Backyard Bugs Assessment The resources found on the Teacher CD offer different strategies for assessing student work in Backyard Bugs. Level 1 and Level 2 Science Journal pages - Use the appropriate Science Journal Page answer key and rubrics to evaluate the observations students make while using Backyard Bugs.

Level 1 Science Journal pages	Level 2 Science Journal pages
Antlion body parts	Antlion pit diameters
Antlion pit building	Arthropod legs
Antlion pit escape	Arthropod lifestyles
Arthropod mouth parts	Arthropod mouthparts
Butterfly or moth	Bee lives
Caterpillar food	Biodiversity 1
Close-up observation	Biodiversity 2
Complete metamorphosis	Biodiversity 3
Data collection	Caliper measurements
Incomplete / complete metamorphosis	Centipede-millipede
Insect body parts	Classification of arthropods
Insect or spider	Cockroach dissection
Insect wings	Make a field guide
Monarch butterfly food	Mass measurements
Spider body parts	Mimicry
Spider web	Monarch survival
Whirligig experiment	Natural selection
Who will eat it?	Parasite / host

Level 2 Quizzes - A quiz for each bug is available in the software, in an interactive format. The quizzes can be used as a pretest or posttest to measure students' understanding of the content. A printed version of the same content, available on the Teacher CD, can be used in a written format.

Antlion quiz

Blepharicerid larva quiz

Caddisfly quiz

Centipede quiz

Cockroach quiz

Dragonfly quiz

Giant water bug quiz

Hickory horned devil - regal moth quiz

Honeybee quiz

Luna moth quiz

Mantis quiz

Millipede quiz

Monarch butterfly quiz

Monarch caterpillar quiz

Mosquito quiz

Spider quiz

Stick insect quiz

Tachinid fly quiz

Viceroy butterfly quiz

Whirligig beetle quiz

 

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