DYID scavenger hunt

[adeans]

Should expand the natural history exercise into a scavenger hunt. Something like 10, 15, or more things that students must do to learn about insects. Examples:

• Go for a night walk and listen for insects. How many kinds can you hear? Track one of the songsters down and observe it singing. Collect it.

• Find a gall and cut it open. What's inside?

• Watch some insects on the surface of water. Describe what you see. Collect them.

• What kinds of insects can you find pollinating flowers at night?

Would make students get out more on field trip, do some small group activities.

[adeans]

Would also encourage students to record more "micro-Darwins" (haiku), i.e. those moments/observations that are short but inspire questions (e.g., a wasp ovipositing in a mushroom)