Course Description

Insects and related forms, their identification, and life habits, with emphasis on their use in pre-college life science curricula.

Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
A more extensive collection is required.

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Athena Title

Entomology for Educators

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Equivalent Courses

Not open to students with credit in ENTO 5730E or ENTO 7730E

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Prerequisite

Permission of department

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Semester Course Offered

Offered fall and summer

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Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

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Course Objectives

• Learn to recognize major groups of insects and related arthropods • Discover insect paradigms for basic concepts in biology and ecology • Collect and mount insect specimens for a teaching collection • Acquire techniques for keeping/rearing insects in a classroom • Develop lesson plans or resources for hands-on experiments with insects

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Topical Outline

1. Introduction to insects 2. The insect body plan 3. Dragonflies and damselflies 4. Grasshoppers and kin 5. Insectival - State Botanical Garden 6. True bugs 7. Cicadas, aphids and kin 8. Beetles I 9. Beetles II 10. Butterflies and moths 11. Flies 12. Ants, bees, wasps 13. Termites, earwigs, roaches, mantids 14. Springtails, fleas, lice, thrips 15. Mayflies, stoneflies, dobsonflies, caddisflies 16. Antlions, scorpionflies 17. Ticks, spiders, wrapup and review

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