Oregon State University provides graduates and undergraduates a unique opportunity to develop insect related curricula for K-12 through the Rural Science Education Program. The program was initiated for integrating ecology and biotechnology into rural schools in Oregon. Through the program, funded by the National Science Foundation, 6 graduate and 6 undergraduate Fellows from OSU are placed in rural schools for implementation of inquiry-based life science and agriculture education. Over 2 years, Fellows in the program have developed and implemented activities such as qualitative and quantitative observations using insects, insect sampling on school grounds or in neighborhood streams, inquiry activities with ant lions, preparation of dichotomous keys for insect classification, and a unique fruit fly ranching activity that integrates entomology, genetic, economics and business management. Live and preserved insects from the university are used extensively by Fellows in the program for entomological instruction in rural K-12 classrooms.