Insects resources

Students draw a line from the type of bee to the bee's job in the hive.

Students explain two features of insects and explain how the wings differ between a fly and a butterfly.

Students are provided with seven drawings of different animals and are asked to draw circles around those that are insects. Two features of insects are also required.

Select from multiple choice options. Assessment focus: classification features of insects and mammals.

Task: group pictures of animals under headings. Assessment focus: classification of mammals, birds, and insects.

Task: Students decide whether six animals are insects or spiders and justify their answers. Assessment focus: Using evidence.

Task: Answer questions about a monarch butterfly's life cycle. Assessment focus: insect life cycle. This resource includes an interactive infographic. You will need Adobe Flash Player to view it.

Task: Dictate what is observed from viewing a video clip of a monarch butterfly emerging from a chrysalis (answering a specific question), and sequence some photographs in the correct order. Assessment focus: observing and describing.

Task: Match insects to their adaptations for protection against enemies, and infer two ways stick insects are adapted for their protection against predators. Assessment focus: using observations to make suggestions about survival methods.

Students are given a diagram of a fly and are asked to give three reasons why this animal is not a spider.

Students identify which one of the four drawn animals is not an insect, and then give a reason for their choice.

Task: sort pictures into specified groups and identify features that are common to each group. Assessment focus: classification of insects/non-insects.

Students use a key to classify and describe a number of the illustrated insects and spiders.

Task: select which group pictures of animals belong to. Assessment focus: classification of small animals.

Task: Use information about differences between moths and butterflies to decide which category examples belong to, and identify what evidence was used. Assessment focus: observation, using evidence.

Task: choose 3 features of a mosquito and say how they help it survive. Assessment focus: adaptations for survival.

Students are provided with six drawings of different types of insects. They use the drawings to explain two features of insects and to explain differences between the insects illustrated.

For this task students are provided with photographs of four different types of weta. Students are asked to give two features that weta have in common with each other and to give two features that show weta belong to the group insects.

Task: use a chart comparing the features of insects and spiders to decide which group a wētā belongs in. Assessment Focus: classification.