Tuesday, March 27, 2012

4-H Cloverbuds – Bugs Part 1

We had the field trip portion of our next Cloverbud unit today.  Our current topic is Bugs, so we took a trip to Insectropolis – The Bugseum of New Jersey.  We had a large enough group to get a guided tour and I’m very glad we did.  Our tour guide, Jesse, was great with the kids and they learned so much.  Each room of the museum had a different theme and a different colored floor so it was easy to tell the kids to stay on the green floor or move on to the orange floor.

Georgie took a lot of interest in the metamorphosis display in the introductory room.

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The first thing the kids were able to touch was a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach.  These are very popular at zoos and museums so we’ve seen these before. 

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In addition to live bugs, there were also some great mounted specimens.  It’s amazing how big some bugs get around the world. (and kind of creepy).

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Jesse pulled out a millipede for the kids to touch.  I kept my distance from this one since millipedes and centipedes really give me the creeps.

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In the jail room there were displays of bugs that were detrimental to food crops or harmful to people.

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The kids were able to touch a scorpion next.  

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A display of iridescent butterflies.

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We finished up with a discussion about spiders and the chance to touch a tarantula.IMG_7792

Georgie didn’t want to touch the tarantula so he hid under the bench.

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I thought it was funny that the Bug Museum was located behind an exterminator.

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In two weeks, we’ll do Part 2 of our Bug unit with a Bug Hunt and craft.

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