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This homemade insect observation box let children study living creatures up close—a low-cost, hands-on way to learn about the natural world. For generations of American kids, catching and watching insects was free entertainment and genuine science rolled into one.
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You peer through the glass at a grasshopper mid-jump, its legs bent like springs. The box smells of grass and soil. Your fingers are still sticky from the jam you used to bait it. You've been watching for twenty minutes, and you still don't want to look away.
Reflect
What creatures did you catch and watch as a child? What did you learn from them?