Unit Overview

• Insects introduces students to the cricket and the ant.  Students create habitats for these insects in their classroom.  Students then investigate the cricket’s and ant’s home, food, preferences, body structure, and life cycle.  
• Students identify the body parts necessary for an animal to be an insect and classify animals based on their characteristics.  The skills of observing, discussing, describing, predicting, comparing, and classifying are used throughout the unit.

• Insect coupons (crickets and ants) will be in your kit at delivery and take up to 3 weeks for delivery after sending coupon in for insects to arrive.  Please call us if you need to change shipment to an earlier or later date.  We suggest this kit should only be ordered September, October, and April-June due to the availability of the ants.

** This kit should only be ordered September, October, and April-June due to the availability of the ants.

Manuals, Inventory, and NYS Correlation Downloads

• The teacher manual, student manual, inventory sheet, and kit correlation are available online for download. 
• Please make sure you have adobe acrobat reader downloaded and installed on your computer to view online manuals.

Insects Manual 
Insects Student Manual 
Insects Inventory Sheet
Insects Science Kit Correlation

Science Kit Resources

Science Kit Related Web Links                                                                                      Online Streaming Videos in Relation to Insects

BOCES ISS Resources

Distance Learning   Environmental Education    Media Services  

Online Insects Teacher Training

• Please make sure you have the latest version of windows media player downloaded and installed on your computer to view online teacher training. 

Online Insects Training (Coming Soon)

Scheduling and Science Kit Ordering Information

• This unit may take from ten to twelve weeks to complete depending upon the goals of the teacher and interests of the students.
• Teachers in Cattaraugus and Allegany counties request the kits from us, and the couriers deliver the kits to the schools.  Teachers have up to six weeks to complete each of the learning experiences.  Once the teachers complete the learning experiences provided with the math and science kits, the kits are then sent back to us so we can refurbish them and send them out again when they are requested.  **If you need additional time to complete your kit, please contact 716-376-8272 so we can accommodate an extension. 

**Missing Items: If the kit you requested has missing item(s), please contact 716-376-8272. We will send missing item(s) out to you as soon as possible.  

• Do you want to book this kit? There are several ways to order science kits.  Ways you can order are:

MediaNet: Cattaraugus-Allegany BOCES Media Library - Insects                             Phone: 716-376-8272   Fax: 716-372-0621   Email: leigh_leyva@caboces.org or mst_kits@caboces.org                                                                                                       U.S. Mail: C/A BOCES – Math, Science, & Technology Department at Allegany, 1825 Windfall Road, Olean, NY 14760