Resources
Bailey, Stephanie. "University of Kentucky Entomology for Kids." University of Kentucky. http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Entomology/ythfacts/bugfun/cmpdeye.htm (accessed July 31, 2012). Instructions for building a model of the compound eye.
"BioKIDS - Kids'Critter Catalog, Diptera, true flies, including mosquitos." BioKIDS - Kids' Inquiry of Diverse Species. http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Diptera/ (accessed July 31, 2012). Information on Diptera.
"Comparative anatomy and homologous structures." Welcome | EQUELLA. http://tle.westone.wa.gov.au/content/file/c0a7f9da-2dc9-b549-578a-0f1a8921d148/1/bio_science_3b.zip/content/004_evidence/page_05.htm (accessed July 31, 2012). Good resource for learning about evolution and insect mouthparts.
Coyne, Jerry A. Why Evolution Is True. New York: Viking, 2009. Excellent resource for understanding evolution and great photos and diagrams.
Dawkins, Richard. The Selfish Gene. 30th Anniversary ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. Dawkins writes about a theory for evolution based on the gene.
Dethier, V. G. To Know a Fly. San Francisco: Holden-Day, 1962. A look into a lab that studied and conducted various experiments flies.
Feynman, Richard P. The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen Scientist. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1998. This is an edited interview with Feynman and in it he gives ideas about how science might be taught by telling analogous stories.
Firestein, Stuart. Ignorance How It Drives Science. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. A book that discusses how scientists value ignorance over knowing facts.
"First Year Biology." The University of Sydney School of Biological Sciences Online Learning. http://bugs.bio.usyd.edu.au/learning/ (accessed July 31, 2012). Excellent resource for insect mouthparts and close up photos of the compound eyes, ommatidia, antennae, and the labium of the dragonfly.
Grant, Peter R., and B. Rosemary Grant. How and Why Species Multiply: The Radiation of Darwin's Finches. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008. A look at evolution happening on the islands of the Galapagos with color pictures of the finches, their adaptations and scientists doing work in the field.
"Hexapoda the insects, part 3." www.bumblebee.org Home Page. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Aug. 2012. http://www.bumblebee.org/invertebrates/Hexapoda3.htm#eyes>. Excellent pictures and information about insects.
"Insect mouthparts - Amateur Entomologists' Society (AES)." Amateur Entomologists' Society (AES) - The gateway to entomology. http://www.amentsoc.org/insects/fact-files/mouthparts.html (accessed July 31, 2012). A valuable resource for insect mouthparts and mouthpart modifications.
Klowden, Marc J. Physiological Systems in Insects. San Diego: Academic Press, 2002. A book about the physiology of insects.
Mackean, D G. "Insect Life-Cycles, Information." Biology and Teaching Resources. http://www.biology-resources.com/insects-01.html (accessed July 28, 2012). The best downloadable diagrams and information about the housefly.
McGavin, George, and Richard Lewington. Essential Entomology: An Order-by-Order Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. An excellent resource for information on insects with excellent diagrams.
Roberts, Royston M. Serendipity: Accidental Discoveries in Science. New York: John Wiley, 1989. A collection of stories about how scientists make discoveries.
"The Fruit Fly in You - NASA Science." NASA Science. http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2004/03feb_fruitfly/ (accessed August 2, 2012).
"Welcome to Evolution 101!" Understanding Evolution. http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evo_01 (accessed July 31, 2012). Good website for learning about speciation with visuals.
Student Resources
Dixon, Norma. Focus on flies. Markham, Ont.: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2008. Excellent resource for students about flies.
McEvey, Shane. Dragonflies. 2001. Reprint, Pennsylvania: Chelsea House Publishers, 2002. Excellent student resource with many photographs of dragonflies.
McLaughlin, Molly. Dragonflies. New York: Walker and Company, 1989. Excellent photographs of the dragonfly emerging from nymphal case and nymphs eating and catching food.
Visual Resources
1. The birth of the fly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3njusp5y. Video on You Tube that shows flies emerging from their pupas.
2. Rabbit decomposition time-lapse (higher resolution) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6sFP_7Vezg&feature=related. This is a time lapse video that shows a dead rabbit being decomposed by larvae.
3. Life in the Undergrowth with David Attenborough. This is a two disc DVD set put out by the BBC that I highly recommend. The second section of Taking to the Air begins with mayflies and includes wonderful footage of damselflies, nymphs, dragonflies and dragonfly fossils.
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