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The Bug Chicks

The Bug Chicks are entomologists Kristie Reddick, M.S., and Jessica Honaker, M.S. Why this name? We use “Bug” because that’s the word that most people use when they think about animals with exoskeletons and segmented legs. Most people don’t know the word ‘arthropod,’ so we use the word they use and then we teach them the right word. Why “Chicks”? Some people hate this word and think it’s derogatory towards women (and it can be used that way), but we reclaimed it. To us, it means fun, cool women who don’t take themselves too seriously. So instead of “The Arthropod Ladies” or the “Animals-with-Exoskeletons Girls” we chose “The Bug Chicks.”

Standing outside are two women; one is wearing butterfly wings and a headband with pink antennas, while the other holds a camera.
5 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Teacher uses a hair clip attached to her arm to hold a ball of yellow clay, demonstrating how a bee carries pollen.
4 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
We look down at the edge of a tan tent that is secured in the sand.
3 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Woman smiles up at us from beneath a bucket hat as she sits with her legs wrapped together in white fabric.
4 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Two women sitting at a desk look at us with curiosity. Caption reads: “Facebook Question: Sheila, Indianapolis.”
3 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Two arachnids lying on their backs; one has a small abdomen and the other a large abdomen, displaying the bug’s ability to expand its body when it eats.
3 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Two women wearing headlamps walk out of a dark cave onto mossy rocks.
5 minutes
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Woman sits in a chair, listening to an older woman sitting next to her.
3 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Four men wear black suits, gold paper crowns, and bug eyeglasses as they sing together. Text reads, "The Fly Guys Song."
1 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
White beetle grub burrows into the earth.
3 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
White title text reads, "Smell," against a black background.
4 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
On a green leaf sits an oval-shaped bug with shiny black wings with a thick white stripe in the middle, a golden yellow head with a black circle in the middle, and thick black antennae.
The Insect Orders
Episode 1
6 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Two women look at us, standing against a forested backdrop surrounded by sunny green plants.
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Episode 7
9 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Two women sit across from each other and talk at a picnic table in a forest area with sun-dappled trees and plants.
The Insect Orders
Episode 2
5 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Two women wearing jeans and black jackets squat down on the ground, searching for something amidst rocks and stones, grasses, and other plants.
The Insect Orders
Episode 3
4 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Woman looks at us as she speaks, crouched down outside next to a green bucket full of vegetable and other food scraps.
The Insect Orders
Episode 6
7 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
View from the inside of a makeshift white-fabric tent, under which two women are sitting on the ground.
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Episode 10
5 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Mayflies at different stages of development cling to a white surface, resembling flecks of soil and other organic matter.
The Insect Orders
Episode 11
4 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Brown cicada blending into the bark of a thin tree trunk.
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Episode 13
9 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Brown leaf-cutter ant crawling up over the top edge of a green leaf.
The Insect Orders
Episode 14
7 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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