Educational Resources for Illinois Insects and Spiders!

2017 Illinois State Fair milkweed information
2017 Illinois State Fair native bee information
2017 Illinois State Fair native plant information
2017 Illinois State Fair Passion for Pollinators information
Biodiversity of Illinois Searchable Index
Butterflies and Moths - Educational Resources
Illinois Aquatic Macroinvertebrates poster
Illinois Biodiversity Basics lessons
Illinois Habitats are Homes poster
Illinois Insects poster
Illinois Insects and Spiders Resources Truck
Illinois Moths and Butterflies poster
Illinois Native Bees poster
Illinois Pollinators Resources Trunk
Illinois Prairies Coloring Poster
Illinois Spiders poster
Illinois' State Symbols Resources Trunk
Illinois Threatened and Endangered Species poster
Inland Sand Areas poster
Inland Sand Areas - accompanying poster guide
Insects/Fishes folded poster
Kids for Conservation® Archive – August 2014, Monarch Mania!
Kids for Conservation® Archive – September 2014, Migration
Kids for Conservation® Archive – August 2017, Illinois Native Bees
Kids for Conservation® Archive – September 2017, Yellow Garden Spider
Kids for Conservation® Archive – April 2019, Bumble Bees
Kids for Conservation® Archive – November 2019, Adaptations: Color
Kids for Conservation® Archive – June 2020, Ticks of Illinois
Kids for Conservation® Archive – July 2020, Cicadas of Illinois
Kids for Conservation® Archive – September 2020, Illinois' Spiders
Kids for Conservation® Archive – November 2020, Adaptations: Mimicry
Kids for Conservation® Archive – August 2021, Wasps of Illinois
Large Rivers of Illinois poster
Large Rivers of Illinois - accompanying poster guide
Pollinators - Educational Resources
Southern Illinois Oak/Hickory Forest poster
Southern Illinois Oak/Hickory Forest - accompanying poster guide
Wild about Illinois Spiders! Web page

Bumble Bees

Bumble bees Bombus spp. on common milkweed Asclepias syriaca

Bumble bee Bombus sp. on drooping coneflower Ratibida pinnata

Bumble bee Bombus sp. on prairie dock Silphium terebinthinaceum

Carpenter bee Xylocopa sp. on wild bergamot Monarda fistulosa

Crime Solving Insects - Investigation One

Crime Solving Insects - Investigation Two

Crime Solving Insects - Investigation Three

Crime Solving Insects - Investigation Four

Illinois Native Bees

Monarch Danaus plexippus on prairie dock Silphium terebinthinaceum

Monarchs Danaus plexippus on purple coneflower Echinacea purpurea

Monarch Mania! Life Cycle

Monarch Mania! Monarchs and Milkweeds

Monarch Mania! Monarch Facts

Monarch Mania! An International Migrant

Monarch Mania! Monarchs at Risk

Monarch Mania! Helping Monarchs

Monarch Mania! Schools and Monarchs

Monarch Mania! Invasive Species and Monarchs

Monarch Mania! Value of Monarchs and Other Pollinators

Native bee on drooping coneflower Ratibida pinnata

Tiger Swallowtail

Wasps of Illinois

What Am I? Insect I

What Am I? Insect II

What Am I? Insect III

What Am I? Insect IV

Yellow Garden Spider

Booklet contains student lessons and related activities. Targeted Grades: 4-8. Permission to photocopy these pages is granted for use with students in the classroom.

Activity book has coloring pages which contain information and activities about nocturnal species. Targeted Grades: K-6. Permission to photocopy these pages is granted for use with students in the classroom.

This 48-page activity book contains information and activities about the ecology and management of Illinois' forests. Targeted Grades: 4-8.

Students of grades 4-8 can learn about the ecology of Illinois' prairie habitats with this 32-page publication. The accompanying poster depicts the organisms that are discussed in the text.

Activity book containing information about insects with illustrations to color. Targeted Grades: K-8. Permission to photocopy these pages is granted for use with students in the classroom.