Resources for Teachers
If you are planning to have your students catch moths in your classroom this year, check out our curated resource catalogue for teachers, below.
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Moth Trapping
How To Build a Pop Bottle Trap: Illustrated step-by-step instructions for how to build a pop-bottle moth trap.
When Should We Trap? A worksheet for facilitating a conversation with your class about how weather conditions might impact your trapping plans.
Trapping Presentation: A PowerPoint presentation on How to build a trap, When to trap, Where to trap, and more.
MothEd Materials Guide: A comprehensive list of what materials you need to execute MothEd in your classroom, and suggestions for where you can find everything (i.e., suppliers, etc.).
Moth Sorting and Pinning
Moth ID Guide: Very simple guide to help you and your students identify some of the moths that you catch to the level of taxonomic family.
Sorting Worksheets: Classroom sheets that can be used to sort their nightly moth catches on.
Moth Measurement Grid: A handy classroom sheet for getting approximate measurements of moth specimens.
Photo Reference Frame: Cut-out squares with scale bars on them; perfect for taking standardized photos of moths.
Additional Resources
All About Moths: A Powerpoint introduction to moths.
Insect Trapping Ethics: A individual/group activity that will help you and your class work through some of the ethical considerations of killing insects. While there is no one “right answer” when it comes to activities that result in insect mortality, this activity is designed to help you and the students in your class come up with a common classroom ethics code.
Moth Anatomy Worksheet: Simple moth anatomy worksheet activity.
Science Standards: A list of the Next Generation Science Standards, as they relate to MothEd. This also includes the Science Standards for Ohio and Michigan.
“Study a Moth” worksheet: A basic worksheet you can use for your students to examine individual moths.
Moth-Themed Crossword and Word Search: These are fun and simple classroom activities that you can use to help students get acquainted with moth-themed words.
3D Printer Files
Moth Fidget: Set of files to make a plastic moth that can be assembled for illustration (or fidgeting) purposes.
Pinning Block: Useful for mounting specimens at specific heights on insect pins.
Moth Ruler: A fun moth-themed rules for measuring moth specimens.
Videos
Pinning Tutorial Video:
Gluing Tutorial Video:
Moth Trap Building Tutorial Video