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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2015
© 2015 by Vicki Whiting, Editor
You might want to study
entomology. Entomology is the
study of insects and an entomologist
is a bug scientist. There are lots of
careers for entomologists!
By Nellie Fly
Do you love bugs? How would
you like to have a job where you
got to be with bugs everyday?
Vol. 31, No. 26
Make a flipbook! Paste
each of these pictures on
heavy paper (an old deck
of cards works great).
Flip the cards to see this
bug flip out!
Two of the pieces of information
below are true and one is false.
Can you figure out which is which?
1. The smallest insect in the
world, the Tanzanian
parasitic wasp, is smaller
than the eye on a housefly.
2. An ant is capable of lifting
fifty times its own weight
and is capable of pulling
thirty times its own weight.
3. A mosquito has 47 teeth,
which it uses to bite people.
Find the two identical movie bugs.
ANSWER: Numbers 1 & 2 are
True. Number 3 is False. While a
mosquito has 47 teeth, it does not
use these to bite. Instead, it has a
proboscis, which is a little tube that
it uses to prick skin and suck blood.
When a movie scene needs
bugs, who gets a call?
Entomologists study
how insects behave, they
know how to get them to do
things movie directors want
them to do. Bug directing
entomologists have made bees swarm a
beekeeper for a fried chicken commercial and
made a cockroach run across a floor then flip over!
Jeff Schinkel, Graphics
Many zoos have bug exhibits with live bugs and
they need entomologists to take care of the bugs.
Entomologists create special terrariums that
imitate each bug’s natural habitat. Entomologists
also know what kind of food to feed their bugs
and how much heat and light they like.
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension:
Follow simple written directions.
Which label goes with which symbol?
Unscramble the letters on each label
and then draw a line from the label to its
corresponding exhibit symbol.
Standards Link: Spelling: Spell grade-level appropriate words correctly.
Draw a line
from each
missing
word to
where it
belongs in
this article.
By Nellie Fly
Standards Link:
Life Science: Students know that
animals progress through life cycles.
This book that has been grossing out
children and adults since 1973. This
is the story of Billy, a ten-year-old
who takes a bet that he will eat 15
worms in 15 days—all for $50.
Unscramble the title of this book.
Then, check it out at your local
library this summer!
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.
… reading the newspaper
to learn more about the
world around you.
Betty’s bug has spots but not tiny ones.
It has stripes but it doesn’t have short
antennaes. Her
bug has an
odd number of spots.
Standards Link:
Reading
Comprehension:
use context
clues.
Bug Verbs
Look through the
newspaper for verbs
that describe the
way different kinds
of bugs move. Copy
these verbs onto a
piece of paper in
abc order.
Standards Link:
Grammar/Spelling: Identify
verbs; list words in
alphabetical order.
Find the words in the puzzle,
INSECTS
then in this week’s Kid Scoop
ENTOMOLOGY
stories and activities.
HORNET
R O T C E R I D B U
NATURAL
F L O U R N G B L N
SWARM
DIRECTOR
M R A W S I U S A C
STAGE
T O T E N G M T R R
LARVA
T A C E S H U E V I
CRIME
E T E T N R M O A C
CRICKET
S V A H A R M I E K
IMITATE
FLOUR
Y G O L O M O T N E
BUGS
E T A T I M I H S T
HARM
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical
HEAT
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Bug Business
LARVA
The noun larva is an
insect after it hatches
from an egg and before it
changes into its adult form.
A caterpillar is a kind
of larva.
Try to use the word larva
in a sentence today when
talking with your friends
and family members.
When I Grow Up
Look through today’s newspaper for
examples of businesses that can be affected
by bugs. For example, grocery stores have
a problem if moths get into their flour.
What other examples can you find?
ANSWER: Lunar ticks!
Standards Link: Life Science: Know that distinct
environments support the life of different plants and animals.
Complete the grid by using all the
letters in the word BUGS in each
vertical and horizontal row. Each letter
should only be used once in each row.
Some spaces have been filled in for you.
What do you want to be when
you grow up? Write a
paragraph about the job you
would like to have one day and
why you would be good at it.
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