Using Insects to Teach Inquiry

This article gives many excellent suggestions for utilizing insects to teach science process skills and inquiry skills. The study of insects can be conducted anywhere and lends itself to bio... See More

This article gives many excellent suggestions for utilizing insects to teach science process skills and inquiry skills. The study of insects can be conducted anywhere and lends itself to biodiversity studies. The author gives many practical tips for integrating technology into these studies, such as creating virtual insect collections and using Google Earth for georeferencing locations. Readers will enjoy the many web resources listed, which include online citizen science projects that students can be involved with.