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Th e Fruit Fly

Th e Fruit Fly. Caryn Deeken Bugscope Assignment EDUC 140. Information about the Fruit Fly. There is much more to this bug than just being a nuisance. Fruit flies are usually found wherever there is food – home kitchens, restaurants, supermarkets, drains, garbage disposals, or trash.

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Th e Fruit Fly

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  1. The Fruit Fly Caryn Deeken Bugscope Assignment EDUC 140

  2. Information about the Fruit Fly • Thereis much more to this bug than just being a nuisance. • Fruit flies are usually found wherever there is food – home kitchens, restaurants, supermarkets, drains, garbage disposals, or trash.

  3. Food of a Fruit Fly • Fruit flies live wherever they can find the kinds of food that they eat • Ripened or fermenting fruits (surprise!) • Especially bananas • Also can includes: potatoes, onions and tomatoes.

  4. While their life usually only lasts a few weeks, the female has the opportunity to lay up to 500 eggs at a time. There are four stages of the fruit fly’s life cycle. Egg Larva 1st, 2nd, 3rd instar larvae The larvae are surface-feeders, so they eat whatever fermenting fruit the eggs were laid on Prepupa and Pupa Adult (Once they are adults they simply look for food, lay eggs, and then die within the week) The Life Cycle of a Fruit Fly

  5. Bibliography • Potter, Michael F. Fruit Flies. University of Kentucky Entomology. College of Agriculture. Retrieved 9 Oct 2007.www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ ef621.asp • Woodrow Wilson Biology Institute. The Life Cycle of the Fruit Fly. The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/bi/1994/ life_cycle.html

  6. Information from Bugscope • This picture is a zoomed in image the fruit fly’s eye • The hairs are there to detect changes in wind that will help the fly think fast – for example if a swatter was coming towards it • The bumps are part of the compound eye, and are called ommatidia.

  7. My Drawing of Fruit Fly • While my image included some of the important parts of the fruit fly, I did not include many details • I did not make the fly have a compound eye (with many parts), however I did make them extremely large. • I did not include any setae on the fly. (The scan of my drawing is slightly off)

  8. The following are the NSES standards that would apply: Life Science: Content Standard C Developing Student Understanding Should involve more observations and investigations. Have the motor skills to use light microscope – can then appreciate the usage of an electron microscope. Should also be able to accurately interpret what they are observing Students have probably used a light microscope by grades 5 – 8, so by viewing Bugscope students would be allowed to see how an electron microscope is different from the microscope they are used to using. National Science Education Standards

  9. Authenticity of Technologies • When something is described as being authentic, it is said to be genuine and just. • To ensure the authenticity of the Bugscope, I think it would be a good idea for the students to send in their own bugs. • This way, the students can observe the bugs in their own light microscope in class, and then they can send these bugs in and get a clearer picture • We can also ensure that the bugs are genuine, because we sent them in ourselves.

  10. Literature Sources Diary of a Fly • By Doreen Cronin, Illustrated by Harry Bliss • Written by the same author as “Diary of a Worm,” it shows the typical day of a fly. • Students could read the book before they began studying the fly, and looking at it up close.

  11. Literature Sources Big Book of Bugs • By: Theresa Greenaway • This book shows up-close pictures for young entomologists and all curious kids who are fascinated with bugs. • “Larger than life photographs of creepy crawlies include locusts, caterpillars, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, ants, praying mantis, and more!” – Amazon.com

  12. Literature Sources Everything Bug: What Kids Really Want to Know About Insects and Spiders • By: Cherie Winner • Contains information about insects and spiders presented in question-and-answer format. • “Clear, full-color photos provide close-up views of various species as well as an occasional glimpse at children interacting with them” - Amazon.com

  13. Other Activities for Bugscope • It could be interesting to look at other kinds of insects under the Bugscope, however I thought it’d be really neat to see what the larvae or a pupa of a specific insect looked like. • Students could also use the Bugscope to do a lab activity. They could fill out a worksheet that asks questions about the insect on bugscope. • For example, they could be given clues about the bug, and then they would be able to observe it on Bugscope as well. At the end they could guess what kind of insect they thought it was.

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