Insect Collection
Source Institutions
-
Berkeley Natural History Museums
Add to listGo to activity
Learners use several types of insect sampling and collection equipment to make an insect collection. Learners can collect insects from their schoolyard or yard at home. Insect collections are a good way to estimate the abundance and number of species in an area. This can be a longterm project over a period of days or weeks.
- 10 to 30 minutes
- 1 to 2 hours
- $10 - $20 per group of students
- Ages 14 - 18
- Activity, Experiment/Lab Activity, Lesson/Lesson Plan
- English
Quick Guide
Materials List (per group of students)
- 2 Quadrats: 1 square meter
- Beating sheet
- Sweep net
- 2 Aerial nets
- 4-8 Plastic vials
- Plastic Ziplock gallon bags
- Glassine envelopes or triangles for butterflies and dragonflies (wax paper would suffice)
- Soft forceps
- Data labels with student name, date
- Sharpie markers for labeling plastic bags
Subjects
- Life Sciences
- Diversity of Life
- Biodiversity
- Ecology
- Populations
- Biodiversity
- Diversity of Life
- The Nature of Science
- The Scientific Process
- Gathering Data
- The Scientific Process
Informal Categories
- Animals
- Collecting
- Outdoor Activity
Audience
To use this activity, learners need to:
- see
- be mobile
- touch
Learning styles supported:
- Involves hands-on or lab activities
Other
This resource is part of:
Access Rights:
- Free access
By:
- Hill, Ryan; VanderSal, Nicole; Purcell, Alison
Rights:
- All Rights Reserved, Berkeley Natural History Museums and the Regents of the University of California, ©2011
