Resources for the Praying Mantis unit study

I wanted to wait until I had pictures of our Mantis before I posted the resources to the study… but alas. I think our egg cases were duds. 6 weeks now, and we have nothing. I will keep them for a few more weeks before sending them out in the wild. They may not be warm enough (68* in our house??) or something may be wrong. Or there may not be any babies in our egg cases. But whatever it is, after 6 weeks we are moving on to stick bugs!

Our whole study geared around the following documentary and the Mantis Lapbook from HomeschoolShare.com.  This documentary  was a WONDERFUL start to our study and in fact, we have watched it at least three times as we fill out different pages of our lapbook.  (It seems like a cross between Planet Earth and Bill Nye… which was perfect for us!)

Other resources we used:

• The more fun websites we have used:
  http://www.abcteach.com/directory/basics/science/animals/bugs/
  http://www.homeschoolshare.com/praying_mantis.php
  

• Books we have used:
  Manuelo the playing mantis
  Praying mantises : hungry insect heroes
  A True Book, Praying Mantises
  

• Movies:
  Library: Hermie & friends. Milo, the mantis who wouldn't pray