Also Try Insects Lesson Plans Spider Lesson Plans (SEDL) Materials Arachnology Entomology Image Gallery Spider Search by Genus - Family - Order (Clemson) News Spiders and Scorpions (ExploringNature.org) Provides resources on spiders and scorpions. 01-09 Papers Background on Spiders "This unit will help children appreciate the place spiders have in the world and will lessen the fear of spiders caused by misunderstandings. They will begin activities such as building a spider habitat, constructing a web and reading about spiders to develop the theme. There are more than 30,000 different types of spiders known to scientists! Most of them are very tiny animals that help people by eating insects. The banana spider, the trap-door spider, the purse-web spider, the garden spider, and the grass spider are just a few of the interesting animals we're going to learn about." 09-09  New Spider Species Found (National Geographic.com) Describes a new species of spider that mysteriously weaves almost perfect webs. 6-04 Spider 49 Million Years Old Found in Amber (FoxNews.com) "The latest computer-imaging technology has produce this stunning three-dimensional picture of a spider trapped for 49 million years in an opaque piece of fossilized amber resin." 05-11 Spider-Man and Real Spider Powers (National Geographic.com) "With Spider-Man, the world's most famous web-slinger returning to the movie screens June 30, spiders everywhere may be readying their webs for a bit more attention. But how do our red-and-blue hero's capabilities compare with the superpowers of real spiders?" 6-04 Spiders (Queensland Museum) Provides basic information and a picture of four dozen spiders, including the funnel web, wolf, redback, and trapdoor spider. Includes information on poison treatment. 5-01 Search Spiders (Gander Academy) Includes descriptions and pictures for several types of spiders, including black widow, wolf, hobo, jumping, recluse, redback, and tarantula. Worksheets Spiders Worksheets (AbcTeach) Provides dozens of printable worksheets by theme. 8-01

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