Teaching Information Word Count 195 GRL L NGSS LS1 A Structure and Function Different animals use their body parts in different ways to see hear grasp objects protect themselves move from place to place and seek find and take in food water and air LS3 B Variation of Traits Different organisms vary in how they look and function because they have different inherited information 3-LS3-1 The environment also affects the traits that an organism develops 3-LS3-2
TABLE OF CONTENTS Insect or Bug Or Both 4 Assassin Bugs 10 True Bugs That Smell Really Bad 16 Skaters Swimmers and Giants 20 True Bug Life Cycle 24 Creepy Quiz 26 Glossary 27 Index 28
INSECT OR BUG OR BOTH Scientists put living things into six groups called kingdoms The Six Kingdoms Archaebacteria Eubacteria Protista Fungi Plants Animals
Each kingdom is separated into smaller and smaller groups Animal Kingdom Arthropods Animals Without Backbones other animal groups Arachnids Spiders Scorpions Insects This chart shows just a few of the groups in the Animal Kingdom
