Insect Study Merit Badge

I was asked to help local Boy Scouts prepare for their Insect Study Merit Badge. I provided this training at the Peoria Riverfront Museum. These are some of the materials I used during that session.

Start/ end of session materials

• Fun facts about insects
• Insect jokes

Presentation/ discussion

• Slides (if needed, based on PowerPoint)
• Handout (multiple slides per page if you want to print)

Insect order reference sheets

• Hemiptera (true bugs)
• Diptera (flies)
• Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)
• Coleoptera (beetles)
• Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps)

Quiz/ review materials

• Insect anatomy questions (for further discussion)
• Insect orders (for further discussion)
• Pollinator quiz (for further discussion)