inventive insect dwellings

Copy your checklist onto your sketch paper!

Into something like . . .

Our Goal: I can plan an insect dwelling that uses imagination and meets some of my insect's basic needs.

Focus: How can you connect science with art?

What does your

insect need?

No matter what kind of pet you have, it will have some basic needs. Let's make a checklist for your sketch. Once we have met the basic needs, then you can use your imagination to add extra details!

Talk with your team about what your insect needs.

Bottoms up, heads together!

Insects as Pets:

Design a Dwelling

What is a dwelling?

Now that we have a list of what you should include in your dwelling, you must imagine a way to transform this:

Work time:

Use your checklist and an empty tissue box to plan a dwelling for your insect. You may use both sides of your sketch paper. Next week, we will build our insect dwellings! Think like a scientist AND an artist . . .