Did you know that most animals on earth are insects? Insects have different adaptations to move, eat, mate, and live in different environments, but they all have some features in common that make them insects. In this video, you’ll examine those features and compare and contrast how these features might look different and will be able to identify insects on your own like a scientist.

This video is designed for students in grades 3-5. After watching this video, you will be able to:
- Identify the shared features of all insects
- Identify an insect from other arthropods by making observations and comparisons
- Know that insects are arthropods
- Recall that insects are the most diverse and abundant group of animals on earth

This video complements the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History’s Digital School Program for grades 3-5, Insect Survival. Learn more about this and other free school programs and resources for students: https://naturalhistory.si.edu/educati...

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This video supports the following Next Generation Science Standard (NGSS):

Kindergarten
Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Animals, Plants, and Their Environment
- K-LS1-1. Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive)
- Crosscutting Concept, Patterns: Patterns in the natural and human designed world can be observed and used as evidence (K-LS1-1)

First Grade
Structure, Function, and Information Processing
-Crosscutting Concept, Patterns: Patterns in the natural and human designed world can be observed, used to described phenomena, and used as evidence. (1-LS1-2) (1-LS3-1)

Second Grade
Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
- 2-LS4-1. Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats
Crosscutting Concept, Structure and Function The shape and stability of structures of natural and designed objects are related to their function(s). (2-LS2-2)

Third Grade
Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Environmental Impacts on Organisms
- Disciplinary Core Idea, LS4.C: Adaptation- For any particular environment, some kinds of organisms survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all. (3-LS4-3)

Fourth Grade
Structure, Function, and Information Processing
- Disciplinary Core Idea, LS1.A: Structure and Function- Plants and animals have both internal and external structures that serve various functions in growth, survival, behavior, and reproduction. (4-LS1-1)