Today we used diagrams of a spider and insect and two paragraphs of information to help us find similarities and differences between insects and spiders. We found out that the main difference is that spiders have two body parts and insects have three. We also found out that insects have six legs and spiders have eight. Spiders can't fly but many insects can. Spiders have spinnerets which they use to make silk to spin webs. They release a silk dragline from their spinnerets to keep them attached to their webs. Some spiders can bungee jump up to 40 times their body length, then climb right back up the thin, strong-as-steel silk cord. Both insects and spiders are arthropods which means they have no back bone and have jointed legs. We also found out that the scientific name for a spider is an arachnid.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Comparing insects and spiders
WALT... compare insects and spiders using text and diagrams
Today we used diagrams of a spider and insect and two paragraphs of information to help us find similarities and differences between insects and spiders. We found out that the main difference is that spiders have two body parts and insects have three. We also found out that insects have six legs and spiders have eight. Spiders can't fly but many insects can. Spiders have spinnerets which they use to make silk to spin webs. They release a silk dragline from their spinnerets to keep them attached to their webs. Some spiders can bungee jump up to 40 times their body length, then climb right back up the thin, strong-as-steel silk cord. Both insects and spiders are arthropods which means they have no back bone and have jointed legs. We also found out that the scientific name for a spider is an arachnid.
Today we used diagrams of a spider and insect and two paragraphs of information to help us find similarities and differences between insects and spiders. We found out that the main difference is that spiders have two body parts and insects have three. We also found out that insects have six legs and spiders have eight. Spiders can't fly but many insects can. Spiders have spinnerets which they use to make silk to spin webs. They release a silk dragline from their spinnerets to keep them attached to their webs. Some spiders can bungee jump up to 40 times their body length, then climb right back up the thin, strong-as-steel silk cord. Both insects and spiders are arthropods which means they have no back bone and have jointed legs. We also found out that the scientific name for a spider is an arachnid.
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