After scientists collect insects, what do they do with them? The final Brain Scoop video wraps up an adventure to a field to collect insects. It details how they sort, study, and pin insects for future study. An Insect playlist allows for continued learning about this fascinating topic.

Concepts

insects, beetles, spiders, crickets, grasshoppers, entomology, exoskeletons

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Look at the graphs of a few species curves
• Research the endangered insects in your area

Classroom Considerations

• Relies on prior knowledge of insect anatomy, insect reproduction, and the first two videos in the series

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Offers closed captioning in five languages for ELLs
• Works well in both traditional or flipped classes

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.6.2 SL.7.2 SL.8.2 SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.6-8.4 RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4