Backyard buddies

Provides instructions for finding, collecting, and keeping crickets and suggests how to delve into the secret lives of these chirping neighbors.

Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and life of ladybugs and provides instructions for finding, collecting, and keeping these beetles as pets.

Provides instructions for finding, collecting, and keeping snails and suggests how to delve into the secret lives of these shell dwellers.

Describes the physical characteristics and habits of spiders and provides instructions for finding, collecting, and keeping spiders.

Describes the physical characteristics and behavior of the millipede and presents millipede-related activities.

Provides instructions for finding, collecting, and keeping caterpillars and suggests how to delve into the secret lives of these little neighbors of ours.

Presents information about the tiny and familiar rolypolies also popularly known as pill bugs, sow bugs, bibble bugs, tiggy hogs, potato bugs, or wood lice. Includes activities and suggestions for experiments.

Learn all about worms through activities and experiments such as building a worm palace, a worm fun park, observing a worm's movement on a wet paper towel, and more.