Cross-Curricular Connections

In “Spiders”, a woman walks into a spider web and screams very loudly. As the author says, she screams “at about the level of a fire engine at full cry”. This scream probably did not hurt the author’s hearing, but standing next to a fire engine screaming “at full cry” might. Click on the link below to complete an activity about protecting your hearing.

http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078774055/student_view0/chapter6/student_web_activities_-_lesson_2.html

As your textbook points out, very few species of spider are actually dangerous to human beings. Human beings are much likelier to be affected by diseases than spider or animal bites. Click on the link below to complete an activity about common diseases and their history.

http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007877800x/student_view0/unit4/webquest.html