All about Ants

We have been learning about Ants.  We know that Ants are insects because we have identified their special features.  We made paper ants and gave their body parts labels.  We wrote some facts about Ants.

Look at our Amazing Ants!

What is an insect?

We have been learning about insects.  We read a book that told us all about the special features of an insect.  We now know that insects have 6 legs and 3 body parts.  We know that insects have antennae (sometimes we call them feelers).  We know that insects have compound eyes.  Sometimes insects have wings. 

I am a Bug Detective !

Hi E6!   I am at home today with a sore throat and a sore head! I bet you are taking great care of Mrs Chamberlain for me,  and showing her your superstar learning power!

Guess What?  I  bumped into some little bugs at my house!  Some of them creep and crawl.  Some of them fly.   I had to be very brave when I saw them - and remember that even though some bugs look yucky, they can be good bugs!   

I took some photos for you to look at.  Have a look at them  I wonder if you know anything about these bugs? We will have to do some investigating and finding out when I get back to school...

This is a weta.  
This weta crawled out of the bush.  
I found it on my driveway. 

Look at those super long feelers on the weta!
  I wonder where wetas like to live? 

 Look at this stick insect.  

It is crawling up the wall of my house.

This stick insect has a long skinny body.

It is brown just like the wood that is stacked in a pile just below it.

Have you ever seen a stick insect? 

Eeeek!  I can see a spider!
The spider is living on my washing line peg.  

The spider has made a nursery web 
for all the baby spiders.

How many legs does a spider have?

Is a spider an insect ... or not? 
How do you know?

Here is a very noisy cicada!

I took this photo in March this year when 
it landed on my washing line.

Look at the wings.  Look at the cicada's eye.

Look at the butterfly. 
It has landed on a flower in my garden.
I can see some wings and some legs.  

I wonder why butterflies like flowers? 

Do you know what sort of butterfly this is? 

Maybe you could leave a comment if you know something about these bugs. 

I wonder if you can be a bug detective and see any bugs around your house? You might like to take a photograph of your bug and email it to me - or bring it along to school to show us!

Bugs Bugs Bugs!

We are learning about bugs....

Some bugs look scary! Some bugs look yucky!

But...did you know that some yucky bugs can do super duper awesome things?

Check out Rud The Bug Man's you tube clip below.  He loves all sorts of bugs!

I wonder what you already know about 

bugs E6? 

Do you know what bugs look like? 

Do you know where bugs live?

Do you know what they do?

Bring your thinking to school and share it with us!