The PTA Needs Your Help!
Ladybugs Inhabit the Dogwood Trees at Noah Webster!
A First-Grade Ladybug WebQuest
Introduction:
There is panic in the PTA! Ladybugs have been spotted inhabiting the Dogwood Trees in the courtyards. The PTA has come to you for help. They need to know if the ladybugs will harm or help the dogwood trees. You will need to research ladybugs to become ladybug experts and be able to tell the PTA what they should do.
The Task:
You will research ladybugs. You need to find out IF -
Are ladybugs harmful
What
ladybugs look like
What are the parts of their bodies
Where they live
What they eat
Who their enemies are
What their life cycle is
The Process:
1. Do all ladybugs have
the same number of spots?
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/5924/ladybugphotos.htm
2. What are the parts of a ladybug?
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/5924/ladybuganatomy.htm
4. What is the
life cycle of the ladybug? Click below to print out the stages of the life
cycle.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/5924/ladybuglifecycle.htm
Click below to find out the correct sequence of the ladybug life cycle.
5. Do ladybugs eat dogwood trees? Click below to find out what they eat.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/insects/Ladybug.shtml
Click below to find out
what their favorite food is and how they chew their food.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/5924/ladybugfacts.htm
6. What is the habitat of
the ladybug? Click here to find where you are most likely to find ladybugs.
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/animals/species/3602.html
7. What is the ladybug's major predator? What do they do when they feel threatened?
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/insects/Ladybug.shtml
How else do they protect themselves? Scan the site below to find out about a special chemical.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/5924/ladybugfacts.htm
8. Find a fun ladybug fact that interests you in the Web site below.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/5924/ladybugfacts.htm
Conclusion:
Congratulations! You have
done a great job and have become ladybug experts. You have earned your “Certificate of
Accomplishment.” Now have some ladybug fun.
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Ladybug Jigsaw Puzzle
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/5924/ladybugjigsawpuzzle.htm
Modified by Mrs. Swarr,