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What's Bugging You?

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Want to investigate the bugs, rodents and weeds in your community? What‘s Bugging You?, an original book by Raymond Bial starts a new detective case off with fun but factual case files on many common pests. Find out which pests make the “most unwanted” list, learn about the history of pest control and get advice on how to start your own investigation into pests’ impact on our world.

About Ray:

Mr. Bial is a full-time author, specializing in photography. He has published more than 100 critically-acclaimed, award-winning books for children and adults, including A Book Comes Together, A Handful of Dirt, Super Soybean, and Corn Belt Harvest. Based in Illinois, he is also an avid gardener and, as such, has plenty of personal experience with pesky insects and weeds.

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Teach Students about Our Creepy Crawly Neighbors

Let the kids become the detectives in this interactive investigation. They will search high and low as they look for clues on how to identify and classify the pests that invade their communities. The world is filled with insects and creepy crawlies, and while some are beneficial to the environment, some can be harmful. Kids will learn how to identify harmful pests in the classroom and the environment then be able to go home and share the information they learned with their parents as they work together to “debug” the community.

Details:

Developed by Shannon C'de Baca, a high school science teacher with depths of lesson plan development experience.
Meets national Content Standard C.
Fits into any science curriculum by focusing on observation and classification.
Targeted toward elementary students
Pairs well with What’s Bugging You? by Raymond Bial.

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Most Unwanted Poster
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