured in the film, and click on stills from the film.
Who Will Be The Next Etymologist?
Games are ubiquitous. Turn on TV and you will see people earnestly being apprentices, trying to survive in the boardroom, racing in amazing ways, and dancing their star-studded feet off. In this all-new game by Summer Reading Game Guru Pam Carlson, our young library patrons will complete a series of educational bug-related tasks to find out "Who Will Be the Next Etymologist."

It's easy and fun and everything you need to know is here including the ever-so-high-fashion iron-on t-shirt artwork and a predictably popular PowerPoint Presentation. So download the data and then detail duties to the diligent that are to join you in the "bug room." (From Stephanie Stokes at LibraryPalooza.net)

Other bug games you can buy: Ant in the Pants, Cootie, Bug-opoly, Bug Bingo, much more. I just did a quick search on Amazon.com.
Bug Games
Here are several links to online games featuring bugs:

Entertainers

Bug Songs

Arts & Crafts

Brought to you by the South Dakota State Library and Hands-On Partnership for Science, Literature and Art in South Dakota (HOP website).