Friday, February 26, 2010

How Bugs Bug Us

One type of bug is dust mites. Dust mites are on your pillow and body. Then you can not see the tiny little creatures. They feed on dead skin and sweat. I know gross!! The droppings cause allergies. Well there is another type of bug lets see what it is.

Another type of bug is bacteria. Bacteria covers your body inside and outside. Bacteria helps you digest your food. They also spend germs and infection. When you get and infection it makes you sick. Let’s talk about the next type of bug.

The next type of bug is lice. Lice is on your body mostly on your hair. Hair lice loves nice, clean, juice hair. They can hunker down and guzzle blood from the scalp. The lice lay eggs on your hair. They spread when we work together closely, especially in school by your school mates. Now let’s talk about the final type eye lash horrors.

The final type of bug is eye lash mites. They exist on our body. You have mites in your eyes lashes. Don’t worry, they are harmless. These tiny bugs cling to eye lashes with eight tiny legs. They live on sebum, a natural oil in skin and hair. Eye lash mites help you when you have dirt in your eye. That is how bugs bug us!!!!



By: Dahlia J

How Bugs Bug Us

There are bugs that live on us. One type of bug is dust mites. They live on your body and on your pillow. You can’t see these tiny creatures. They feed on dead skin and sweat. Their droppings cause allergies.

Another type of bug is bacteria. They cover your body inside and outside. You can’t see them. They help you digest food. They can spread germs and can make you sick.

The next type of bug is lice. They hunker down and guzzle blood from the scalp. They lay eggs in your hair. Lice spreads from head to head. There are special shampoos that can get rid of them.

The final type of bug is eyelash mites. They have mites in your eyelashes. They cling to eyelashes with eight tiny legs. They live on sebum, a natural oil in our skin and hair.


By: Monique W
Teacher: Ms Bartlett
Date: 2/26/10