What's Bugging You? 3-5
What's Bugging You? is the second book of three in the "Insectaganza of Excitement" series. Each of the guides includes an achievement program to encourage youths to learn more about entomology while developing important life skills.
You'll have fun meeting new people, becoming better acquainted with your community and expanding your entomology goals. An achievement program is included to guide your efforts and provide you with an opportunity to be recognized for meeting your goals.
What's Bugging You? has seven guidelines to help make your project successful:
- Do a minimum of seven Level 2 Entomology Achievement Program activities each year.
- Complete Level 2 of the Entomology Achievement Program within three years.
- Practice and develop the life skills of communicating with others, planning and organizing, and making decisions.
- Participate in a minimum of three of the leadership experiences listed on the Planning Guide each year.
- Keep the Planning Guide current by setting project goals and recording project highlights you experience.
- Increase your entomology knowledge and skills.
- Explore the impact of insects and entomology on society.
The important life skills in the "Insectaganza" series will help you to recognize and appreciate the differences and similarities that exist all around us, to clearly and effectively communicate your ideas and thoughts to others, to make sound decisions after gathering information and careful thought, to set goals and to build teamwork with others, and to recognize how personal values influence your decisions and those of others. These are just a few of the life skills you will learn by doing the entomology activities.
The activities may challenge you to explore areas of the project you haven't experienced before. Do your best to complete each activity and answer the questions. Work with your helper to complete each experience. You may need additional resources to complete some of the activities. Magazines, books, video tapes, and information from professionals are good resources. The library and World Wide Web also have several references to help you.
Sample Activity: Set up a white sheet between two poles or trees and shine a light on the sheet in the dark. Watch as hundreds of insects come to the sheet attracted by the light. As the insects land or fly around the sheet, collect some in a clear container. Watch a specific insect and observe what it does. Then watch a different insect. Record what you see for each insect. Turn the light off for a minute or so, then turn it back on again and record what you see.
Contact your local 4-H Office for this project book.
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