Topics

How Bugs & People Relate (why insects matter to us)

- Scale (amount)


Pollination:
- what foods depend on insetc pollination
- what insects pollinate
- what is the process
- why important
- how does this help the atmosphere


Decomposition:
- what they decompose
- which bugs decompose
- process
- why important
- how we can use this in medical/forensics


Aerating Soil:
- what bugs aerate soil
- why is this important
- how do they do it


Bugs as food: (bugs in culture)
- what eats bugs
- what bugs can we eat


Invasive Species:
- how do they get here
- why are they bad or "pests"
- how do you take care of it
- how do we find out about them?


Diseases/Poisonous Bugs
- what bugs can harm us
- how do we prevent or treat this?


Bioindicator:
- how the bugs present in a area speak to changes in the environment and the health of an ecosystem
- monitor the amount and type of species in an area