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Lesson plans prepared for Lousiana State University's Scope On A Rope educational outreach program. Teachers are welcome to use them! Please contact me if you have any questions or suggestions.

Lesson Plan 1: How To Live In A Log

A betsy beetle adult hides in her gallery

What does it take to survive on wood?

Lesson Plan 2: A Beetle Family

Odontotaenius disjunctus from egg to pupa

Betsy beetles from egg to adult

"How to Live in a Log" Companion Photographs

"A Beetle Family" Companion Photographs