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Bugs are Beautiful

Ant-tics!

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Our friend Antoni is stuck in the house! He wants to return back to his colony, but he needs to navigate through the bedroom, study, kitchen and yard to get to his ant hill.

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Can you help?

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The Bedroom

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EW! This place stinks!

We need to do some sorting and help this kid clean up if we’re ever going to get out of here!

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Match the clean socks to avoid the stinky dirty ones. Find pairs that have the same pattern to get out of the room so you don’t spend too long with these smelly feet!

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Is it just me or is this pile getting bigger?

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Whew! That was a big job. Let’s check out the next room- the office.

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Ooh.

Fancy.

Let’s check out the desk.

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Wow! The person who owns this office is an entomologist! They study bugs! Let’s check out these bug sculptures. We won’t learn about every bug but it will be fun to learn about a few before we go!

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Lepidoptera-have four large scale-covered wings that bear distinctive markings, and larvae that are caterpillars.

Coleopetra-front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects.

Phasmatodea- an order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects, stick-bugs, walking sticks, or bug sticks.

Formicidae-body is divided into three main parts: the head, the thorax, and the abdomen. They have a hard, waterproof exoskeleton, which is made of a material called chitin. They are exceptionally strong for their size- They can lift 10 times their own weight!

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Lepidoptera-have four large scale-covered wings that bear distinctive markings, and larvae that are caterpillars.

Which beautiful bug has big wings and started its life as a caterpillar?

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Coleopetra-front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects.

Which beautiful bug has a hard body?

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Phasmatodea- an order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects, stick-bugs, walking sticks, or bug sticks.

Which beautiful bug looks like a stick?

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Formicidae-body is divided into three main parts: the head, the thorax, and the abdomen. They have a hard, waterproof exoskeleton, which is made of a material called chitin. They are exceptionally strong for their size- They can lift 10 times their own weight!

Now you know a bit more about me!

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Did we just become best friends?

I’ve got three main parts to my body. Your bones are inside your body, but my skeleton is on the outside, keeping me safe! I’d also like to point out that I’m super strong! I don’t even go to the gym!

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Oops! That bug is great, but it goes by a different name. Try again- you’ll get it next time!

I’d like another try!

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Oops! That bug is great, but it goes by a different name. Try again- you’ll get it next time!

I’d like another try!

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Oops! That bug is great, but it goes by a different name. Try again- you’ll get it next time!

I’d like another try!

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Follow me to the kitchen, this is where they keep the best crumbs!

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Smells like someone is baking cookies! YUM!

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I see an open window! Maybe we can climb out of it and go straight to the yard!

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Rats! I’m not tall enough!

But I bet we can stack the measuring cups over here and make a ladder. We just have to line the cups up from smallest to biggest!

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Let’s start with the smallest- the ¼ cup. Which cup is the next biggest?

¼

1/3

1/5

1/3

1/5

2/4

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Try again! You can do it!

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Off to a great start! Which cup is the next biggest?

¼

1/3

1/5

1/2

2/3

3/4

1/3

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Try again! You can do it!

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You’re amazing! What comes after ½?

¼

1/3

1/5

3/2

3/4

4/4

1/3

1/2

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Try again! You can do it!

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We’re almost there! One more! Which cup comes next?

¼

1/3

1/5

1 cup

1/8

5/4

1/3

1/2

3/4

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Try again! You can do it!

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We’ve done it! We’ve reached the top!

¼

1/3

1/2

3/4

1 cup

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Sun! Beautiful sun!

I’m so close to home!

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A lot of bugs use camouflage to keep themselves safe. Can you help me find hidden bugs so they don’t scare me while I walk across the yard?

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Bye bugs! Wow- they sure are beautiful!

They always win hide and seek too!

I can see my ant hill from here!

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Thanks for all your help today! I sure enjoyed learning about how beautiful bugs are with you!

Hurrah!

Hurrah!