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The Insect Orders

The Insect Orders

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This series helps students familiarize themselves with the orders of insects. Each episode focuses on a different insect order and provides information on different species and characteristics of those species.

On a green leaf sits an oval-shaped bug with shiny black wings with a thick white stripe in the middle, a golden yellow head with a black circle in the middle, and thick black antennae.
The Insect Orders
Episode 1
6 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Two women sit across from each other and talk at a picnic table in a forest area with sun-dappled trees and plants.
The Insect Orders
Episode 2
5 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Two women wearing jeans and black jackets squat down on the ground, searching for something amidst rocks and stones, grasses, and other plants.
The Insect Orders
Episode 3
4 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Two women sit on a park bench in front of a mulched area with trees. The blonde-haired woman speaks to us while the brown-haired one looks at her and listens.
The Insect Orders
Episode 4
5 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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Illustration shows a gray-toned drawing of a silverfish, with a long segmented body, six short legs, two long antennae on its head, and three long bristles forming a tail. A blue star-shaped icon in the corner says, "cellulase."
The Insect Orders
Episode 5
3 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Woman looks at us as she speaks, crouched down outside next to a green bucket full of vegetable and other food scraps.
The Insect Orders
Episode 6
7 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Two women look at us, standing against a forested backdrop surrounded by sunny green plants.
The Insect Orders
Episode 7
9 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Close-up of a brown-and-white segmented insect crawling on human skin. Caption reads: "Lacewing larva biting Kristie's finger."
The Insect Orders
Episode 8
6 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Close-up of a clump of white fur with a black flea right in the middle.
The Insect Orders
Episode 9
8 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
View from the inside of a makeshift white-fabric tent, under which two women are sitting on the ground.
The Insect Orders
Episode 10
5 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Mayflies at different stages of development cling to a white surface, resembling flecks of soil and other organic matter.
The Insect Orders
Episode 11
4 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Brown and tan grasshopper with yellow antennae perches on top of a rough red rock.
The Insect Orders
Episode 12
6 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Brown cicada blending into the bark of a thin tree trunk.
The Insect Orders
Episode 13
9 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Brown leaf-cutter ant crawling up over the top edge of a green leaf.
The Insect Orders
Episode 14
7 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Two women, one blonde-haired and the other brown-haired, stand in front of a tree in a forest.
The Insect Orders
Episode 15
6 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Brown-haired woman wearing a black jacket speaks to us while standing in a park near recreational pull-up bars.
The Insect Orders
Episode 16
5 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration shows a black-and-white line drawing of a louse, whose hairy body has an elongated abdomen, six legs resembling crab claws emerging from a short thorax, and a pointed head with antennae.
The Insect Orders
Episode 17
9 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration shows a black-and-white line drawing of the beginning of a caddisfly's life cycle, with an arrow pointing from a rounded speckled clump to a pupa emerging from a case.
The Insect Orders
Episode 18
7 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Close-up of a green praying mantis devouring a cricket from the middle of a yellow flower, whose petals surround them.
The Insect Orders
Episode 19
5 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Two moths, one gray and the other speckled white-and-black, snack on a plate of cut-up honeydew, starfruit, and melons, which are also covered in small fruit flies.
The Insect Orders
Episode 20
9 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Close-up of a thick-bodied dragonfly perched on the finger of the show host.
The Insect Orders
Episode 21
5 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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