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Insects
Easy Reading

Entomology for Beginners - simple basic information on anatomy & metamorphosis.

Zoom School - Insects - printouts & fact sheets

Insect Research pages - Elanora Heights PS (yr 4/5) - information written by the children on the bee, bull ant, bush fly, cabbage white butterfly, cicada, cockroach, diving beetle, dragonfly, moth, butterfly, honey pot ant, hornet, ladybird, leech, mosquito, praying mantis, silverfish, stick insect and wasp.

BugWise - excellent Australian site which gives fact file information.

Silkworm Life Cycle 

Butterfly Life Cycle

General Information

Australian Museum Online - Insects 

Insect Information Sheets from the University of Arizona. includes ants, butterflies & moths, silkworms, mosquitoes, crickets, flies, grasshoppers, bugs, beetles, mantids

CSIRO Insect Fact Sheets

Insecta Inspecta World - information on ants, bees, beetles, butterflies, crickets, fleas, mantids, mosquitoes, termites.

Spineless Wonders - visual resource for insects, spiders and other amazing living creatures [Aust & SE Asia].

Garden Creatures - Friends or Enemies

Fun Stuff

Photovault - Insect Images - comprehensive collection of minibeast images

Bugs

Butterflies & Moths

Insects and Invertebrates Printouts & facts from Zoom School

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly - a rebus rhyme

Arachnids (spiders, scorpions & ticks)
Easy Reading

Zoom School - Arachnids - printouts & facts sheets

Spiders for Kids - this site created by second graders.

General Information

Australian Museum Spiders

SpiderRoom - includes, lifecycles, spider webs, survival & species

Spiders Information sheet from the University of Arizona

Australian Museum Scorpions

Scorpions

Biology of Ticks

Hey! A Tick bit me! from KidsHealth.Org

Fun Stuff

Photovault - Arachnid images - comprehensive collection of images

Arachnid Printouts from Zoom School

Amphibians 
 Easy Reading

Zoom School - Amphibians - printouts & fact sheets

Zoom School - Frogs - printout

Label a Frog's Life Cycle  

Frog Quiz  

Frog & Toad Theme Page - Rhymes, Crafts, Quizzes, and Printouts to Colour

General Information

Australian Museum Frogs - includes Cane Toads

Amphibian Facts - from the Centre for Global Environmental Education

WEIRD Frog Facts - Learn all sorts of true, weird and wacky facts about frogs and toads! What's the difference between a frog and a toad? What do frogs sound like? Life-cycles of the frog, and much much more!

FAQ's about Frogs & Toads - from the Centre for Global Environmental Education

Fun Stuff

Photovault - Salamanders & Newts images  

Photovault - Toads, Frogs & Tadpoles images

Interactive Froggy Fun & Games - If your browser supports Java, check out some silly java fun. Make a silly story with froggy mad-libs, play memory, tic tac toe, or join in other fun froggish games.

Invertebrates
Easy Reading

Zoom School - Gastopods - snail/slug fact sheets & printouts

BugWise - excellent Australian site which gives fact file information.

General Information

Australian Museum Centipedes & Millipedes

Australian Museum Worms

Australian Museum Snails & Slugs

Australian Museum Leeches
Fun Stuff

Photovault - Snails images  

Photovault - Earthworms images  

For Teachers

Mini Worlds - Clickable worksheet

Lifecycle of a butterfly - Cloze activity

A Little Froggy - CAP online research module, Stage 1 Science & Technology Creepy Crawlies Treasure Hunt - Lake Munmorah PS page

This page updated on 16/09/2009