The body of the insects: what a body!
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Theme: Animals
Competencies
Competence in Linguistic Communication
Mathematical competence in science, technology and engineering
Personal, social and learning to learn competence
Competence in cultural awareness and expressions
Subjects and year by Educational System
Spain > Biology and geology > 1st ESO > Living beings
Spain > Biology and geology > 3rd ESO > Living beings
Enunciation
Drawings A and B are some of Eleanor Ormerod's drawings of insects harmful to livestock or crops.
She published her drawings in booklets that she paid for herself and distributed free of charge to farmers and ranchers to help them identify harmful insects and offer advice on how to combat them.
1. Look at the insects shown in the pictures and name the structures marked with numbers.
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1............................................................................................ 2............................................................................................. 3............................................................................................. 4............................................................................................. 5............................................................................................. 6............................................................................................. |
1............................................................................................ 2............................................................................................. 3............................................................................................. 4............................................................................................. 5............................................................................................. 6............................................................................................. |
2. The two previous drawings, as we have already said, are drawings of insects. According to the previous section,
a. In how many parts is the body of an insect divided?
b. How many legs do they have? Where are they located?
c. How many pairs of antennae do they have on their heads?
d. Do they always have wings?
3. Look at figure A. In the stages of metamorphosis marked with the letters a, b, c, is it a complete or incomplete metamorphosis? Give reasons for your answer.
4. Name the phases marked with the letters a, b, c, if applicable.
Observations and context
Eleanor Ormerod was a contemporary of scientists such as Maire Curie, Nettie Stevens and Ellen Swallow Richards, among others. Like the naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), Eleanor illustrated her observations with her own drawings, which reflected in detail many aspects of the life cycles of the insects she studied.
Throughout history, the field of Biology and Natural Sciences has been plagued by women researchers, such as Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) who was one of the most versatile and influential women of the Middle Ages in 12th century Western Europe, the anatomy professor Anna Morandi Manzolini (1716-1774), Laura Bassi (1711-1778) who fostered the constitution of a network of experimenters that connected Italy with the scientific culture of France and England.
More recently, in the 20th and 21st centuries women such as Jane Morris Goodall, known for her 55-year study of the social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania, Rita Colwell, a researcher in oceanography and bacteriology. Tu Youyou Chinese scientist, known for discovering artemisinin (also known as dihydroartemisinin), used to treat malaria, who in 2015 won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine. Finally, Josefina Castellví, oceanographer, the first Spaniard to participate in an international expedition to Antarctica in 1984.
Description
Short answer activity. Objectives: to work on the body structure of insects and the types of metamorphosis.