Bugs, Bugs, Bugs!

July 12th-August 10th, 2013

We had a lot of fun learning about bugs this summer!

We went on a bug hunt in our house:

(I put the bugs there myself and they still creeped me out)

The mighty hunters, ready to go: 

Loading up their nets: 

Nets full of bugs: 

Once the bugs were all found, we sorted them into piles: 

Then we graphed them by lining them all up and comparing the numbers: 

Finally, we matched our bug flashcard pictures to the piles of bugs: 

We also went on a real bug hunt outside! 

Our coolest discovery: 

A hoard of caterpillars devouring the leaves of this tree!

But the best way to learn about bugs is to have one as a pet:

 

Seth adopted a wooly bear caterpillar which he promptly named "Catherine"

We learned what this type of caterpillar eats and what it likes as a habitat.

Eventually, our caterpillar made a cocoon:

We deposited the cocoon outside where it hopefully produced a moth one day!

And, because we love caterpillars so much, we made our own:

Catherine wanted a sad caterpillar: 

Bugs are a lot of fun to learn about, especially during the summer!