• Understand the characteristics, structure, and functions of organisms.
• Understand the relationships among living things and between living things and their environments.  
• Based on observations and scientific concepts, ask questions or form hypotheses that can be explored through scientific investigations.  
• Collect, organize, and display sufficient data to support analysis. 
• Summarize and analyze data including possible sources of error.  
• Explain results and offer reasonable and accurate interpretations and implications.

Student Objectives
Students will be able to:

• Describe relationships among various insects (such as predator/prey, parasite/host, food chains, and food webs)
• Identify physical features of orders of insects and how these traits help insects survive in different environments
• Investigate and share knowledge about local insects, and ways insects can be helpful or harmful to the environment
• Understand that “harmful” and “beneficial” are relative, human-centric terms
• Develop research skills, including observing, recording data, acquiring information, analyzing, and interpreting data
• Learn spreadsheet skills, such as setting up a spreadsheet for data organization and analysis, entering data over the course of a study, using functions, and choosing and displaying data appropriately
• Learn about designing experiments to test theories
• Increase environmental awareness regarding insects