THE PRAYING MANTIS PROJECT

In 2nd Grade we have done an innovative Project about the Praying Mantis . The students wanted to know many things about this curious insect and they have investigated a lot about it.

We also talk about the body parts of this animal but we've done it in english so they could enlarge their english vocabulary. We learned things such as, wings, abdomen, antenee, legs and thorax. Then with cardboards we've made an incredible Praying Mantis where we've reflected how much we have learned.

As a curiosity: The praying mantis is named for its prominent front legs, which are bent and held together at an angle that suggests the position of prayer. The larger group of these insects is more properly called the praying mantids. Mantis refers to the genus mantis, to which only some praying mantids belong.

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