Insect Week returns in 2022
A range of educational resources relating to insects and entomology from the Royal Entomological Society, our Insect Week partners and online resources we have spotted.
Please browse through the list or use the tick boxes to select audience, resource type and insect group.
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Activities sheet
Teaching resources from the BBSRC
For: Primary
Activities sheet Book Factsheet
Activities from the American Museum of Natural History.
For: Primary
Activities sheet Factsheet
This resource, suitable for Key Stages 1 to 3, aims to develop knowledge and understanding of invertebrates.
For: Primary Secondary
Factsheet
Reading comprehension sheets relating to insects, from Primary Leap.
For: Primary
Activities sheet Factsheet
Activities about dragonflies and damselflies.
For: Early years Primary Secondary
Activities sheet
Colour in the faces of 3 common UK wasp species.
For: Primary
Activities sheet Factsheet Lesson plan
Resources from Butterfly Conservation for people to improve their gardens or local green spaces for butterflies and moths.
For: Primary
Activities sheet Audio Factsheet Lesson plan
Great ideas and resources to help children and families connect with bumblebees and their natural habitat.
For: Early years Primary
Lesson plan
Activity for a class to role-play the process of insect pollination.
For: Primary
Factsheet Lesson plan
Online resources for school lessons using the fruit fly Drosophila.
For: Secondary
Bumblebees can do 'buzz' pollination, wing muscles vibrate their bodies to extract and transfer flower pollen.
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