Posted Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Featured on Episode 9 of the 2009-2010 season
After 27 years, it seems that nothing can squash Palm Beach Atlantic University’s claim to fame – the Great American Bug Race. It’s always an important activity of the science club and homecoming week at this university in West Palm Beach, Florida. Kevin Sinicki has more on this creepy, crawly competition.
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Classroom lesson plans and activities. Science, grades 4-6 (Bug Olympics) and 7-8 (Bug Races)
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I wish I had a bug that I could enter in the race. I bet a bunch of the girls at my school would say “eewww!” I wonder if the bugs ever get stepped on. I think the bugs would just run away.
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