Arthropalooza
This Highlands Center favorite has crawled its way onto the world wide web.
Whether you find insects gross or fascinating, this festival is for you! From August 15th to the 22nd check this web page for arthropod related videos and activities. From anatomy to life cycles, you are sure to leave with a better understanding of these often misunderstood creatures. These high flying, web spinning, shape shifting arthropods of the Arizona Highlands will knock your socks off!
Hi everyone and welcome to day 8 of Arthropalooza Week. This video concludes Arthropalooza week. Thank you for joining us and we hope this week inspired you to learn more about arthropods. We only covered a couple of arthropods. Here is Sally Davidson, a volunteer with the highlands center to tell you what makes an arthropod an arthropod and talk about some we haven’t covered.
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Hi everyone and welcome to day 7 of Arthropalooza Week. Joan Dukes is here to tell you all about a true bug here in the Highlands.
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Hi everyone and welcome to day 6 of Arthropalooza Week. This video was written by volunteer Jo Glaves and made by Erin Nixon, education coordinator here at the center. This video is all about spiders and their webs.
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Hi everyone and welcome to day 5 of Arthropalooza Week. This video was made by Sarah Vincent, Education Director here at the center. In this video she talks about crustaceans, a sub-phylum of Arthropods.
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Hi everyone and welcome to day 4 of Arthropalooza Week. This video and song was made by a member of the highland center, Vicky Oldham. One of her hobbies is raising moths. In this video she covers the life cycle of a moth and how you can raise caterpillars at home.
Click here to learn more about moth raising
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Arthropalooza Craft, the third video of Arthropalooza week, is here! Deb Morrison is here to give you some ideas.
Print the craft linked here
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Backyard Beetles, the second video of Arthropalooza week, is here! Dianne Olson is your teacher.
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An Insect Quest, the first video of Arthropalooza week, is here! Lesley Schuler is your guide.
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Tomorrow is the start of Arthropalooza ONLINE. This is a week of fun videos and activities posted everyday until August 22nd all about Arthropods. Watch this video for a sneak peek of whats to come.
Arthropalooza Week will begin on August 15th! Check this page daily from August 15th to the 22nd.