Label the Insect Worksheets for Elementary
Early and Upper Elementary students will use the word banks on these Label the Insect worksheets (in two levels) to label the main parts of an insect while studying the anatomy of 6-legged hexapod bugs.
These “Label the 6-Legged Insect Worksheets” in 2 levels coordinate with our Insect Lapbook.
In the easy version for early elementary, your students can label 7 basic parts of a 6-legged insect. In the harder version for upper elementary, students will find and create labels for 14 external anatomical parts of the insect. There is a watercolor insect worksheet and a black/white line drawing worksheet for you to choose from.
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Resources for Learning More about Insects
Library List
Select one of these books, or a similar book from your local library:
Insect Anatomy: The Curious World of Bees, Beetles, Butterflies, and Bugs by Julia Rothman
National Geographic Pocket Guide to Insects of North America by Arthur V. Evans
Fun with Nature (Take Along Guide) by Boring, Burns, and Dendy *Highly recommended for your home library. It will be much used!
Online and Hands-On Resources
Parts of an Insect and How to Draw an Insect video
Inspect an Insect video
Insect Anatomy article
Detailed internal and external 6-legged insect anatomy diagrams (scroll down on this site for realistic photos of the different parts of the bugs)
Insect Anatomy Printables
These Label the Insect Anatomy worksheets about the invertebrate hexapod creatures in the class Insecta come in 2 differentiated levels for early elementary and upper elementary. Each of the levels has a full-color watercolor image of a insect and a black and white line drawing image of another insect, in case you need to save on colored ink costs.
Here are the word bank insect external anatomy words for each level:
Easier Level for early elementary:
- Abdomen
- Antennae
- Head
- Legs
- Thorax
- Wings
- Mandible
Harder Level for upper elementary:
- Abdomen
- Antennae
- Head
- Legs
- Thorax
- Wings
- Mandible
- Eye
- Femur
- Tibia
- Tarsi
- Tarsal Claws
- Elitra
- Scutellum
Download your copy of the Label the Insect Worksheets from the Free Resource Library. Look under Worksheets > Individual Worksheets> Science > Insects
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More Educational Resources for Learning about Six-legged Insects (Hexapods)
If your students are wanting to learn more about entomology, or hexapods (bugs with 6 thoracic legs) specifically, check out these Insects resources:
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