Resources

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For teachers

Mosquito life cycles

Mosquitoes in the news

Indigenous ways of knowing

For Teachers

We have put together a short lesson plan, including introductory slides on mosquitoes in general as a powerpoint with speaker notes. You can also download this document as a pdf.

Background information/ reading / materials needed

Computers
Internet access
Optional: Projector (to present introductory PowerPoint slides)
Reading materials below as well as in the 'About Mosquitoes' tab

Mosquito Life Cycles

Mosquito Life Cycle | US EPAKnowing the stages of the mosquito's life will help you prevent mosquitoes around your home and help you choose the right pesticides for your needs, if you decide to use them. All mosquito species go through four distinct stages during their live cycle.

Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus Mosquito Life Cycles | CDCLearn about the life cycles of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus (tiger) mosquitoes, from egg, to larvae, to pupae, to adult.

www.gi.alaska.edu/alaska-science-forum/how-mosquitoes-overwinter-alaska

Snow mosquitoes - the first wave of summer irritants

Bug Power (U.S. National Park Service)

The secret life of mosquitoes, the world's most hated insect

Mosquitoes in the news

Mosquitoes are seeing red: Why new findings about their vision could help you hide from these disease vectorsNew research led by scientists at the University of Washington indicates that a common mosquito species — after detecting a telltale gas that we exhale — flies toward specific colors, including...

www.gi.alaska.edu/alaska-science-forum/alaska-mosquitoes-spreading-malaria-birds

Mosquitoes and Indigenous ways of knowing

Link to youTube: Mosquito story told by Robert Zuboff

Mosquitoes | Nunatsiaq NewsIt’s mosquito season in Nunavut, and here are a few random observations by Inuit on this annual pest. Ivaluardjuk was an Iglulik storyteller whom Knud

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