Neato Mosquito!
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention created an elementary-level curriculum guide about mosquitoes. Called Neato Mosquito, the curriculum covers
Activities include mosquito-related math, crossword puzzles, and art. There are lesson plans for each unit, plus instructions for documenting potential mosquito-breeding areas. All in all, it's a great resource.
The curriculum was developed by Roger S. Nasci and James E. Herrington, Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The original url for obtaining the Neato Mosquito curriculum is: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/arbor/neato.htm. Currently, this link redirects to another page. Fortunately, a .zip file containing drawings, puzzles, slides and a detailed teacher's guide can be downloaded directly from this site.
- The life history of mosquitoes
- Mosquito feeding
- Mosquito ecology
- Mosquitoes and disease
- And more
Activities include mosquito-related math, crossword puzzles, and art. There are lesson plans for each unit, plus instructions for documenting potential mosquito-breeding areas. All in all, it's a great resource.
The curriculum was developed by Roger S. Nasci and James E. Herrington, Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The original url for obtaining the Neato Mosquito curriculum is: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/arbor/neato.htm. Currently, this link redirects to another page. Fortunately, a .zip file containing drawings, puzzles, slides and a detailed teacher's guide can be downloaded directly from this site.
neato_curriculum_guide.zip | |
File Size: | 6722 kb |
File Type: | zip |
PDF files require Adobe Acrobat Reader. Download it here.
Identify that mosquito!
If you can get good quality photos of a mosquito in any stage of its life cycle, you have a good chance of identifying it. While field guides are handy, they are not always user-friendly for beginners. The good news is that there are Web sites dedicated to documenting wildlife. Two of the most user-friendly and useful sites are
- Bug Guide. You can submit photos and information online and get a reliable ID (or a reliable statement that there is insufficient information for an ID).
- Project Noah. Not just for insects, but for any non-domestic life. Become a member, post your photos, and become part of a global community.
Other mosquito ideas
- Fun with mosquitoes: an experiment about mosquito larvae. From Backyard Biology.
- Lesson plans about insects in general from Orkin.