Grade Range
1st
Rating
Rated 3.0/5 Stars.

Students differentiate between (adult) male and female crickets through observations, counts, and drawings of crickets. Full Review »

Grade Range
4th
Rating
Rated 2.0/5 Stars.

Students are exposed to the basic set up and rules of cricket. They explain how cultures influence one another through sports. They are shown a video of a cricket game so they can see the differences between that game and baseball. Full Review »

Grade Range
1st
Rating
Rated 3.0/5 Stars.

Students explore cricket body parts, food habits, sounds, habitats, and ecological impacts through a dramatic experience, live crickets, pictures of crickets and cricket habitats, and creating a cricket. Full Review »

Grade Range
1st
Rating
Rated 3.0/5 Stars.

Students build a habitat for crickets after studying animal survival needs. They care for and observe the crickets in the classroom habitat. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
Rated 4.0/5 Stars.

Students conduct an experiment to test the effects of various chemicals on breathing and to practice animal dissection. They carefully dissect house crickets to identify the breathing structures and determine their rate of respiration. They then evaluate the changes that occur in respiration when the crickets are exposed to various neutransmitters. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
Rated 3.0/5 Stars.

Students explore the behavior of crickets during courtship. They measure the number and types of interactions between household crickets. Students discriminate between quantitative and qualitative observations. They collect data to develop hypotheses and guide their own experimental design. Full Review »

Grade Range
8th - 12th
Rating
Rated 4.0/5 Stars.

Students dissect a cricket and note the three body regions, wings, and legs. They observe the yellow malphigian tubes and remove them. They dissect the esophagus and analyze the heart for respiratory rates and heart beat rates. Full Review »

Grade Range
Kindergarten - 2nd
Rating
Rated 3.0/5 Stars.

Students discuss insects they have seen and what they look like. They read and comprehend "The Very Quiet Cricket." They summarize their favorite part of the story by writing two sentences. Students create a mural of a cricket. Full Review »

Grade Range
1st - 3rd
Rating
Rated 3.0/5 Stars.

Students design a class newspaper all about their study of crickets, including illustrations and various sections of the newspaper, like sports, jokes, articles, food, and reviews. Students create a plan to design a cricket from food items and write a recipe to go with it. Students share their stories, riddles, jokes, and reviews throughout the process. Full Review »

Grade Range
3rd - 5th
Rating
Rated 3.0/5 Stars.

Students measure how far different crickets can jump. They record the lengths and compare the results in a graph. They answer their predictions about how far a cricket can jump. Full Review »