168 Insects: Supplemental Guide DR | Domain Review
- We are the two types of metamorphosis. What are we?
(complete and incomplete metamorphosis) - I am the name for the caterpillar stage in the process of
complete metamorphosis. What am I? (larva) - I am the name for the chrysalis or cocoon stage in the process
of complete metamorphosis. What am I? (pupa) - We are the four stages in the life cycle of an insect that
undergoes complete metamorphosis. What are we? (egg, larva,
pupa, adult) - I am the female that produces all of the eggs for a social colony,
allowing the colony to survive. What am I? (the queen) - We are the male bees that live in a honeybee colony. What are
we? (the drones)
You may wish to have students create their own riddles about
insects to pose to the class, based on what they have learned.
Class Book
Materials: Drawing paper, drawing tools
Tell the class or a group of students that they are going to
add to the class book they started previously to help them
remember what they have learned about insects in this domain.
Have students brainstorm important information about the
characteristics and life cycles of insects, including complete and
incomplete metamorphosis, which insects are solitary and which
are social, and how insects are helpful and/or harmful. Have each
student choose one idea to draw a picture of, and ask him or her
to write a caption for the picture. Bind the pages to make a class
book to put in the class library for students to read again and
again.Compare/Contrast
Materials: Chart paper, chalkboard, or whiteboard
Tell students that there are many things to compare and contrast
in the read-alouds they have heard. Remind students that to
compare means to tell how things are similar and to contrast is to