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"Cicada Invasion: Eastern U.S. Braces for Bug Swarm" from the National Geographic Society (link added 4/6/04)
Quick Facts About Periodical Cicadas from the National Geographic Society (link added 4/6/04)
Cicada Watch 2004 Excellent overview of Brood X sponsored by the College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati, Ohio. Be sure to check out the Cicada Calendar.
Cicada Mania has tons of links about cicadas and some very interesting frequently asked questions!
UMMZ Periodical Cicada Page Sponsored by the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, this page includes photos, information about periodical cicadas, and even some sound clips. There is also a map of Brood X areas in the US.
IU Cicada Project This Brood X page is sponsored by Indiana University.
Periodical Cicada Penn State Entomology Department Fact Sheet
The University of Maryland's Integrated Pest Management page contains links to Adobe Acrobat PDF files with a lot of information about the cicadas' impact on Maryland.
The University of Maryland's Department of Entomology page has more PDF files and links to information about periodic cicadas in our area.
The Maryland Department of Agriculture has a news release about the cicadas.
Periodical Cicada page from the Virginia Cooperative Extension
Periodical Cicada page from Virginia Tech's Department of Entomology
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Click here to download directions for folding a traditional origami cicada (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) |
These are web projects created by the 6th graders as part of an interdisciplinary course on Baltimore. Students created the content in classes such as language arts/social studies, science and math and then put together the web pages in their technology class.