Kids' Corner
The Nature Center: Antboy's Bugworld
What's up at this site?
- Check out the creepy-crawlies at
Antboy's Bugworld. This site
features a virtual bug collection where you can learn neat stuff about different
types of bugs. Great graphics!
http://www.heatersworld.com/bugworld/
Who'd like this site?
- Cool for kids. Kids ages eight and up will like this site.
Highlights. Check it out:
- Visit the roach collection
and hook-up with many sites devoted to the joys of roaches.
One highlight is trip to the yuckiest site on the Internet, Cockroach World, where
you can read about a day in the life of Rodney the cockroach.
[http://www.heatersworld.com/bugworld/roachpage.html]
- For those who find cockroaches gross, a trip to the
butterfly collection may be more your thing. Here you can see lots of neat pictures of butterflies and
learn how to attract them to your yard.
[http://www.heatersworld.com/bugworld/buttrfly.html]
- There are also collections of ants (where you can see an on-line ant farm),
bees, and beetles. Check them all out!
Making Connections
- Once you've learned more about different types of insects you can make your own
collection.
- If you've got a passion for bugs, you can join
- the
Bug Club
[http://www.ex.ac.uk/bugclub/welcome.html]
or
- The Young
Entomologists' Society
[http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/yes/YESINFO.html] to learn more about them!
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