Critical Challenge Question:  

How does the grasshopper’s external and internal anatomy enable it to adapt to its environment and survive?

*Students will also be asked to generate and answer their own inquiry questions about glorious grasshopper.  
 
Remember: No Safety, No Lab, No Grade !
 
And remember kids, a good dissection takes: “Patience, young grasshopper” – Mr. Miyagi (Karate Kid)

Videos:

How locusts perceive the signal to swarm.

Grasshopper – internal anatomy

Grasshopper Dissection

Grasshopper Anatomy Part 2

Praying Mantis vs. Grasshopper | National Geographic

Meganeura – Giant Dragonfly

Why Aren’t There Giant Insects?