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The Collection

Each student is responsible for creating a collection of 18 identified insects. 

You have 3 options available to meet this requirement.

Option #1​

Using a net collect specimens on campus or about town. You must make an index card for each insect caught that includes the following information.

  • Common name

  • Order represented

  • Place in the food web (carnivore, omnivore, herbivore, or decomposer)

  • Habitat found –forest, open field, lawn or garden, aquatic

  • County found in and date

  • Your name

Option #2

  • You may make a color drawing of an insect collected by a fellow student. You must include all of the information listed in Option #1 in addition to the name of the student who caught the insect on the back of the card.

SEE GALLERY PAGE FOR EXAMPLES

Option #3

  • You may make a Google slide show including 18 insects / one insect per slide with the information listed in Option #1. This must also include the name of the student who caught the insect on the slide.

Click the following for an example 

              Aspen's Insects

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