Programs
Beetles, Butterflies, and Bugs
Affiliated Organization: Campbell Creek Science Center
Affiliated Organization Contact
- Campbell Creek Science Center
5600 Science Center Dr.
Anchorage, Alaska 99507 - http://www.blm.gov/ak/st/en/prog/sciencecenter.html
- (907) 267-1247
- (907) 267-1258
Program Type
- Activity Guide
- Calendar
- Classroom Visits
- Curriculum-based Programs
- Demonstrations
- Environmental Monitoring
- Field Trip
- How to Manual
- Internet Activity
- Interpretation
- Lesson Plan/Activities
- Map
- Poster Brochure
- Presentation
- Residential and/or Camp
- Resource Guide/Catalogue
- Service-Learning
- Supplemental Curriculum
- Traveling Trunks
Description
Get up close and personal with insects and other crawlie creatures. Young entomologists use nets to campture insects and magnifiers to observe them in the field. Students try out different insect mouth parts, act out insect behaviors, and use their creative energies to build a Mini Beast.
Subjects
- Alaska Ecology
- Archeology
- Arts
- Biology
- Climate Change
- Employability
- English/Language Arts
- Environmental Education
- Forest Service
- Geography
- Geology
- Health
- History
- Invasive Species
- Math
- Paleontology
- Recycling
- Social Studies
- STEM
- Sustainability
- Technology
- Wilderness
- Wildlife
- Wildlife Safety
- World Languages
Audience
- K-12
- Elementary
- Junior High/Middle School
- High School
- Kindergarten
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- Teachers/Educators
- Adults
- Public
Region
- Southcentral
- Southeast
- Southwest
- Interior
- Arctic Slope
City/Town/Village
Anchorage
Indoor/Outdoor/Both
- Indoor
- Outdoor
- Both
Pay to Participate
- Yes
- No
Citizen Science Component
- Alaska Curriculum Standards
- Anchorage School District Common Cores
- U.S. Department of Education Standards
- Eppley Institute Standards for Interpretation
- NPS Interpretive Development Program Standards