Insect Worksheets and Bug Nature Journal Printables

Use these free Insect Facts worksheets to record what you’ve learned about bugs and even make your own personal Bug Nature Journal of insects you’ve found.

These Insect Facts Worksheets in 2 levels and also coordinate with our Insect Lapbook.

These insect worksheets would work great as a nature journal to identify different insects you encounter in nature, or just as a way to record what you’ve learned about some of the six-legged creatures in the hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta.

Did you know? The word insect comes from the Latin insectum, which means “cut up” because insects’ bodies look like they are cut into three distinct parts.

With these Insect Facts worksheets, your students can identify an insect, draw a picture (or paste a printed one), describe where it generally lives, what it eats, and then write an interesting fact about the insect.

There are two hand-writing levels and each level also has an additional worksheet designed to be folded in half to make a “journal”.

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Library List

Select one of these books (listed in order of difficulty), or a similar book from your local library:

My Little Golden Book About Bugs by Bonnie Bader

Fun with Nature (Take Along Guide) by Boring, Burns, and Dendy *Highly recommended for your home library. It will be much used!

Guide to Insects by Herbert Zim (We have the older edition that was my husband’s when he was a child and it has been much loved and used.) The even older 1961 version is free on Open Library.

Insect Anatomy: The Curious World of Bees, Beetles, Butterflies, and Bugs by Julia Rothman. If you’ve read Farm Anatomy by Ms. Rothman, you will also love this book!

National Geographic Pocket Guide to Insects of North America by Arthur V. Evans

Online and Hands-On Resources

Insect Flashcard from Purdue (scroll to bottom of page and click “View the Flashcards”) These free flashcards with 150 different insects are very high quality. I recommend printing on card stock or premium paper and laminating them.

Not sure what kind of bug you’ve found? Use this insect guide from the Amateur Entomologist Society

Nat Geo Kids: Bugs Playlist This is a big list of bug themed videos appropriate for elementary kiddos. Pick and choose the ones your students are most interested in, or topics they need to learn more about.

Insect Facts Printables that Double as a Bug Nature Journal

More Educational Resources for Learning about Insects

If your students are wanting to learn more about entomology, or hexapods (bugs with 6 thoracic legs) specifically, check out these Bugs resources: