Our Opossum Click Beetle

We read The Very Clumsy Click Beetle and the kids curiosity was ignited! 

http://youtu.be/fKYwtyUkKAc  - The story The Very Clumsy Click Beetle on You Tube

We began researching click beetles and even found this video, so that we could see how the click beetle clicks and snaps!

http://youtu.be/17LQJnWIgyk

Then!!!! They found a click beetle on the playground,(it was not moving, so we thought it was dead) so of course we brought it in the classroom! We laid it on the counter, because it was DEAD!

45 minutes later and a lot of screaming we realized the little guy was just playing dead! 

We had to put it in a vase with a book on top!

After observing it click for a day, we let it go!