Educator Resources: Solomon Family Insectarium
Part of Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation.

Plan your class field trip to the Insectarium with these free resources.

Insectarium Educator's Guide
Get an advance look at the hall’s major themes and what your class will encounter. This 6-page guide for K–12 educators includes a Map of the Hall, Essential Questions (important background content), Teaching in the Hall (self-guided explorations), a Come Prepared Checklist, Correlation to Standards, and a Glossary.
Activities and Materials
Grades K–5
Students observe a natural phenomenon—that insects exist in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors—to investigate how the physical traits of insects help them survive.
- Worksheets: Kindergarten | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5
Activities for Grades 6–12 coming soon!
More Resources
Use these online resources to further explore the themes in these halls.
Reading
Wonderful World of Wasps
Wasps can live in hives of thousands, but did you know that most wasps are solitary? Get the facts on these amazing little creatures....
Game
Talking to Fireflies
Have you ever wondered why and how fireflies flash?
Reading
Tree of Life
Explore this family tree of living things on Earth.
Hands-on
Draw a Monarch
You don't have to be a terrific artist to create a scientific illustration of a monarch butterfly—just willing to take your time...
Curriculum Unit
Arthropod Morphology
Take an illustrated look at arthropod morphology with this collection of guides.
Exhibition
Extinct and Endangered
See incredible macro photographs of vulnerable or extinct insects from the Museum's collection by Levon Biss.
Reading
Mystery of the Mate: A Wasp Research Adventure
Will these entomOLogists discover which parasitoid wasps belong together? Read this comic to find out!