Students had questions for Nichole about their aquatic insect work for the hyperstudio field guide that involved mouth parts, insect communication, distribution, and reproduction, which she promised to bring print resources for them to research. Animals were again distributed to the table groups for observation and description.
N for each of your animals: give it a name, decide what habitat it would live in, what it would eat, how it moves, and what kind of mouth parts it has. The following table was put on the board and after extensive discussion at table groups, it was filled out.
NAME HABITAT PREY WHAT EATS IT LOCOMOTION MOUTH
T2 Stag Beetle: has small antennae, close to the body to protect them in fighting. Larvae eats we wood. Adult doesn't eat. Lives in forest/prairie - brown coloring and spiky legs for climbing. It's a predator because of the pincers. Pincers are for fighting, defensive, for cutting plants, trapping prey. Eyes are one side so they can't see very well. They fly up to their food in the trees and hold on. The shell is heavy so they don't fly far because it's hard to fly. They take off from the top of a plant, like a lady bug. Birds and spiders eat them. (Lucas, Jero, Alex H., and Nyima)
T4 Grapevine beetle lives underground because of long thick legs. Lives in a hot environment because of thick, shiny shell to act as a built-in sunscreen. It swims-thick legs to propel it. It flies because it has wings. Huge eyes so it has good eyesight. Fast runner-long legs. It has eight spots for help with camouflage. It's a predator of insects because of heavy-weight shell, big teeth(chewing mouth parts), claws, serrated legs in front to pick up prey, like birds, insects, and mammals.
