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These activities helped move my kids (and me) from FEAR to FUN! Who knew cicadas could be so cool!” ~ K. Moon, Kindergarten Teacher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee78bd5bf66835b7f71d2d9/1617215797040-PIKSMDX8L834PMA67WYV/cicadaOlympics2004+copy.png Cicadas! - What’s the Big Deal? Seventeen years ago Cindy Smith hosted an incredible event for the whole second grade at Nokesville Elementary School. The kids not only got up close, personal and comfortable with periodical cicadas, they also honed their engineering and critical thinking skills. They learned about the crazy 17-year life history, engaged in multiple activities with their cicada sidekicks, and experienced a LOT of laughing. 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As the exoskeleton dries, they will become crunchier to those who eat them @CindySmith,PhD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee78bd5bf66835b7f71d2d9/a61dca8a-53f8-44ad-b4a9-4ce4009af839/Just+molted+wings+filling%C2%A9CindySmith.png Cicadas! Wings are filling more. I wonder if it hurts when the white breathing tubes tear during molting. ©CindySmith,PhD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee78bd5bf66835b7f71d2d9/e3a65222-a14b-4c28-95ef-291dcd8ecc74/Cicadas-drive-train-cicada-olympics-Csmith.png Cicadas! A cicada is driving this train! The excitement is whether the cicada stays focussed as a driver, or chooses to jump out causing an auto incident ©CindySmith,PhD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee78bd5bf66835b7f71d2d9/ad5e8bb3-9b5e-4b6d-b1b5-40f9d5e9fa70/Moby-Cat-Cicada-CSmith.jpeg Cicadas! Moby the Cat is terrified of cicadas. After one smell he scampered away and hid ©CindySmith,PhD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee78bd5bf66835b7f71d2d9/fd2f5024-1a05-427a-9051-d4945138c6b7/many+cicadas+in+tree+Gene+KritskyPhD.png Cicadas! Cicadas on tree ©Gene Kritsky, PhD developer of the Cicada Safari app https://cicadasafari.org/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee78bd5bf66835b7f71d2d9/ded07d59-8071-426b-b1db-e30a77673337/IMG_2049.jpeg Cicadas! Sailing larger boats can be more challenging, but cicadas and their first mates (provided they do not fly away) manage to glide effortlessly through the Chesapeake Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee78bd5bf66835b7f71d2d9/508da78b-cc89-413d-b4fb-13dea7ad6b8c/Cicadas+mating+Gene+KritskyPhD.png Cicadas! Adults mating ©Gene Kritsky, PhD developer of the Cicada Safari app https://cicadasafari.org/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee78bd5bf66835b7f71d2d9/fe37480d-c6c1-44b3-99be-fbcd7bf8d579/Trex-cicada-CSmith.jpeg Cicadas! Integrating toys with live insects helps kids play out stories and emotions. Charlie, age 5 said, (speaking as as T-rex) "My mom is scared of big bugs! So don't come in our house!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee78bd5bf66835b7f71d2d9/848035f4-b8a1-4a5c-986a-bab58c5a6482/Male+and+Female+Cicada+Gene+KritskyPhD.png Cicadas! Male left, female right. She has an ovipositor for slitting branches, laying eggs ©GeneKritsky,PhD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee78bd5bf66835b7f71d2d9/c387d600-0b80-4520-bcee-ebaa8cc27749/Ovipositing-CindySmith.png Cicadas! Female laying eggs. The black, sword-like ovipositor cuts slits in branches. Tiny nymphs hatch weeks later and free fall to the ground, dig down into the soil and find a root to suck on. ©CindySmith,PhD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee78bd5bf66835b7f71d2d9/dc8d8a17-0e3f-4e4a-84dd-1cf6e727283c/Young+Cicada+Nymph+Gene+KritskyPhD.png Cicadas! Tiny young cicada nymph ©Gene Kritsky, PhD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee78bd5bf66835b7f71d2d9/8b47c5fd-0c73-4096-b48c-86cfbc9322b6/Exoskeletons+are+so+easy+to+collect+%C2%A9CindySmith.png Cicadas! Exoskeletons are so easy to collect. With just a bit of glue you can build exoskeleton pyramids, robots, llamas..possibilities are endless ©CindySmith,PhD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee78bd5bf66835b7f71d2d9/f5797a4e-d48b-4a75-8f15-d594d4428ff0/I+see+you+molting+and+Im+next+%C2%A9CindySmith.png Cicadas! Check out that nymph ogling the newly molted adult. Does she think he's hot? Will she look for him in the treetops? ©CindySmith,PhD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee78bd5bf66835b7f71d2d9/951a8c7b-7ddb-4cf9-8541-a21d64848861/Dead+cicadas+at+tree+base+Gene+KritskyPhD.png Cicadas! Exoskeletons littering the ground ©Gene Kritsky, PhD Cicadas are nitrogen sources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee78bd5bf66835b7f71d2d9/37f1ae4b-1bb9-4b8f-a0e6-c466ca7321da/Flagging+branches+Gene+KritskyPhD.png Cicadas! Flagging tree branches, female cicadas cut off water flow when she slit the branch and deposited eggs ©Gene Kritsky, PhD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee78bd5bf66835b7f71d2d9/3a14d520-bd16-414c-84cb-4d7452fe9e97/Adult+cicada+on+thorny+stem+%C2%A9CindySmith.png Cicadas! Adult cicada climbs prickly stem. Do these thorns poke them? Is the exoskeleton hard enough that they feel no pain? Inquiring minds want to know ©CindySmith,PhD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee78bd5bf66835b7f71d2d9/479a7efb-45d6-4a32-89da-e74bb090a74a/Wings+Curled+adult+cicada+%C2%A9CindySmithJPG.png Cicadas! Curled wings means no flying for this adult. But, if he can climb to the treetop and sing, he may still meet the wing-flicking women of his dreams ©CindySmith,PhD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee78bd5bf66835b7f71d2d9/23f6498c-b8b4-4371-97c6-43f91cc12b94/Cicada+loves+ldiamond+ring+%C2%A9CindySmith.png Cicadas! Cicada loves my gigantic diamond ring almost as much as a sexy Magicicada song ©CindySmith,PhD https://www.drcindysmith.com/the-cicada-olympics daily 0.75 2022-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee78bd5bf66835b7f71d2d9/1620422900085-P1UNHXZ1TDA2511RE350/CicadaOlympics-+cover.png The Cicada Olympics - The most fun activities you can do with cicadas and other live insects! Just in time for the late spring Brood X cicada emergence. Order your copy HERE “Wow! These activities helped move my kids (and me) from FEAR to FUN! Who knew cicadas could be so cool!” ~ K. Moon, Kindergarten Teacher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee78bd5bf66835b7f71d2d9/1617215797040-PIKSMDX8L834PMA67WYV/cicadaOlympics2004+copy.png The Cicada Olympics - What’s the Big Deal? Seventeen years ago Cindy Smith hosted an incredible event for the whole second grade at Nokesville Elementary School. The kids not only got up close, personal and comfortable with periodical cicadas, they also honed their engineering and critical thinking skills. They learned about the crazy 17-year life history, engaged in multiple activities with their cicada sidekicks, and experienced a LOT of laughing. Now you and your kids can set up a similar, unforgettable event at your school, neighborhood, park or backyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee78bd5bf66835b7f71d2d9/2246b61c-5f2b-442f-831a-3ee16594a7d2/cicadoOlympic.jpeg The Cicada Olympics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee78bd5bf66835b7f71d2d9/ccc458d8-1b60-4a95-adb2-e2a6893b4513/Cicada-Rides-Tonka-Truck-%C2%A9CindySmith.jpeg The Cicada Olympics Cicadas can and do enjoy driving Tonka trucks ©CindySmith,PhD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee78bd5bf66835b7f71d2d9/e4699304-ac6f-44b9-8e39-d3bfa5f3c470/Nymph+emergence+holes+in+soil+%C2%A9CindySmith.png The Cicada Olympics Nymph emergence holes. If you look closely, you can see them watching you before they emerge. ©CindySmith,PhD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee78bd5bf66835b7f71d2d9/b0b4b673-b59b-4cbd-b10e-3abe7d515de3/CicadaPyramid.JPG The Cicada Olympics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee78bd5bf66835b7f71d2d9/3f4fca7a-74de-40db-a260-ff2d4ca60a2b/Mercy-Edman-Cicada-CSmith.jpeg The Cicada Olympics Adorable, red-eyed wonder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee78bd5bf66835b7f71d2d9/e48b7c8c-2326-453c-a0dd-8adcee3b1793/Cicada+Nymphs+in+tunnel+Gene+KritskyPhD.png The Cicada Olympics Nymph emerging from tunnel ©Gene Kritsky, PhD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee78bd5bf66835b7f71d2d9/c09cd31d-6828-4171-9b30-580fabf03f31/photo+of+brianna.JPG The Cicada Olympics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee78bd5bf66835b7f71d2d9/b83153f4-e2d6-4048-85f4-86ecae80700a/Butters-cicada-CindySmith.jpeg The Cicada Olympics Butters the Cat likes to taste cicadas ©CindySmith,PhD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee78bd5bf66835b7f71d2d9/eafe5daa-454c-4d00-948a-1f719aa3091d/Nymph+left+tunnel+climbed+thumb+%C2%A9CindySmith.png The Cicada Olympics Nymph climbed my thumb. 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