Jewel of the Earth
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Student Handout
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Links and Books
Identification and Classification
Links
Dichotomous Keys: Arthropods
www.amnh.org/learn/biodiversity_counts/ident_help/Text_Keys/arthropod_keyA.htm
Provides dichotomous key and illustrations that provide identification of
common arthropods to the order/class level.
Insect Identification
www.kendall-bioresearch.co.uk/key1.htm
Offers dichotomous key and extensive information and photos regarding the
main orders of insects.
Key of the Identification of Insects to Order
www.earthlife.net/insects/orders-key.html
Describes how identification keys work and provides a key and additional
information for arthropod orders.
Phylum Arthropoda
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Arthropoda.html
Provides information, pictures, sounds, and classification for the phylum
Arthropoda.
Books
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Field Guide to Insects: America North of Mexico
by Donald J. Borror and Richard E. White. Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
Details insect orders and families. Many individual species are illustrated
with 1,300 drawings with size lines that indicate the actual length of each
insect.
Insects, Spiders, and Other Terrestrial Arthropods
by George C. McGavin. Dorling Kindersley, 2002.
Defines what arthropods are and provides information on how to and how to
identify them.
Evolutionary History
Links
A Brief History of Life
www.pbs.org/nova/origins/life.html
Explores the history of life on Earth, from the earliest bacteria to the
first modern humans.
Insect Evolution
www.fossilmuseum.net/Evolution/evolution%20segues/insect_evolution.htm
Provides background information on insect evolution.
Insect Fossils
www.kendall-bioresearch.co.uk/fossil.htm
Features a chart of various insects sorted into the period in which they
lived.
Web Geological Time Machine
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/timeform.html
Indicates when Earth's eons, eras, and periods occurred.
Books
Bugs Before Time: Prehistoric Insects and Their Relatives
by Cathy Camper and Steve Kirk. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2002.
Provides an illustrated guide to the ants, spiders, cockroaches, and other
organisms that lived millions of years ago.
Evolution of the Insects
by David Grimaldi, Michael S. Engel. Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Chronicles the complete evolutionary history of insects, including the
relationships and evolution of each order of insect.
The Insects
by Peter Farb. Time-Life Books, 1977.
Examines many aspects of insects and their evolution, including life cycles,
physical characteristics, physical and social environments, and habits and
behavior.
When Bugs Were Big, Plants Were Strange, and Tetrapods Stalked the
Earth
by Hannah Bonner. National Geographic, 2004.
Presents an overview of the Carboniferous and Permian eras (250 million to
355 million years ago), including the plants, insects, and fish and land
animals that lived at the time.
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