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From Heather's Research Files
Shield bug - photos from the scientist
Burying beetles - a Nat Geo video
Dung beetles - San Diego Zoo Kids page
Pill Roaches - a blog written for adults
Bess Beetles - scroll down for an audio file of the beetles communicating
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Is it a Pill Bug?
The animals on the book's cover look like a pill bugs (also called roly polies or sow bugs), but look again. Count the legs. Think again.
Pill bugs have 7 pairs of legs. Insects have 3. Interestingly, pill bugs and pill roaches share similar adaptations,. They both roll up, carry their young, and curl to protect their young. To learn more about pill bugs watch this PBS video.
Other Lessons and Activities
Ant Picnic Lesson Plans from North Carolina State University
A Key to Common Insects in Homes
Investigations with Bess Beetles
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Six-Legged Parents & Their Kids
(click title to order)
Bugs don't hug - or do they?
Some insects care for their kids in interesting ways. Daddies who do diaper duty? Mommies who cuddle? Maybe bugs are like us!
Playful contrasts between human and insect behavior will captivate young readers as they listen to the read-aloud-friendly text and view the alternating cartoonlike spoofs on human living and detailed bug environments.
For example, mama bugs may not play peek-a-boo. But, on the next page, a tortoise beetle mother tucks her young under her shell to hide them from predators. ... promoting shared wonder and respect for all creatures.
-Booklist Review
2020 RedBud Read-Aloud Masterlist
Author: Heather L. Montgomery
Illustrator: Stephen Stone
Charlesbridge, 2018
ISBN: 978-1580898164
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