Lesson packets
These lessons are designed for children and adults to explore mosquito science together! No previous knowledge is required. Gather your group and use these mosquito-related discussions to build curiosity and prompt ongoing learning.
- Lesson 1 – Set up the overarching anchoring question: Who would win in a battle for the end of the world? Mosquitoes or Humans?
- Lesson 2 – What is your mosquito story?
- Lesson 3 – Mosquito investigative reporting
- Lesson 4 – Mapping hot spots and mosquito habitats
- Lesson 5 – Mosquito lifecycle stages
- Lesson 6 – Comparative anatomy
- Lesson 7 – Mosquito comic book
- Lesson 8 – Spraying for mosquitoes
- Lesson 9 – Around the world
- Lesson 10 – Mosquito habitats
- Lesson 11 – Natural disasters
- Lesson 12– Disease transmission
Mosquitoes! featured in Books
- Earth Mother By: Ellen Jackson
- YouTube book reading of Earth Mother
- Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears By: Verna Aardema
- YouTube book reading of Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears
- Abuelito Swallowed a Mosquito! By: Kelly Carlos
- Mosquitoes Can’t Bite Ninjas By: Jordan P. Novak
- YouTube book reading of Mosquitoes Can’t Bite Ninjas
- Mosquito By: Virginia Kroll
- A Mosquito Buzzed By: Kana Riley
- Seeds, Bees, Butterflies, & More! By: Carole Gerber
- The First Mosquito By: Caroll Simpson
- YouTube book reading of The First Mosquito
- The Bug Scientists By: Donna M. Jackson
- Zzzng! Zzzng! Zzzng!: A Yoruba Tale By: Phillis Gershator
- Bug Zoo By: Nick Baker
- Bugged: How Insects Changed History By: Sarah Albee
- The Life Cycle of a Mosquito By: Bobbie Kalman
- The Mosquito Bite that Changed Olu’s Life By: Uchechi Mba-Uzoukwu
- Song of the Teeny-Tiny Mosquito By: Alma Flor Ada
- The Mosquito & The Bumble Bee By: Scot Sax
- YouTube book reading of The Mosquito & The Bumble Bee
- Moosekitos By: Margie Palatini
- YouTube book reading of Moosekitos
Additional YouTube links – Mosquito videos
- Note: YouTube resources are integrated into Lesson Packets (see above)
- Urban Ecosystem Project’s Mosquitoes & Me Summer Camp (2:24)
- *NEW* 2019 Mosquitoes & Me Summer Camp (3:51)
- A Mosquito Scientist in the Spotlight, Ep 1 full video (9:48)
- A Mosquito Scientist in the Spotlight, Ep 1 short video (3:17)
- Tinga Tinga Tales: Why Mosquito Buzzes (11:43)
- The Dr. Binocs Show, Best Learning Videos for Kids, Peekaboo Kidz: Why Mosquitoes Bite? (4:13)
- The life of a mosquito (claymation) (2:59)
- Mechanisms of a Mosquito Bite (2:25)
