Did you know an insect has unique mouthparts based on what and how it eats? This is a simple way to identify the order an insect belongs to. Watch a video that explains the interesting world of insect mouthparts.

Concepts

insects, bugs, animal identification, taxonomy

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Bring some insects into the classroom and have pupils look at their mouth parts under a microscope or magnifying glass
• Delve deeper into what each mouth-parted insect eats

Classroom Considerations

• Fits best into a study of taxonomy or insect identification

Pros

• Cartoons assist in explaining the topic under study
• Comes with discussion questions and links for additional research

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.3.1.a SL.3.2 SL.4.1.a SL.4.2 SL.5.1.a SL.5.2 SL.6.1.a SL.6.2 SL.7.1.a SL.7.2 SL.8.1.a SL.8.2 SL.9-10.1.a SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.1.a SL.11-12.2