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If you happen to be traveling off the coast of Africa, you won’t need to carry a magnifying lens to study this insect. At over three inches long, the Hissing Cockroach is an easy fellow to spot. If you do find one, he will likely hiss to scare you away. While he can’t harm you, this hissing feature has provided protection to help the cockroach species survive for over 250 million years. That’s a lot of candles on a birthday cake! Discover fascinating facts about this forest scavenger and appreciate how evolution and mother nature have combined to fill the world with bugs that amaze, amuse and astonish young scientists.
In this issue students will:
- read expository life science text
- assemble pieces to form a cockroach puzzle
- use the newspaper for a scavenger hunt to locate bug-themed information
- rewrite an article with cockroach creativity
- edit scientific writing to test your proofreading, spelling and
grammar skills - write an opinion piece about what “bugs” you
6 page PDF
