RESOURCES

Check POV’s Delve Deeper reading listThe Love Bugs.

Visit The Love Bugs website for additional resources and activities.

Visit the Charles O’Brien Collection, containing over one million weevil specimens, here

Visit and learn from the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation here

EXTENSIONS

Have students perform a similar activity outdoors with actual insects.

Have students research specific insects that are local to your community

Have students explore the idea of “legacy” and how Lois and Charles create their own personal legacy and its importance for the larger scientific community.

Interview an entomologist! Bring an entomologist into your classroom.

Use the attached Handouts to have students create their own Bug Kite