Theme: Insects                                                                                                                    Volume III, Issue 8

Using Microsoft Paint and KidPix to Create a Student Bug Gallery

Primary students can learn about insect anatomy by creating a bug gallery. Creating a class bug gallery is exciting when using student portrait photos as the first body part, the head.  Use the Bug Gallery lesson plan and directions below to create your own class gallery.   The oversized sunglasses on these kindergarten students  make it even more special!

Bug Gallery Lesson(Coming)
Creating Portrait Slides for Projects
Draw-A-Bug StoryBoard

Extend the activity using the Excel template to inspire your young writers to write about their insects characteristics and habitat.

Insect Excel Template
Insect Template (pdf file)

Other Kodak Moments:
-Students can create a flower around their faces.
-Students can draw their career uniforms with their faces.
-Students can create webs with their faces as a focal
  point with Inspiration.

Mrs. Sapp's Bug Gallery(Coming Soon)

There are many, many ways  teachers and students can record facts gathered to use for future studies.  Here are just two examples created in Microsoft Word 2000 using bulleted lists and flash cards.

Creating a Bulleted List

Create a bug fact list with picture bullets.  Word 2000 will let you import and copy images into the picture bullet gallery.

Creating Flash Cards

Once you create this quick and easy template, you can reuse it over and over for multiple uses.  Once you create one you can practice to make differnt size cards.

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Directions on How to Make Picture Bullets

Directions on How to Create Flash Cards
Another Great Idea for Cards

Intel In Education

Intel, Innovator in Education, has a new look and design with which offers lots of free resources.  Check out the Intel Unit and Lesson Plan Finder.  Type in Insect for the keyword, check the appropriate boxes (K-2,3-5) and then select find.  Going Buggy is a great lesson plan with lots of ideas and templates.   The World of Insects is another great lesson.  You can follow simple directions on how to download the entire lesson or just parts. 

The University of Arizona Center for Insect Science Research Outreach

Using Live Insects in the Elementary Classrooms for Early Lessons in Life offers twenty very complete lesson plans.  Little Me in a Big World is a lesson on self-esteem using Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg as a jumping off point.   Information sheets as well as rearing sheets on how to care for particular insects are included at the site. 

Kathy Adkins
April 2000 Tech Bits and Bytes
The Technology Loop
Instructional Technology Specialist
Forsyth County Schools
Midway Elementary     

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