Learn how to plant a butterfly garden in your backyard or schoolyard. Spend some time near an ant hill and take notes or photographs of the activity observed. Check out the following activities for more buggy ideas. Activities Butterfly House Plans Build a butterfly condominium. Be the only person on your block to have a tiger beetle for a friend.
Many insects are easy to keep, fascinating to observe, and are great educational tools.
National Wildlife Federation Information on how to start a backyard or schoolyard wildlife habitat. Discovery Channel Online Check out the scales of this butterfly wing magnified 650 times. Using a microscope, look at butterfly or moth wings of our local insects. At the bottom of this page, you can also choose to look at a magnified cockroach. The Bug Club Join the Bug Club.